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SHALOM MOTHERFUCKERS. I'M A LOUD AND PROUD JEW AND I AM USING ALL CAPS TO EXPRESS MY LOUD JEWISHNESS. A THREAD:
I AM AN ASHKENAZI JEW, MEANING MY FAMILY COME FROM EASTERN EUROPE. LEARN MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT ETHNIC ORIGINS OF JEWS HERE: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/sephardic-ashkenazic-mizrahi-jews-jewish-ethnic-diversity/
I GREW UP IN THE MASORTI COMMUNITY. IN A NUTSHELL: TRADITIONAL JEWISH PRACTICE COMBINED W/ MODERN, CRITICAL SENSIBILITY. FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES ROOTED IN TRADITION AND OPEN TO MODERN VALUES AND WELCOME PEOPLE INTO THEM. More: https://masorti.org.uk/
MY FAVOURITE JEWISH HOLIDAY IS PESACH (PASSOVER). IT'S BONKERS AND SUPER FUN. HERE IS MAYIM BIALIK TALKING ABOUT PESACH:
JEWISHNESS IS PASSED ON THROUGH YO MAMA. TRIBE IS PASSED ON THRU YO PAPA. MY DAD'S MA WAS A COHEN (HIGH PRIEST) BUT BECAUSE SHE'S A WOMAN IT DIDN'T GET PASSED ON. MASSIVE THUMBS DOWN FOR THAT.
PEOPLE USED TO THROW ROCKS AT MY SCHOOL BUS AND YELL SLURS @ ME IN THE STREET. THIS STOPPED WHEN I WAS IN SIXTH FORM BC I WASN'T IMMEDIATELY RECOGNISABLE AS JEWISH ANYMORE
CHICKEN SOUP = JEWISH PENICILLIN
I AM AN ATHEIST BY FAITH, BUT A JEW BY ETHNICITY, BY CULTURE, AND HISTORY. I WAS BORN JEWISH, I WAS RAISED JEWISH, AND I WILL DIE JEWISH. BEING JEWISH FOR ME IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PARTS OF MY IDENTITY AND I WILL SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS (LIKE NOW).
THE MOST SPIRITUAL I EVER FEEL IS WHEN I SING HAVDALAH (PRAYERS AT THE END OF SABBATH) WITH MY COMMUNITY. I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. IT'S A BIT NUTS.
I WILL BE CONTINUING IN THIS VERY LOUD, ALL CAPS VEIN, OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. JEWS, JOIN ME!!!
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME IF I SPEAK “JEWISH”... DO U MEAN HEBREW, YIDDISH, LADINO, ARAMAIC...?
