Emily Tamkin reports that after she has written critically as a US Jew about Israel's role in urging war against Iran, a man emailed to call her "diaspora trash."

He informed her that she has no moral right to criticize Israel unless she lives there and thus bears its burdens.

#Israel #Iran #war #zionism #Jews #DiasporaJews #morality
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https://emilyctamkin.substack.com/p/on-being-diaspora-trash

If our governments actually took a stand against the #Israelimilitary regime, I can guarantee you that reports of #anti-semitsm would nose dive.

People are angry and feel utterly helpless and overwhelmed with the stories, images and reports of the genocide in #Gaza. They know that their government will never seek justice and even put Israel before the #UN. The people are lashing out and don't realise just how many non #Zionist #Jews abhorr what's happening in Gaza.

Team up, not beat up.

T’ruah (https://truah.org) just released a rather nice supplemental reading for this year’s Seder. While its target population is US Jewry, it’s relevant (and growing more so) here in Canada as well (and globally as wel tbh). Give it a look and maybe consider integrating it into this year’s Haggadah as well as passing it along to others who might appreciate it.

https://truah.org/resources/gods-children-a-haggadah-supplement-for-immigrant-justice/

#Judaism #Passover #Jews #Seder #Immigration #SocialJustice

"In the early hours of Monday morning, four #ambulances belonging to #Hatzalah – the volunteer #Jewish #emergencyservice that provides medical care to #Jews and non-Jews alike, whose name literally translates to ‘rescue’ or ‘relief’ – were set on fire outside a #synagogue in #GoldersGreen.

Nobody was killed, though.

That is a fact that will be noted often, as a form of reassurance for the Jewish community of #London, to which I belong. But that argument must not be allowed to carry too much weight.

The issue is that ambulances are functional objects: they exist to close the gap between #medical crisis and subsequent medical care. To target them is an act of interference – a deliberate degradation of the Jews’ capacity to respond to #emergencies."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/britain-is-failing-its-jewish-communities-again/

"In #TikTok videos viewed tens of thousands of times, 31-year-old #DanSheena dons a blond wig and acts out skits of a bickering #Iraqi couple in a #language that is nearly extinct: #Judeo-#Arabic.

#Sheena began posting videos on TikTok in 2023, speaking the endangered language, which today is rarely spoken by anyone under the age of 60, following the mass exodus of #Jews from #Arab countries due to discrimination and religious persecution.

Raised by two parents from #Baghdad, Sheena grew up in #Israel and spoke the language at home. That’s a rarity among second- and third-generation Iraqi Jews, whose families often stopped passing it down in an effort to assimilate.

From a young age, Sheena, who still lives in Israel, knew he wanted to become an Arabic teacher. After years of teaching conversational Arabic in the public school system, he became determined to preserve the dialect he grew up with.

When Sheena told his family that he wanted to teach #JudeoArabic..."

https://forward.com/news/814183/dan-sheena-judeo-arabic-iraqi-jews/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

This has been what #Netanyahu has sought to achieve for years. Aempting to blur the lines between #Israel and #Jews in terms of responsibility as well as pushing the narrative that Israel is the only safe place. He is on record as wishing for more of the right sort of immigrant (one assumes that is right wing individuals with no shame for stealing other people’s land and property)

And fools play along with his narrative in the West. Don't fall for it.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/20/attack-uk-us-europe-netanyahu-jews-violence-antisemitism

Thessaloniki: Remembering the ‘Jerusalem of the Balkans’.

The near-total annihilation of Greece’s Jewish communities sends a strong message to this day.

Memorials, education and a new Holocaust museum aim to combat a rise in antisemitism and dangerous misconceptions.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260321-thessaloniki-remembering-the-jerusalem-of-the-balkans?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Thessaloniki #Holocaust #Antisemitism #Greece #History #Jews #WW2

المباني التي ضربت في #عراد يسكن فيها عدد كبير من #المتدينين #اليهود من #الطائفة #الحريديم.

The buildings hit in #Arad are home to many #religious #Jews from the #Haredim #community.