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Chevra haChachamot<p>A new memoir, ‘The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews,’ explores traumatic teenage years in Hasidic Crown Heights, By Julia Gergely July 8, 2024</p><p>"...Rossi told the story of her rise through New York’s culinary scene in the 1980s in her 1st memoir, called “The Raging Skillet,” in 2015:</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-raging-skillet-the-true-life-story-of-chef-rossi-rossi/10414879" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/p/books/the-ragin</span><span class="invisible">g-skillet-the-true-life-story-of-chef-rossi-rossi/10414879</span></a></p><p>...Her 2nd memoir is more of a prequel than a follow-up. In “The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews,” released earlier this year, Rossi digs into everything that came before: specifically, the two years she lived in Crown Heights as a teenager. The book narrates what she describes as the misogyny, assault &amp; trauma she experienced there. These experiences would shape the rest of her life, inspiring her to become a chef &amp; come out as lesbian:</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-punk-rock-queen-of-the-jews-a-memoir-rossi/20207140" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/p/books/the-punk-</span><span class="invisible">rock-queen-of-the-jews-a-memoir-rossi/20207140</span></a> </p><p>“It is the most unusual ‘How I Came to New York’ story, which I would tell when I was a starving artist in the 1980s..."</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/07/08/ny/a-new-memoir-the-punk-rock-queen-of-the-jews-explores-traumatic-teenage-years-in-hasidic-crown-heights" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/07/08/ny/a-new-me</span><span class="invisible">moir-the-punk-rock-queen-of-the-jews-explores-traumatic-teenage-years-in-hasidic-crown-heights</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/CrownHeights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrownHeights</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishFood</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>From Harif, the Association of Jews from the MENA</p><p>Video Link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM3LzH8FDD8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=KM3LzH8FDD</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p>Many complain Israel is "losing the PR war". How can supporters of Israel and Zionism reframe the debate? Featuring journalist and author Lyn Julius. </p><p>See Lyn's other video with J-TV on the Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1COVgAM1bRY&amp;t=0s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=1COVgAM1bR</span><span class="invisible">Y&amp;t=0s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jeniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jeniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Oct7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oct7</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>May her memory be for a blessing.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/26/leah-levin-human-rights-dies/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/obituaries/</span><span class="invisible">2024/06/26/leah-levin-human-rights-dies/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TikkunOlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikkunOlam</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>Yom Rishon - starting in a few minutes!</p><p>Register Free and Join Zoom: <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcuyvpz8tGtZRYhhLyYumMSesEfDn86jq#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist</span><span class="invisible">er/tZYtcuyvpz8tGtZRYhhLyYumMSesEfDn86jq#/registration</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Tefilah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tefilah</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>From Ritual Well:<br>Threading Stones - An Elul Tradition<br>July 2 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT<br>Recurring Event - Tuesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and August 6, 2024<br>Course fee is $250<br> <br>Prepare yourself for Elul and the High Holy Days by learning an ancient tradition, rarely taught by those who have practice in this tradition.</p><p>For generations, Jewish women in Eastern Europe utilized threads to measure cemeteries and graves. These threads were used to create special soul candles known as neshome likht, or sometimes as protective bands worn on wrists, ankles, or necks. Typically overseen by skilled women called feldmesterins, activities such as feldmestn (cemetery measuring) and kneytlekh leygn (laying wicks) were most prevalent during Elul to prepare soul candles for Yom Kippur.</p><p>See a short video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb5h0E7OSYg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gb5h0E7OSY</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p><p>Register here: <a href="https://ritualwell.org/event/threading-stones-an-elul-tradition/2024-07-02/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ritualwell.org/event/threading</span><span class="invisible">-stones-an-elul-tradition/2024-07-02/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Elul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elul</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Yiddish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yiddish</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>From Reboot:<br>The new album The Golem and Other Tales by Sam Reider is inspired by Isaac Bachevis-Singer’s 1969 novella The Golem, a morally ambiguous take on the ancient Jewish folktale that inspired the creation of Superman. A pianist, accordionist and composer, Reider is touring music from the new album in cities around the country with his all-star acoustic band the Human Hands.</p><p>The tour features the renowned instrumentalist alongside his all-star acoustic band the Human Hands, featuring Billy Strings’ violinist Alex Hargreaves, Jon Batiste’s alto saxophonist Eddie Barbash, Duncan Wickel on violin, cello, and bouzouki, Molly Tuttle’s mandolinist Dominick Leslie, bassist Andrew Ryan, and guitarist Roy Williams. The music relies on folk, Americana, and jazz at its core.</p><p>Watch, listen, and order the vinyl version here: <a href="https://rebooting.com/golem/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rebooting.com/golem/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishMusic</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>From Ritual Well:<br>We're delighted that poet Hila Ratzabi will bring forward the wisdom of another important Jewish woman: Etty Hillesum, whose life was cut too soon, too short. Her gentle writings, meaningful and thought-provoking, were translated to multiple languages, and are shared worldwide as a source of teaching, comfort and endurance. </p><p>Read the Book:<br><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/etty-hillesum-an-interrupted-life-and-letters-from-westerbork-etty-hillesum/630427" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/p/books/etty-hill</span><span class="invisible">esum-an-interrupted-life-and-letters-from-westerbork-etty-hillesum/630427</span></a></p><p>I did a long commentary on this book and I recommend it highly. It is a blaring warning siren for our time.</p><p>Register for the event: <br><a href="https://ritualwell.org/event/spiritual-resilience-in-a-time-of-war-inspired-by-etty-hillesum/2024-07-10/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ritualwell.org/event/spiritual</span><span class="invisible">-resilience-in-a-time-of-war-inspired-by-etty-hillesum/2024-07-10/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth, By Deborah Danan June 25, 2024</p><p>"...The center is operated by Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest volunteer organization, and housed on the sixth floor of its Yirmiyahu 33 Rehabilitation and Wellness Hotel at the entrance to Jerusalem, the country’s only fully accessible hotel for people with disabilities. Nightly stays are heavily subsidized and couples pay 350 NIS ($93) per night, which they can then claim back from their health insurance for up to four nights. Since its opening last July, the center has hosted 470 couples, most of whom suffered stillbirths..."</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/06/25/health/in-jerusalem-a-unique-hotel-offers-respite-for-women-who-have-experienced-stillbirth" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/06/25/health/in-j</span><span class="invisible">erusalem-a-unique-hotel-offers-respite-for-women-who-have-experienced-stillbirth</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>The Anti-Choice Movement: Bad News For Jews, by Susan Weidman Schneider June 12, 1990</p><p>Yes, 1990.<br>"...The interests of Jews are threatened now because...Jews in particular have a great deal to lose if the wall separating church and state develops any fractures.</p><p>Jewish law on abortion posits that the life of the mother takes precedence over that of the unborn child. According to halacha...the fetus is potential life only, and its claims are secondary to those of the woman. Halacha regards a fetus as having no...life of its own; life does not begin until birth, and aborting a pregnancy...is not considered murder..."</p><p><a href="https://lilith.org/articles/the-anti-choice-movement-bad-news-for-jews/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lilith.org/articles/the-anti-c</span><span class="invisible">hoice-movement-bad-news-for-jews/</span></a></p><p>**************************************<br>Wisdom from the Original Jane Collective by Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler February 22, 2023</p><p>Read about these pioneering women working with the underground railroad for abortion services: <a href="https://lilith.org/2023/02/wisdom-from-the-original-jane-collective/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lilith.org/2023/02/wisdom-from</span><span class="invisible">-the-original-jane-collective/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>Jewish parents join lawsuit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools, By Jackie Hajdenberg June 25, 2024</p><p>"...Jewish families have played leading roles in religious liberty lawsuits challenging recent legislation by conservative state legislatures. Rabbis in a number of states have sued to block restrictions on abortion...arguing that they are based in Christianity and violate the separation of church and state...</p><p>In the lawsuit, the parents argued that they believe “that their children will be pressured to observe, venerate, and adopt the state’s preferred religious doctrine and to suppress expression of their own religious backgrounds and views at school.”</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/06/25/united-states/jewish-parents-join-lawsuit-challenging-louisiana-law-requiring-ten-commandments-in-schools" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/06/25/united-stat</span><span class="invisible">es/jewish-parents-join-lawsuit-challenging-louisiana-law-requiring-ten-commandments-in-schools</span></a></p><p>Cities and towns without Jewish dayschools or Jewish home-school co-ops are going to find it harder and harder to survive as people move away to places that have one. The Christian Nationalists intend to poach our kids.</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> ChristianNationalism</p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>From Ariele Mortkowitz at SVIVAH:</p><p>"...This week I went...to attend a hearing on conflict-related sexual violence &amp; to watch a special screening of the 10/7 documentary, “Screams Before Silence.”</p><p>...It’s not enough to just be sad or angry. ...We owe it to all women, everywhere and anywhere women are used as a tool of war. We have to speak up for them. Because they are us. Women victimized in conflict are targeted because they are women. And women are still being victimized today, right now. In Gaza &amp; in so many places around the globe. This isn’t about politics. This is about women standing up for women, for ourselves. To not permit the world to use and abuse women as a tool of war...</p><p>So I’m going to ask you to lean in. I will, too. But we have to do something. It’s hard to feel like there’s any way to be useful, but we just have to find something &amp; do it. Some (very) small suggestions..."</p><p>Read the Newsletter here:<br><a href="https://mailchi.mp/1f13301cb780/new-gatherings-updates-17286972" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mailchi.mp/1f13301cb780/new-ga</span><span class="invisible">therings-updates-17286972</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Oct7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oct7</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>102-year-old Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer is Vogue Germany’s latest cover model<br>By Philissa Cramer June 20, 2024</p><p>"...About the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, known as AfD, and the spike in antisemitic incidents amid the Israel-Hamas War, Friedländer told the magazine, “I am appalled.”</p><p>Friedländer was born and raised in Berlin and hid there after the Nazis rose to power and began deporting and murdering Jews. She was apprehended in April 1944 and sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where she remained until its liberation a year later. Her entire family had been murdered..."</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/06/20/global/102-year-old-holocaust-survivor-margot-friedlander-is-vogue-germanys-latest-cover-model" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/06/20/global/102-</span><span class="invisible">year-old-holocaust-survivor-margot-friedlander-is-vogue-germanys-latest-cover-model</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>From JIMENA<br>Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa presents:</p><p>Forgotten Refugees Film - Full length version n Vimeo</p><p>"...Directed by Michael Grynszpan and produced by Avi Goldwasser, the Forgotten Refugees won the “Best Featured Documentary” award at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival and the “Best Documentary Film” award at the 2007 Marbella Film Festival.</p><p>“The Forgotten Refugees” is an excellent film that seeks not to indoctrinate but to educate. The interviews with many Mizrachi Jews make clear that the question of identity and allegiance is still a troubling one for many of them. The viewer sees the pain of people scorned by their longtime Muslim neighbors. Understandably, these Jews continue to feel a deep connection to their traditional Arabic food, music and language..."</p><p>See the movie:<br><a href="https://vimeo.com/302897354" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vimeo.com/302897354</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Read the article:<br><a href="https://www.jimena.org/resources/forgotten-refugees/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jimena.org/resources/forgotten</span><span class="invisible">-refugees/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Sephardi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sephardi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mizrahi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mizrahi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MENA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MENA</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>We must teach the history of antisemitism in all countries, not just European ones - opinion</p><p>There is a moral and academic imperative to teach the components of genocide; It would enable people to discern when to distinguish between actual genocide and misinformation.<br>By SARAH LEVIN JUNE 20, 2024</p><p>"...We can no longer ignore or fail to teach our students the Nazi roots of the Muslim Brotherhood – the father organization of Hamas, the historical and violent criminalization of “Zionism” and “Zionists” in the Arab world, and the ongoing belligerent and systemic Holocaust denial by the Islamic Republic of Iran. </p><p>Expanding Holocaust education to include Jews from North Africa and the Middle East can directly teach students that Jews are a diverse people, shattering some of the insidious stereotypes common among young people today..." </p><p><a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-806936" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jpost.com/opinion/article-8069</span><span class="invisible">36</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Sephardi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sephardi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mizrahi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mizrahi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MENA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MENA</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>Hebrew Union College to admit and ordain rabbinical students in interfaith relationships, ending longstanding ban, By Philissa Cramer June 20, 2024</p><p>"...To replace the intermarriage ban, HUC is adopting a new requirement that students with children pledge to raise them “exclusively as Jews engaged with Jewish religious practice, education, and community.”</p><p>The commitment is in line with what Reform rabbis are asked to require of couples they wed and reflects the movement’s stance on determining who is a Jew: While historically Judaism was largely conferred through conversion or matrilineal descent, for four decades, Reform Judaism has considered any child of one Jewish parent to be Jewish as long as they are raised with a “positive and exclusive Jewish identity.”</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/06/20/religion/hebrew-union-college-to-admit-and-ordain-rabbinical-students-in-interfaith-relationships-ending-longstanding-ban" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/06/20/religion/he</span><span class="invisible">brew-union-college-to-admit-and-ordain-rabbinical-students-in-interfaith-relationships-ending-longstanding-ban</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/InterMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InterMarriage</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ReformJudaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReformJudaism</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>Jews are in a moment of broken illusions, but we’re stronger than we think, by Dr. Mijal Bitton June 19, 2024</p><p>"...The tension between the idyllic departure and the actual journey [in this week's parashat] mirrors our current experience. We live with nostalgia for eras in which everything was supposedly fine, ignoring the lived experiences of our ancestors. Many of us live with the pain that even today our reality is far from what we want. Almost daily since Oct. 7 I feel visceral pain from my broken illusions, illusions that the world had rid itself of much of its antisemitic hatred, illusions that the evils perpetrated against defenseless Jews were somehow a thing of the past. Today we live with the pain of being in the wilderness — knowing there is a promised land, but stuck wandering in the dense thickets of uncertainty..."</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/06/19/ideas/jews-are-in-a-moment-of-broken-illusions-but-were-stronger-than-we-think" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/06/19/ideas/jews-</span><span class="invisible">are-in-a-moment-of-broken-illusions-but-were-stronger-than-we-think</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>This Pride, queer Jews are feeling the strain — and sometimes unsafe — over Israel, By Andrew Lapin June 18, 2024</p><p>“Individuals and Organizations have targeted our board members, including [with] threats of violence,” Cincinnati Pride said in an Instagram statement.</p><p>...Critics say this is creating an atmosphere of antisemitism or Israel-related “litmus tests” for queer Jews, caught between two marginalized identities whose communal politics are growing further apart.</p><p>“We’re now in a very, very serious moment when we need all hands on deck,” Ethan Felson, executive director of LGBTQ Jewish group A Wider Bridge, said earlier this month during a Pride-focused community briefing with the Jewish Federations of North America...</p><p>Felson said such groups “want to take Pride away from all of us.”</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/06/18/united-states/this-pride-queer-jews-are-feeling-the-strain-and-sometimes-unsafe-over-israel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/06/18/united-stat</span><span class="invisible">es/this-pride-queer-jews-are-feeling-the-strain-and-sometimes-unsafe-over-israel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Oct7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oct7</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishPride</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>Major Jewish event returns to Ukraine, bringing hope amid ongoing war, By Larry Luxner June 18, 2024</p><p>"...The May 24-26 event in Uzhhorod, a city of 115,000 near where the borders of Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine meet, marked the first Limmud FSU event on Ukrainian soil since the war with Russia started in February 2022. Limmud FSU is a nonprofit, nondenominational cultural and educational organization designed to foster community and Jewish identity among Jews from the former Soviet Union. It holds events all over the world — including in North America, Europe, the Caucasus, Israel, and Australia.</p><p>“We hope that Limmud FSU gatherings truly serve as a light in these dark times,” said Limmud FSU’s founder, Chaim Chesler, during the opening event.</p><p>“It is incredibly special to us, and it’s a testament to the strength and spirit of our Ukrainian Jewish community,” co-founder Sandra Cahn added..."</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/06/18/global/major-jewish-event-returns-to-ukraine-bringing-hope-amid-ongoing-war" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/06/18/global/majo</span><span class="invisible">r-jewish-event-returns-to-ukraine-bringing-hope-amid-ongoing-war</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Limmud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Limmud</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>Frieda Johles Forman, ‘fiery’ feminist who rediscovered Yiddish women authors, dies at 87, By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 14, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2024/06/14/obituaries/frieda-johles-forman-fiery-feminist-who-rediscovered-yiddish-women-authors-dies-at-87" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2024/06/14/obituaries/</span><span class="invisible">frieda-johles-forman-fiery-feminist-who-rediscovered-yiddish-women-authors-dies-at-87</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishWomen</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishAuthors</span></a></p>
Chevra haChachamot<p>If you're thinking there's no way that a war on the other side of the planet can profoundly affect the Jewish Community in a negative way, well, the history of Soviet Jews suggests otherwise...</p><p>40 years ago, a refusenik made art of the Soviet Jewish tragedy. At 82, he is seeing its first English translation, By Penny Schwartz December 18, 2018</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2018/12/18/culture/40-years-ago-a-refusenik-made-art-of-the-soviet-jewish-tragedy-at-82-he-is-seeing-its-first-english-translation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2018/12/18/culture/40-</span><span class="invisible">years-ago-a-refusenik-made-art-of-the-soviet-jewish-tragedy-at-82-he-is-seeing-its-first-english-translation</span></a></p><p>OBITUARY: David Shrayer-Petrov<br>January 28, 1936 – June 9, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/brookline-ma/david-shrayer-petrov-11853446" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dignitymemorial.com/obituaries</span><span class="invisible">/brookline-ma/david-shrayer-petrov-11853446</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewniverse</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFedi</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/SovietJews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovietJews</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JewishAuthors</span></a></p>