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Serge from BabkaTonight is Shabbat and in a few days it will be Rosh Hashana.
As we reflect on our time and the new year, I'd like you to consider Babka Social runs in the negative to the tune of around $250 a month.
That's money that I pay out of my own pocket to keep the service running, and it's not really sustainable. I've been cutting overhead costs, but even then, if you value the service we provide to the Jewish community on the Fediverse, if you can afford it, please support this work on Patreon.
https://www.patreon.com/BabkaNet
If you'd like to make a one time gift via Paypal, you can also do that at
I refuse to be the model minority and I won't give up to demands that other Babkans be either.
We enforce the rules we have (I wrote them) but won't give in to keyboard bullies who insist that we be all be polite, that we align with a certain political movement, that we don't express our pain, that we aren't religious enough, that we talk about Judaism too much, that we talk in certain ways, that we respond to demands of loyalty pledges, that we are too sexual, that we're not sexual enough, that we're too Queer, that we're too heternormative, etc.
As long as you follow the rules, you're allowed to be authentically Jewish in whatever way speaks to you on Babka Social.
Every week, I write out a weekly newsletter for Patreon members. It's a way to bring people into the project, and (I hope) foster more support on Patreon, since it's the only source of income for Babka. The Patreon is at http://patreon.com/BabkaNet
I've been sick this week and so haven't had the time to write the newsletter, which takes me about an hour or so to write.
I've been wondering if I should even keep the Weekly Schedule or just rename it "Babka Behind the Scenes" and so it once a month or some other frequency?
Once a month is fine
Keep up the once a week schedule (I'm a paid Patreon member)
Keep up the once a week schedule (I'm not a paid Patreon member, but I'll start paying)
What the heck are you talking about?
Poll ended at .
Do you want the inside skinny on Babka Social? How about on what @serge thinks of the future of Jewish Social Media? All Patreon members get access to a weekly newsletter about it all!
This week's edition, hot off the presses!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-week-in-120663741
And remember, Patreon is how we keep the lights on here, so if you want to see Babka Social thrive, please join.
Shabbat Shalom everyone.
As we do every week, this week brings you another Babka Behind the Scenes, available to anyone who joins our Patreon at any level!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-week-in-120176041
Joining our Patreon also keeps the sever up and the lights on. If you care about Jewish Social Media, please consider joining and supporting us:
The first Babka Week in Review for 2025 has just dropped, and with it, a new policy. We'll be making all the This Week in Babka posts available for all members, including Free members! So join in:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-week-in-119690281
Supporting Babka through Patreon keeps the lights on, so if you can support us, please do!
Shabbat Shalom Babka!
It's time for another This Week in Babka!
This time, available to all Babka Patreon members, including on the free tier:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-week-in-118758618
And last week's as unlocked as well for anyone who missed it:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-week-in-118365401
If you're a Babka Social member, or even if you're not and simply appreciate the effort that this instance puts into providing a safe space for Jews to be Jews on the Fediverse, please join our Patreon and support our work.
It's Erev Shabbat and you know what that means, it's another This Week in Babka!
For paid Patreon members (even at the $1 level) you can read the latest scoop here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-week-in-118365401
And for all Patreon members, you can read last week's right here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/117882387
Please support us on Patreon! We depend on your support: https://patreon.com/BabkaNet
For all Patreon members, you can now read This Week in Babka for the first week in December!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-week-in-6th-117417515
For paid members, you get the scoop a week early!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/this-week-in-6th-117882387
If you're a Babkan and you're not a member of our Patreon, you're missing the inside scoop!
This and the shout-out are the only "premium" we offer right now to paid Patreon members. Are there other things you'd like to see?