u/PlaywrightOfGefilte

I have so many friends here. I love the culture and the music but am starting to believe in Catholicism and also love the Jewish food and love and culture and language. I dislike the sexism in Hasidic culture as well as the rightwing stuff. I don’t want to give up black suit and black hat

If every single serving of gefilte fish at a given moment became a standing army, could it be possible that we could contain and defeat this evil fish attack? Let’s say they are able to launch carrots into the air and cast spells.

Hasidim but don’t believe em

I want to see the Hasidic episodes with my Hasidic friend and enjoy these.

Goodbye anthems and songs when leaving somewhere and asking people to keep you in their hearts

(I’m ok yall, just leaving a religion for another one)

I was from a non-observant family, became Orthodox, and left behind to become a Catholic. Does this make me a bad person. I have heard it makes me an appropriator or a "Messianic." I'm not sure.

It said “if you’re between the ages of such and such, this is something you shouldn’t remake sure your parents are there, now press for life changing stuff” and then had a weird connector to this fake company page. I accidentally tapped on it and am concerned now. It looks definitely like a very weird front and used Hub in the title. I can’t report it and don’t wanna look it up. What is this. It used numbers 13 and 39.

80’s and 90’s. Preferably anything before the 2010’s

Like a high octane action movie where impending doom looms around the corner

I am a minor and was doing a face time with one of my friends from school and was lying in my bed in a polo shirt and khakis. For some reason as we were talking and I sighed, for some reason it flagged my call as “inappropriate content” or “sensitive content” and blocked my frien out of the call. Then he basically hung up and we kept talking but we were so confused

What is this and am I in trouble, because I didn’t do anything?

In USA but the legal advice sub won’t let me post

I am a minor and was doing a face time with one of my friends from school and was lying in my bed in a polo shirt and khakis. For some reason as we were talking and I sighed, for some reason it flagged my call as “inappropriate content” or “sensitive content” and blocked my frien out of the call. Then he basically hung up and we kept talking but we were so confused

What is this and am I in trouble, because I didn’t do anything?

I’m done letting the frum world telling me to be who I am. I am mixed with over 4 cultures. I have a background of many different religions. I was a BT for 2 years going on 3. Both my parents are now Christian (mom left Judaism). I am a proud liberal feminist Catholic now. I don’t care what frum has to say. I will still wear my black suit and hat out for being cool because I love it, I will devour kugel, cholent, and shakshuka. I am no longer allowing this world to define me. A world that mistreats women, suppresses education, and more.

We are all equal as humans. We are all deserving of love. You are all my friends and I hope that you guys love me the same way I love you. I want to aspire to get my college degree and get a job where I can make loads of money for charity and helping others. I want to genuinely better the world. LEGITIMATE TIKKUN OLAM.

I am done with a rabbi telling me I’m gonna go to gehiniom for eating not kosher, for having a poster of Molly Ringwald in my room (I’m 80’s obsessed and neurodivergent), that I’m gonna have to “own up for it in the next life of truth,” and that I’m going to gehiniom for being Catholic, that I’m bad for being a Shvartze (no one called me it but I read stuff from various frum sources and stuff and it made me sad as I’m mixed), or that caring for others before the frum world isn’t good. I am ready to be free. Sie Gezunt! Shaloom, adios! That I’m going to gehiniom, gonna rock it up there with ELVIS PRESLEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Shalom and thanks for coming to my rant

Also, I’m gonna make it clear that I am not in any way antisemitic. I will always have a massive love for the Jewish people, Yiddish, and more. For some reason the frum lands called me an antisemite for choosing a different path and being OTD. Said my Yiddishkeit is gone

(Also ps I don’t support messianic “Judaism”)

My mom was a reform Jew, she married a non Jew and became a Christian (still claims to be Jewish, idk). Despite her refusal of religious laws and knowledge being uncomfortable, I had a secular upbringing until I was about 13-14 and became a BT following both parents cancer, mental health, physical health, and then dad cheating.

I was helped by kiruv rabbis and led into this. At 15, I‘ve really bought into it but was starting to realize how odd and controlling it all is. My mom was always there to pray to Jesus in front of me, feed me treif food, and keep me kind of off the derech. It was offensive, but it also may have been necessary since I would have never seen the light of day if raised in frumkeit. Now, I’m kind of at a crossroads after being able to research theology. I visited a Catholic Church and started studying Catholicism. It looks good so far, but I may forsake organized religions altogether.

The issue is how crazily burnt into my brain everything from kiruv, Torah, Mishnah, Gemara, th words of the Ramban/Rambam is, as well as Yiddish (I’ll always love it)

Also the horrible things they say about people who convert out, and even those that retain the culture of Jewish while being another religion or an atheist.

Makes me afraid to put on a shtriemel or even ant kind of black suit or hat. I keep asking my Refom Bubbe to buy me Judaica as gifts for some reason, just to comfort me. The frum world was there for me but then I realized how restrictive and cruel it was. Then I start humming MBD, Fried, or Hershkowitz.

Also, IM BREAKING SHABBOS, Come and get me, farshtunkeners!

Also messianic movement stinks. Truly abhorrent what they have done to make it seem as everything with a complicated religious background is a missionary

How did your rabbis describe Chukim? I just want to know. Some described as something that can’t be understood but you must do, but also it always rubbed me the wrong way

I saw they have Hasidic Jews in the game and am an ex Hasidic Jew and want to play as a Hasidic Jew in game. Can I?

I’m convinced that Catholicism is true (BTW THIS IN NO WAY MEANS TO PROSELYTISE. I HATE THE FORCING OF ANY RELIGION ON ANYONE)

But I truly love the food, culture, aesthetics, music, and beauty of the frum community. Everything within Judaism is so beautiful to me but the controlling aspect hurts. I feel just genuinely sad that I have to leave it all behind and like I’m “crucifying myself” by doing this. Just a slow and agonising process as my frum self slowly dies.

All of the rules and the sexism and strictness were bad, but I’ve never experienced such a high that I did at farbengens, NCSY, and more. It’s just so sad. Whenever I’ll think in Yiddish, or see an old siddur or a kippah. I’m so absolutely ruined by this, about them making me feel like I’m an avodah Zarah nutcase for being Catholic and bi.

I also just genuinely think that this tradition is so darn beautiful but I will never be able to wear a shtriemel again as a fun thing, I’ll never be able to sing “Chazak!” Again, an I’ll be looked at as a dirty sinner for doing so.

I love the Jewish community and always stanbwith them but this de-frumming is so sad

I’m not religiously Jewish anymore but like to go chill with a Reform temple and NCSY and speak Yiddish so I can be a fun asset for excitement and activities with them. I was a Baal Teshuva and everything and have left over frum stuff. I have a bekishe and a shtriemel and wear it for the parties despite not being Chassidish at the moment. The issue is mainly that im not religious anymore and that I’m not the normal color of a Chosid and am not Chassidish.

Does this make me an arse for wearing it at my friend at a more cultural event/dance party? Or is it ok

I love St. Stein and am probably gonna choose her as my patron saint when I become fully Catholic. I just want to know where I can possibly find her collections of her writing and her books and stuff.

Also, I think yall need St. Joseph of Cupertino as your QB this year. The Hail Marys would be awesome.

My mother is traumatized from an abusive brother, cancer, being cheated on, injuries and more. She has no respect for religious boundaries (was religiously Jewish, is now a Christian, will enter Christian spaces and Jewish spaces happily and do things only for religious Jews), she sometimes talks like a baby and likes to inhabit the ideas of being a child. Heavy information, loud voices and intense movies (even cartoons) will make her go crazy or have panic attacks . She will never stop talking about me, says she wants to follow me to college, and cannot be without me. She has no one else in life just because of circumstances, but she says she wants to be part of everything.

When I was 10-11, she would basically get angry at random stuff I did that she misunderstood (me flexing my muscles as tensing them rudely) and then going batshit crazy on me and yell and tell me how I was “talking back” now after cancer and shit she has gotten much better but now very religious and yearns on people to save her. Almost like she needs Jesus Christ or some man (even her therapist) to come save and take care of her.

I’m worried for her as she seems to be sensitive to nearly everything in the wild. You cannot raise your voice while telling a story, playing music, and doing anything really. She will also have various swings and people she’ll act like. One, she’ll act like a character of a helpless child, the other will be her normal, intellectual self, and the other is this gangsta complete with a slight accent.

Idk what to do. She’ll be normal half the time and slip into this shit

Everyone survived and Hakadosh Baruch Hu did his thing keeping us safe. Any songs?