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James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<a href="https://jewishcoproject.org/2025/08/13/history-1989-statement-by-south-african-jewish-cos/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jewishcoproject.org/2025/08/13/history-1989-statement-by-south-african-jewish-cos/</a>Sharing this important snapshot of Jewish history, a statement signed by 23 South African Jewish conscientious objectors during the days of apartheid. Excerpt: NATIONAL JEWISH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS STATEMENT.Without coercion, influence, and of our own free will and conscience; we, individual members of the Jewish community, have adopted the following stance:As Jews, members of a people who possess a religious tradition of social justice and who have endured a history of oppression, we have resolved not to serve in the South African Defence Force. South African society is founded on a system of racial inequality and discrimination, rejected by the majority of its people. The SADF plays a role in maintaining the universally condemned system of apartheid. We regard the system of apartheid as working against the interests of the people of South Africa and in obstructing peaceful development in the region. The SADF’s ongoing destabilisation of the Frontline states, its role in South Africa’s black townships and the general militarisation of South African society are also particularly worrying to us. Our opposition to being conscripted into the SADF is based on our Jewish identity which consists of religious, historical, and cultural elements. Jewish sensitivity and consciousness, born out of oppression in the form of ghettos, pogroms, inquisitions, expulsions and the unique suffering of the holocaust; when combined with our religious and traditional longing for a just society, demand the active pursuit of peace and the elimination of all forms of injustice and racism.“One who has the opportunity to protest against evil and remains indifferent is deemed culpable by G-d“ (Shmot Rabba 1:2)We see our objection to serving in the SADF as an expression of our Jewish faith and heritage, and as loyal to the majority of South Africans. We wish to make a constructive and peaceful contribution to South Africa’s future in the interests of all its people.There are very limited options open to those opposed to conscription. We therefore call for alternatives to be made available. We believe that non-punitive, constructive community service provides such a concrete alternative to military service. In this way, national service will become beneficial to the entire South African community.We stand in solidarity with Jewish objectors Dave Bruce and Saul Batzofin and other imprisoned conscientious objectors and call for their immediate release.Signed by 33 Jewish conscientious objectors, in Johannesburg and in Cape Town. 21 September 1989.<a href="https://c.im/tags/ConscientiousObjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConscientiousObjection</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apartheid</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Peace</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shalom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shalom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ShalomSalaam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShalomSalaam</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Consciption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Consciption</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Draft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Draft</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MilitaryDraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryDraft</a>

Chevra haChachamotFrom Rabbi Jill Zimmerman: Join our warm and welcoming community of learners as we study core texts from Jewish tradition to illuminate the path, along with mindfulness practices to enrich your experience. Register: <a href="https://jewishmindful.org/hh2025-course/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jewishmindful.org/hh2025-course/</a>Tiered Pricing: $72 - $144<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Elul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elul</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/HighHolidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HighHolidays</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TikkunOlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikkunOlam</a>

Chevra haChachamotFrom Rabbi Jill Zimmerman: This personal work is so important that we set aside an entire month (Elul) for reflection.You think deeply about who you are, where you are, and who you want to be. You review the past year and set new intentions for the coming year. You reflect, repair, and renew.When you take time to engage in this practice, the High Holy Days season is exponentially more meaningful. They become a tool for spiritual transformation.Get the Download: <a href="https://jewishmindful.org/return/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jewishmindful.org/return/</a>Interactive PDF: $18-$36<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Elul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elul</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/HighHolidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HighHolidays</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TIkkunOlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIkkunOlam</a>

Ner 🕯️Please read only if jewish, letter from world jewry to netanyahu

Caleb HerbertHave you ever been called Muslim for beard, yarmulke and tsitsit?<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a>

Chevra haChachamotFrom Savor: Find out why Sicily and Southern Italy have such a unique Sephardic and Jewish history by joining Savor for a FREE webinar next Sunday, August 17th at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT!Get a taste for what a Savor travel adventure is all about by singing along with Sarah in Ladino and watching Chef Susan in her kitchen for a cooking demo of a classic Sicilian dish of Jewish origin.Register: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IN-MUwS6QLO9xOfu8zHELQ#/registration" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IN-MUwS6QLO9xOfu8zHELQ#/registration</a>BONUS: Participants will get a special registration discount if they sign up for the trip by August 31! <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JewishHistory</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JewishFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JewishFood</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Diaspora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Diaspora</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Sephardi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sephardi</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/MENA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MENA</a>

Caleb HerbertDid <a href="https://babka.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antisemitism</a> get bad after 2018 or is it just me?<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israeli</a>

Serge from BabkaI've been struggling between two world views.I'm an Ashkenazi and proud of it, and while I believe in the right of Jews for self-determination, I have chosen to live my life in the diaspora.I'm also a proud, but secular Jew.Those things would generally be described as Yiddishkeit.At the same time, I've seen some things in the Yiddishkeit movement that deeply concern me. Ashkecentrism makes sennse, but I'm seeing some anti-Sephardi racism.I also see bigotry in anti-Israeli, not merely against the current government, but an erasure or gatekeeping of Israelis, even those who have chosen to live in the diaspora.I also worry as I see it become disconnected from secular Jewish life to "Humanist Jewish Life", a movement that I do not resonate with.With all of this, I find the movement does not connect with me and I find pushes me away.I'm curious to others views, especially Jews of Color and non-Americans.<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jews</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Yiddishkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yiddishkeit</a>

Rachel CholstGot some questions for <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mazeldon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mazeldon</a> 1) how do you pronounce "Maccabi" (like Judah) and where are you from?2) Is it different from how you pronounce the Maccabi Games?<a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jewish</a> <a href="https://linernotes.club/tags/jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jews</a>

littlemiao :jewish_pride_flag:Who all still has Eicha trope stuck in their head on repeat? <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a>

Leah kvetches all the timeFrom Ritual Well:<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TishaBAv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TishaBAv</a>

Serge from BabkaThis weekend is <a href="https://babka.social/tags/PRIDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PRIDE</a> here in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vancouver</a> and with the amount of discrimination and violence Jewish Queer experience, I'm wondering what are good Jewish LGBTQ+ causes in either the US or Canada?<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Charity</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>

Chevra haChachamot“It is known that the letters of the Torah have the aspect of inner lights which are revealed according to the order of the emanation of the worlds. And the boundary of the white that encompasses the letters possesses the aspect of the encompassing lights, which are not revealed but are found in a hidden-ness, in the aspect of the encompassing light. From this we may understand that the white boundaries also possess the aspect of letters, but they are hidden letters, higher than the revealed letters.”Read more: <a href="https://kabbalahexperience.com/white-fire/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kabbalahexperience.com/white-fire/</a><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Torah</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Talmud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Talmud</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Midrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Midrash</a>

Chevra haChachamotStarting next week, from Ritual Well:As we welcome the month of Elul, our thoughts naturally shift towards spiritual introspection. This year, many of us carry not only our personal grief but also the collective sorrows of the world. Elul offers us the opportunity to explore the traditions surrounding the Mourner’s Kaddish and the Yizkor service.For those attending the Yizkor service, this session will enhance your experience and participation. All sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.Register: <a href="https://ritualwell.org/event/elul-journey-towards-yizkor/2025-08-06/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ritualwell.org/event/elul-journey-towards-yizkor/2025-08-06/</a><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Yizkor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yizkor</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Elul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elul</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/HighHolidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HighHolidays</a>

Chevra haChachamotThis Sunday, from the Shalom Center:Yahhhh b'Av: A New Torah of LoveSunday, August 10, 20257:00 PM  8:30 PMRegister HERE: <a href="https://theshalomcenter.org/events/yahhhh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theshalomcenter.org/events/yahhhh</a><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TuBAv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TuBAv</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TikkunOlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TikkunOlam</a>

Chevra haChachamotFrom SVIVAH:Our wonderful educators – Rebecca Minkus Lieberman and Batsheva Ganz, LMHC – are offering us a moment of reflection and introspection, sharing thoughts on ways we might embrace some of these “lessons of lament.”Register: <a href="https://www.svivah.org/gatherings/9av2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.svivah.org/gatherings/9av2025</a>As always, come when you can, stay till you can’t. But, come. Let’s sit together this Tisha B’Av.<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jewish</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TishaBAv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TishaBAv</a>

Serge from BabkaSikhs wear a knife with them all the time as religious garb.We wear shirts with frills.<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a>

Serge from BabkaWhen I was a child, I wore a mezuzah necklace.Several years ago I expressed wanting to get a new one and my wife said that it didn't really make sense. A mezuzah is an object, not a symbol. Where for me a mezuzah necklace is a less obvious representation of my Judaism, to her it was as if I had said "I want to get a necklace with an iron, or maybe a car.[1]So I bought myself and am now, wearing a small Magen David.The mezuzah was only really obvious to those who knew.This will be obvious to anyone who sees into my shirt.If they're going to hate me, let them hate me.And if they're going to associate being a proud Jew with supporting the war in Gaza, that's on them.I'm here for Jews and Jewish solidarity.[1] Or a cannon, or thimble. ;)<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a>

Judah The MacWhat's the over under on this fucking asshole just having opened up on the first group of identifiably Jewish people he saw<a href="https://mas.to/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NYC</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a>

James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮<a href="https://humanistictorah.org/2025/07/28/in-defense-of-mrp-multireligious-practice-in-judaism/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://humanistictorah.org/2025/07/28/in-defense-of-mrp-multireligious-practice-in-judaism/</a>I'm sharing an essay I wrote that has a controversial thesis: that Judaism should welcome and support converts who engage in another tradition's practices.Along the way, I discuss two past classes from the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Unyeshiva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unyeshiva</a> (a school of Jewish learning and unlearning from the folks behind the Judaism Unbound podcast) by Susan Katz Miller and R Esther Hugenholtz, as well as share a fair bit about my own journey.<a href="https://c.im/tags/MultiReligiousPractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MultiReligiousPractice</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HumanisticJudaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanisticJudaism</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judaism</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/JewishConversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JewishConversion</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mennonite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mennonite</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mazeldon</a>

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