levi 🧿
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25 || he/they || i live in the library || aspiring polyglot & masorti jew || autistic & adhd || gender crisis mode || views all mine 🐈
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December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Being a friend of the Israeli government, in 2025, means aiding and abetting an authoritarian, genocidal Kahanist regime. That's Rachel Reeves.
Being a friend of Israeli society, on the other hand, means acting to stop Kahanism and to demand recognition and accountability for the Gaza genocide.
Being a friend of Israeli society, on the other hand, means acting to stop Kahanism and to demand recognition and accountability for the Gaza genocide.
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Being a friend of the Israeli government, in 2025, means aiding and abetting an authoritarian, genocidal Kahanist regime. That's Rachel Reeves.
Being a friend of Israeli society, on the other hand, means acting to stop Kahanism and to demand recognition and accountability for the Gaza genocide.
Being a friend of Israeli society, on the other hand, means acting to stop Kahanism and to demand recognition and accountability for the Gaza genocide.
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unintended side effect of being a jew online: you feel pressured to have an opinion on the election which you could not have voted in, for the mayor of a city youve never been to, which is in a country youve never been to, and whose policies will not affect you.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
unintended side effect of being a jew online: you feel pressured to have an opinion on the election which you could not have voted in, for the mayor of a city youve never been to, which is in a country youve never been to, and whose policies will not affect you.
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As we read about Sodom in this week's Torah portion, a brief reminder that according to Jewish tradition the sin of Sodom had nothing to do with sexuality, it was that they criminalized helping the poor and the visitor.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
As we read about Sodom in this week's Torah portion, a brief reminder that according to Jewish tradition the sin of Sodom had nothing to do with sexuality, it was that they criminalized helping the poor and the visitor.
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Judaism is like Math: it might be hard to discover new things, but you could spend your life learning what exists and it would not be a waste, and the applications are without end
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Judaism is like Math: it might be hard to discover new things, but you could spend your life learning what exists and it would not be a waste, and the applications are without end
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“splitting hairs is a sacred act in my religion”
No, I don't think applied math does use the scientific method. It's used *for* science, but it's not arrived at *by* science.
Splitting hairs is a sacred act in my religion, so
Splitting hairs is a sacred act in my religion, so
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“splitting hairs is a sacred act in my religion”
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Actually there has always been one monolithic Halacha.
Of course the Jewish people have a wide variety of differing opinions about what it is, and that's fine, there are many valid perspectives
Of course the Jewish people have a wide variety of differing opinions about what it is, and that's fine, there are many valid perspectives
Much like the fact there is no one Sharia law, there’s never been one monolithic halakhah. But here we have people inside the house trying to claim there’s one way of doing Judaism. Conflicting minhagim have always existed. Even the notion of rabbinic Judaism as Judaism hasn’t always been true
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Actually there has always been one monolithic Halacha.
Of course the Jewish people have a wide variety of differing opinions about what it is, and that's fine, there are many valid perspectives
Of course the Jewish people have a wide variety of differing opinions about what it is, and that's fine, there are many valid perspectives
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oseh shalom bimromav hu yaaseh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael v’imru amein
October 7, 2023 at 12:27 PM
oseh shalom bimromav hu yaaseh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael v’imru amein
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When people say they want the country to follow "Biblical values," they always mean hating queer people and never mean canceling everyone's debts after a certain period of time.
September 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When people say they want the country to follow "Biblical values," they always mean hating queer people and never mean canceling everyone's debts after a certain period of time.
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Shema the Beit Shammai way!
Morning shema = standing up
Bedtime shema = lying down
Depression shema = curled up into a ball
Morning shema = standing up
Bedtime shema = lying down
Depression shema = curled up into a ball
Any Shema can be the bedtime Shema if you’ve got enough depression
September 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Shema the Beit Shammai way!
Morning shema = standing up
Bedtime shema = lying down
Depression shema = curled up into a ball
Morning shema = standing up
Bedtime shema = lying down
Depression shema = curled up into a ball
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"There are some things for which there is no forgiveness. Absolutely none. And that hard fact is impossible to learn to live with."
It’s long past time that I take responsibility for what I wrote on Israel/Palestine in ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR.
& with the Gaza genocide, our thinking about what amends & healing may ever involve is even more urgent.
Even if there may never be “forgiveness” or “atonement.”
& with the Gaza genocide, our thinking about what amends & healing may ever involve is even more urgent.
Even if there may never be “forgiveness” or “atonement.”
Gaza's Annihilation Can Never Be Forgiven
Revisiting On Repentance and Repair
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"There are some things for which there is no forgiveness. Absolutely none. And that hard fact is impossible to learn to live with."
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I often see people use "Zionist" in a way that is not a critique of Zionism as an ideology ("Zionists control the media!" "Zionists are why you don't know about queer victims of the Holocaust!"). Then when I call this antisemitic, I get "I said Zionists, not Jews, so you're the real antisemite!"
September 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I often see people use "Zionist" in a way that is not a critique of Zionism as an ideology ("Zionists control the media!" "Zionists are why you don't know about queer victims of the Holocaust!"). Then when I call this antisemitic, I get "I said Zionists, not Jews, so you're the real antisemite!"
tbh what most frustrates me about i/p is that i feel that there is such potential for synergy between jews and non-jews, israelis and palestinians and folks from elsewhere and instead identity terms and fear and snap judgments create walls that prevent conversation and listening to conversations had
August 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
tbh what most frustrates me about i/p is that i feel that there is such potential for synergy between jews and non-jews, israelis and palestinians and folks from elsewhere and instead identity terms and fear and snap judgments create walls that prevent conversation and listening to conversations had
you shall not pollute the land in which you reside with blood.
קול דמי אחיך צועקים אלי מן האדמה
Your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil.
#FoodtoGazaNow #CeaseFireNow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil.
#FoodtoGazaNow #CeaseFireNow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
At least 57 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Israel withdraws from ceasefire talks
Israeli PM looking at ‘alternative options’ to the discussions in Doha after removing his negotiators
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
you shall not pollute the land in which you reside with blood.
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These are hard times. Thinking of friends with dear ones in Iran. Of the people in Gaza, and the occupied territories. Of the good people in Israel.
I admit: I take in the news and wonder, how can this turn out well? Is this the end of the world as we knew it?
The bitter harvest of last November.
I admit: I take in the news and wonder, how can this turn out well? Is this the end of the world as we knew it?
The bitter harvest of last November.
June 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
These are hard times. Thinking of friends with dear ones in Iran. Of the people in Gaza, and the occupied territories. Of the good people in Israel.
I admit: I take in the news and wonder, how can this turn out well? Is this the end of the world as we knew it?
The bitter harvest of last November.
I admit: I take in the news and wonder, how can this turn out well? Is this the end of the world as we knew it?
The bitter harvest of last November.
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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I’m co-organising a medieval conference next year in Oxford! Please take a look at the CfP and consider submitting an abstract, by the 15th of September, to [email protected]. We hope to be able to provide funding to help cover expenses of attendance.
#medievalsky #skystorians
#medievalsky #skystorians
June 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I’m co-organising a medieval conference next year in Oxford! Please take a look at the CfP and consider submitting an abstract, by the 15th of September, to [email protected]. We hope to be able to provide funding to help cover expenses of attendance.
#medievalsky #skystorians
#medievalsky #skystorians
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Under the smokescreen of war:
Two days ago, Israel’s Higher Planning Council for the West Bank allowed IDF training in Firing Zone 918. This means the total demolition of 12 villages—home to around 2,800 people—and the final stage of ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta.
Two days ago, Israel’s Higher Planning Council for the West Bank allowed IDF training in Firing Zone 918. This means the total demolition of 12 villages—home to around 2,800 people—and the final stage of ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta.
June 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Under the smokescreen of war:
Two days ago, Israel’s Higher Planning Council for the West Bank allowed IDF training in Firing Zone 918. This means the total demolition of 12 villages—home to around 2,800 people—and the final stage of ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta.
Two days ago, Israel’s Higher Planning Council for the West Bank allowed IDF training in Firing Zone 918. This means the total demolition of 12 villages—home to around 2,800 people—and the final stage of ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta.
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In Gaza:
-Starvation continues
-Wanton bombing of civilians continues
-Israel's campaign to make Gaza unlivable continues
-Starvation continues
-Wanton bombing of civilians continues
-Israel's campaign to make Gaza unlivable continues
June 20, 2025 at 5:43 AM
In Gaza:
-Starvation continues
-Wanton bombing of civilians continues
-Israel's campaign to make Gaza unlivable continues
-Starvation continues
-Wanton bombing of civilians continues
-Israel's campaign to make Gaza unlivable continues
read the entire thread. all of it.
If your political education took place in Israel-supportive spheres, the word Intifada has a negative, violent and menacing meaning for you.
If your political education happened in Palestine-supportive spheres, the word Intifada has a positive, liberatory and inspiring meaning for you.
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If your political education happened in Palestine-supportive spheres, the word Intifada has a positive, liberatory and inspiring meaning for you.
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June 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
read the entire thread. all of it.
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Send queer and trans kids to camp with each other so they can actually be in a space for themselves for once:
I’m hanging out at the last day of Camp Indigo Point. Tomorrow they get their phones back and learn about what SCOTUS did while they were having Queer Prom.
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June 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Send queer and trans kids to camp with each other so they can actually be in a space for themselves for once:
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And for the pride month (so far coming with horrible news every day) I give you something really good: Uta’s book is now officially a thing!
Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps coming to you next year! 📕🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps coming to you next year! 📕🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
In happy news, the Manuscript Review Committee of the University of Toronto Press has approved my book manuscript on homophobia in Nazi camps in 2026! I am delighted and thankful @ankahajkova.bsky.social @cmick21.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
And for the pride month (so far coming with horrible news every day) I give you something really good: Uta’s book is now officially a thing!
Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps coming to you next year! 📕🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Homophobia in Nazi Concentration Camps coming to you next year! 📕🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Our newest catalogue: The Rare Book Collection of Dr. Felix Guggenheim. Fifty highlights from a lifetime of collecting Judaica and Germanistic.
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The Rare Book Collection of Dr. Felix Guggenheim
Offered by mark funke, bookseller
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March 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM