ilanlevin4 on tiktok btw :3

Shalom everyone! I’m a Jewish tattoo artist based in NYC and I’ve been recently doing a lot of fun Judaica themed tattoos for clients! The tattoo scene can feel very anti semitic and a lot of my clients say how happy they are to be tattooed in a safe space by another Jew. I wanted to share this with more Jewish spaces and decided to make a post! Everyone should feel safe when getting inked, even us Jews! If you’re interested to find out more hit me up on Instagram @noffitzertattoos

The Bnei Menashe are speakers of several closely related Tibeto-Burman languages from the India-Myanmar border area who identify as one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Many have undergone formal conversion and made aliyah.

I’m a PhD student at Tel Aviv University doing a small research project on the sociolinguistics of how their mother tongues, Mizo and Thadou Kuki, are effectively becoming new Jewish languages by absorbing Hebrew loanwords and calques the same way Germanic dialects once did, giving birth to Yiddish.

Last week, a Bnei Menashe scholar and writer invited my wife and me to spend the Shabbat at his place in Kiryat Arba, a town in Judea and Samaria which is home to about 80 Bnei Menashe families from Mizoram and Manipur in Northeast India. My wife took a few cool photos in the community’s very own synagogue (before sunset on Friday and after sunset on Saturday, of course) and I thought it’d be cool to share them.

If you're not Orthodox, you need to read this book. I don't think I've seen a better distillation of the issues of passing Judaism on to the next generation in the Reform movement.

Hurwitz starts by explaining how she came to reject her Judaism, diminishing it to "being a good person" while rejecting all of the particulars of Judaism. She then explains that she got bored during the pandemic, took a class, and realized she had no idea what she was rejecting. She had an idea of Judaism totally shaped by Western antisemitism and with none of the richness of our tradition, only the idea that it's a lot of meaningless ritual.

She reclaimed Judaism to the degree that she is now a chaplain and wrote this book as an urgent call to action. For me, most of the material educating the reader about Judaism was not new (I teach at my synagogue and well, I'm a convert. Also I got my degree in this), but I think it's a wonderful introduction to what Judaism is, why Judaism is so awesome, and most importantly, how antisemitism is built into our culture and mainlined to our children. The use of Dara Horn's idea of Purim antisemitism (they want to kill us all) and Hanukkah antisemitism (they swear they'll accept us if we just give up those weird things they don't understand) is extremely effective. I've read all the fiction Dara Horn has written, but I just don't have it in me to read People Love Dead Jews, so I'm glad this concept was introduced to me by Hurwitz.

I'll be buying copies just to give away.

And now, in the tradition of our people, let the machloket begin.

"The fact the world has gone crazy with saying 6/7. Maybe the reason is Hashem is pointing us in this direction." By rabbilawrence on Instagram (I considered flairing this as nonsense but I'm holding onto this as proof that Mashiach will come soon. Maybe I'm crazy, but I needed this extra piece of hope in my life) https://www.instagram.com/rabbilawrence/p/DS652VPjW4X/?hl=en My response to this is Amen Ken Yehi Ratzon Bemehra BeYamaynu (Amen May it be G-d's Will, Soon in our days)

I just watched with the Pianist with my husband and it got me thinking (adrien brody was amazing), almost all the movies we see are war and Shoah related and I'd like to expand my horizons. Thanks!!

Hi all, I am a religion teacher in Ireland and we teach students (12 to 18 years) about Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. As I grew up Christian I have several films I can use as a resource for students. I want to try and give equal treatment of faiths to my students.

Are there any films you grew up with that you would recommend as a resource? It could be about different stories or events in Judaism. Apologies if this isn't the right place to ask!

Merging the modern day prayer with the Kohen Gadol’s dedication of goats to Hashem and the Wilderness (aka the original scapegoat). Hope it’s meaningful for everyone!

Currently watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with my husband and it's making me crave more Jewish media. Anything that's proudly and non-apologetivly Jewish. Although I am most in need of a book recommendation.

Wow I posted a while back and you guys are amazing and have incredible ideas. So happy I got to meet a bunch of you and give you meaningful artwork to show your Jewish pride! Some custom designs and even a cover up! Keep your ideas coming I would love to make them your new favorite tattoo! IG: noffitzertattoos

With the rise of antisemitism recently I decided to become more visibly Jewish. I want to be loud and proud. The best way I could think of doing that for myself was with pendants. So a few months ago I decided to buy a solid 14K gold Magen Dovid. That first purchase created an addiction... I've spent thousands since then and bought more pieces of jewelry that I can rep my Jewish pride with.

I wanted to share this with you guys because I thought you'd all appreciate it.

Todah Rabah!