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In the last 24 hours, I have seen SO MANY posts regarding Israel come up on my feed. It's the same type of question is every "ask" sub. The same type of inflammatory "news" article everywhere else. Did something happen in the last 24 hours? Have the two month old bot accounts suddenly been let off the leash? Did the Israel and Jew hatred die down recently and needed to be reintroduced? I even saw some shit on insta that Ms Rachel posted (man, fuck her btw. She acts like she's some kind of saint or martyr and it makes me sick) in the last day and a half. What the fuck is going oooonnnnn?

My first (and only) embryo transfer is tomorrow, so I am throwing everything at it. A study out of Israel (woot woot) found that women who were entertained by a professional medical clown immediately after an embryo transfer had a higher pregnancy rate than those in the control group - so I’m looking for something I can watch that will make me laugh.
I am not super well versed in standup comedians and don’t want to accidentally veer into Jew hatred (looking at you, Dave Chappell) so looking for some recs.
Who makes you laugh hysterically?!

ETA: thanks everyone!! I will be watching all of these recs over the next couple of days!

So many of us have found ourselves in uncomfortable, painful conversations with people we care about. Some of us have lost friendships we thought were solid. Some of us have started questioning who we can truly trust. It’s been disorienting, and for many people, deeply lonely. I include myself in this.

Although I’ve been building more Jewish and Jewish-affirming community, I still think about the people I've lost. I've been wondering whether anyone else is thinking about, or even seriously considering, trying to make amends with the people we've argued with or drifted away from. I’m absolutely NOT suggesting that we haven’t been hurt or wronged; I know I have. But in the midst of everything, we may have also hurt others or at least left them feeling hurt or misunderstood.

I’m sitting with this tension: Is it important to try to repair these relationships? Or is this one of those situations where the responsibility doesn’t fall on us, the rupture wasn’t ours to fix in the first place?

I feel genuinely ambivalent, which is why I’m asking. I’m curious how others are navigating this, and whether anyone feels pulled toward reconciliation, firmly away from it, or something in between.

My husband has been seeking a place of community for a couple of years now.

He has asked if I would visit a Christian church with him, but I cannot (see my backstory), and so we are both seeking places we can fit in and be a part of… something.

After we married he told me he was ethnically Jewish on his mom’s side, but doesn’t know anything about it. His family is on the Christian side of things.

My Backstory: I went heavily into Christian teachings. I went to bible school, was a pastor, the whole nine yards. I love studying religion!

But I fell out of that faith years ago due to that study and some very bad things I witnessed in the circle I ran in. Some YouTube Rabbis caught my attention and I started studying Judaism, which led to doubts over the Christian faith and eventually to me leaving it.

To me, God is beautiful and real… but I could not align my new thoughts with that old faith so eventually I was ostracized and cast out. I have been just living life, with no community, but it is worth it because even through this darkness I know that God has taken care of me. My faith is still there, even though it is quiet.

For me, a life of quiet devotion alone is fine. I only need to know God is there, as He still takes care of me and watches over me, but my husband needs more and I love him more than I can explain, so I want to help him find community and I feel it’s important to give him the opportunity to learn of his families past and history. There is this nagging in my heart for a couple years over this… like I know he belongs here? I’m not sure how to explain the feeling.

So what should I do? How do I go about helping him and finding a community to explore?

Hi everyone,

I’m French and Jewish, and I’m considering possibly moving to Sweden.

I’m aware of the situation in Malmö and some of the antisemitism issues there, but I’d really like to hear from Jewish people living in Sweden about what everyday life is actually like elsewhere in the country.

How do you experience antisemitism in your daily life? Do you generally feel safe being openly Jewish? Are there areas or cities where you would particularly recommend living — or avoid?

I’d especially love to hear from people who live outside Malmö, as I’m considering different parts of Sweden.

I’m just trying to get an honest, firsthand picture before making any decisions. Thanks!

sorry this a bit of a vent

I'm not sure if my friend is just trying to be an edegelord (hes 15)but he seems to be quite pro-soviet. He has a USSR flag in his room. He talked about admiring Hitler as a leader (we don't know if he means the decisions he makes or how he rose to power because the cult of personality can be an interesting study but when this comes up it gets heated and one of our friends ends the discussion). When I was complaining about my history homework, he said he thinks we need gulags. Some of the things he seems to agree with would heavily target if not myself, someone I know. He's very ingrained in my friend group and i don't have many friends and i don't know if its worth the confrontation or to just see if its a "look at me i'm so edgy" teenage thing

I wouldn't even know how to go about asking. I'm homeschooled and autistic. I don't want to lose my DnD group or my friends.

Shalom, fellow Redditors, and Shabbat shalom to anyone scrolling this post!

I figured that I probably post my outfit I wore on Shabbat (Ignore the phone 😅).. It is a Chrome Hearts Star of David chain, I make sure to wear it in public and let everyone know I'm Jewish in these times with antisemetism so prominent.

✡️ עם ישראל חי ✡️

Shalom and goodnight.

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Looking to spend some time in January somewhere (or somewheres) that I can explore Jewish history in sunny climes or warmish weather (ideally 15C/60F or above).

Europe seems the most likely, but open to elsewhere.

Suggestions?

My Instagram algorithm used to give me normal posts on my feed that were pretty inline with the type of content I normally interact with. The past few weeks I keep getting tons of pro-Palestine/anti-Israel content, and even when I mark "not interested" or "don't show me more of X-user" it keeps popping up -- to the point I've just been blocking users who keep appearing on my feed. IDK what I did to deserve this and it's bugging me! My Reels oddly are safe (I get pro-Jewish/Israel content only).

Just curious if anyone else has had this happen or if there's anything else I can do. I suppose I could get off Instagram but I love using it for design/art inspo, and I still want to see what my friends in different parts of the world are up to!

Can someone call or email the Weather Dept at the Space Laser and ask them to turn the outside temperature down, please? They’re not returning my calls. I’m schvitzing my matzah balls off here in Florida.

EDIT: The responses are exactly what I was hoping for. Good job, team! 🤣🤣

I had never heard of Queen Karoline before today but after a video of her came across my feed I looked into her more and had to share. She’s a German lawyer, and she has been fighting for us in some very dangerous situations despite not being Jewish or Israeli. Shes just standing up for what’s right. Her sacrifices made me cry she is risking a lot for us, for truth. She has truly earned the title of Queen.

My daughter (Sephardic) may be marrying a young man who is a paternal Jew, raised Christian but is considering getting an Orthodox conversion. He is of Polish descent and grew up in Williamsburg. People have offered to hook him up with a sponsoring rabbi After he finished his studies - they are both planning to move back to NYC. Even the biggest hurdle for most of us who converted (like me) wax the kosher stuff and he is a third generation vegetarian (so not a big issue). Anyway here is the question…

When you convert..you really are just Jewish. You do t convert to Ashkenazi or Sephardic..you just convert. When you marry..for instance , an Ashkenazis woman marries a Sephardic husband, you take in their minihags. For instance, I had a conversion done through a sponsoring rabbi who was Ashkenazi, went to an Ashkenazi shul, but when we got married we followed Sephardic traditions and our household did things the Sephardic way.

Now, let’s say my daughter’s boyfriend goes through your regular Ashkenazi Orthodox conversion (more likely since the temple we attend does not sponsor conversions). Is she required to go by Ashkenazi traditions or is he Sephardic since I would think the conversion is neutral - sort of like if you are a paternal Jew named Cohen , you convert, you still don’t have cohenim status. I view it sort of like that - as a neutral Jew and he should adopt our traditions but he does have Jewish family members who are Ashkenazi so no one can say he has no connection to Ashkenazi Jewish culture.

They are already fighting over future baby names and traditions. He doesn’t like her father’s name (usually first pick) for his own child, so she suggested her grandfather’s/brothers) since he will never have his own kids) but he is like what if his grandfather was still alive when they have the baby (he has the same last name of her dead grandfather). She is really into Sephardic and is legally changing her name to her grandmother’s since we didn’t follow it. We made it her Hebrew name but she started using it 4 years ago as her regular name. It sounds weird but it really is a fight they are having.

She argued his immediate family took to the Christian route (they celebrate the Christian holidays at their home not the Jewish ones) while my husband’s family is still traditional Sephardics so our culture should dominate. I assume it will regardless if he converts or not. At least he really likes haminados and cheese or spinach burekas.