"Mainstream #Jewish organizations were silent after #Jewishmedia reported that #ZohranMamdani, mayor of #NewYorkCity, named #PhylisaWisdom the new head of the Mayor’s Office to Combat #Antisemitism.

#Wisdom, executive director of the #NewYork Jewish Agenda, a progressive group, has been critical of #Chassidic schools, which she has said don’t provide adequate secular education. Many Chassidic leaders have accused her of being anti-Chassidic.

“Picking Phylisa Wisdom to run an office tasked with combating antisemitism is probably the biggest gaslighting #Mamdani has done so far,” stated #YaakovKaplan, vice-chair of #Brooklyn Community Board 12.

“90% of all #antisemitic attacks were against #Orthodox #Jews,” he wrote. “Picking someone for this office that #OrthodoxJews see as an adversary is mind-boggling.” 👀

https://www.jns.org/major-jewish-orgs-mum-as-left-wing-ones-laud-phylisa-wisdom-named-head-of-nyc-jew-hatred-office/

Orthodox Jews attend the ‘Rise Up for Gaza’ day of action, in New York City on Saturday as protesters worldwide demand an end to Israel’s assault on Gaza and call for an arms embargo [Olga Fedorova/EPA]

#photography
#Gaza
#OrthodoxJews
#NYC

Why do #Orthodox #families have so many #children?

#Jewish Independent
Viva Hammer
Brandeis University; Crawford School of Public Policy
Date Written: October 03, 2023

In the past 50 years, large families have become the emblem of #OrthodoxJews. If a
woman wears a wig, we expect she will have at least five children. If a man has eight
children, his shirt will be white and his yarmulka large. The number of children a
couple has is a public display of their #piety.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5285838

Israeli occupation police faced unexpected welcome last night in Mea Shearim, a neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem that's home to thousands of anti-Zionist Jews.

The residents waved Palestinian flags and chanted 'free Palestine,' asserting their identity as Palestinian Jews.

https://t.me/QudsNen/104654

#HandsOffRafah
#OrthodoxJews
#Gaza #WarCrimes #FreePalestine #IsraelApartheid #StopGenocideNow #CeaseFireNow #CeaseFireNowPermanently
#EndTheArmsTrade #BoycottBoeing #BoeingKills

Members of the Orthodox Jewish community advocate for a free Palestine at the gates of Columbia University [David Dee Delgado/Reuters]

@palestine
#Gaza
#US
#ColumbiaUniversity
#protest
#OrthodoxJews

This video is probably the best summarization of the various Jewish denominations/branches, the history of Judaism, including the various geographic changes that lead to changes, belief structures, understanding of Judaism as different from Christianity, differences on observance, and more.

It's such a great explainer video, I highly recommend it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsBgluFGz7Y

#Judaism #ReformJudaism #ConservativeJews #OrthodoxJuaism #OrthodoxJews #Masorti #Ashkenazi #Sephardi #Mizrahi #Mazeldon #Jewdiverse #reconstructionistjudaism`

#freepalestine
#jews
#zionist
#palestine
#israel
#orthodoxjews
#arabs
#gaza

https://www.tiktok.com/@un2895/video/7300413546058353925