Hi. They’re asleep. What?
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 04:37 (six years ago) link
_ One of my favorite things our Rabbi does at services every year is to remind us that "this is your time," and encourage us to let our minds wander, to read and follow along if we want to but not to feel terrible if we take some of these few hours to think about stuff, any stuff, related to the holiday or not_This is great !
― calstars, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:18 (six years ago) link
https://www.jweekly.com/2000/05/12/interrupters-linguist-says-it-s-jewish-way/
― Mordy, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
ok lol
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
my wife is always getting on me for interrupting and I'm like what
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
Clash of interrupting vs waiting cultures is a pretty useful paradigm to be conscientious of
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
so here's a fun thing my fellow ILX Jews will appreciate - at the company xmas dinner/party this year somehow I ended up having to "explain" Judaism to the table I was seated at, ppl were asking me about what you do for Hannukah, what does it commemorate, oh it's not such a big holiday? well what are the major holidays? Yom Kippur? What's that? Passover? how does that work? what do you mean the Last Supper was a seder, I thought that was a Christian thing? Wait, Jesus was a JEW?
*sigh*
my wife got very visibly irritated and was like "let me google this for you"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:13 (five years ago) link
…adults?
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
Though that puts me in mind of Twain, “properly speaking the Jew ought never to have been heard of” or whatever
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
yes. in their 60s.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one per cent. of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star-dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of.
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
can't entirely disagree with his stats there, but surely our longevity counts for something
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
That’s where he ends up
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
He has made a marvellous fight in this world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished.The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?
The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
brisket iirc
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
Just made some Sunday actually, had been too long. Still no idea if I’m taking it out at the right moment tbh
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
Any thoughts about the Women’s March and the 2 National Board members that are Farrakhan supporters?
Not a fan of The Tablet website, but I see an article from there circulating.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
I have lots of thoughts but I'm wondering what in particular you're wondering about? There are a lot of uncomfortable fault lines here but the quick takeaway for me is that it seems legit, confirmed and gross.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
My thought is I (liberal Jewish Zionist) care about as much about it as about the politics of ANSWER, which organized a lot of protests against the Iraq War. Women's March took place in tons of cities, including my own; the one here was an organic expression of solidarity that was fundamentally local and had nothing to do with Farrakhan, Israel, or Jews.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
^^^
well I don't consider myself a Zionist but otm to the rest of it
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
While I would like those particular National Board members to be removed, thankfully their personal views have not overly influenced the tenor of the Women’s Marches. I was not and am not a fan of Answer as well.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
It was either here or the anti-semitism thread, but this thread seems better. Remarkable story about an invisible hero:
https://www.omaha.com/columnists/hansen/hansen-an-omahan-saved-countless-jews-during-the-holocaust-then/article_357296fc-cd60-563a-a221-8c18456c5c9a.html
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:03 (five years ago) link
one thing i'll say about Jumaane Williams, who just won the public advocate special election, is that nobody consistently shouts out obscure Jewish holidays like he does https://t.co/UHaM8IYObj— Sam Raskin (@samraskinz) February 27, 2019
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
If you represent Midwood and East Flatbush, you better know the Hebrew calendar like the back of your hand lol
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
tru
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
(tru is on april 14 btw, stock up on eggnog now)
tru bishvat
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
What are the best nuanced portrayals of reform or conservative judaism in film and literature? I feel like the standard schtick is either "look at this overly lavish bar mitzvah" or some other kind of cynical and simplistic take. A Serious Man might be an exception even though it is arguably a negative portrayal.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
transparent does a pretty good job of incorporating a realistic view of reform/conservative judaism into its larger story.
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
related: can anyone confirm/deny the quality of Shtisel? some of the ol' ladies from queens in my ceramics studio seem to like it a lot.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/arts/television/shtisel-netflix-orthodox-judaism-hasidim.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 18:05 (five years ago) link
my wife loved it
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Tuesday, March 26, 2019 1:03 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah actually that's a fair point. Rabbi Raquel is probably the most likeable character on the show.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
I guess as someone who actually found conservative judaism meaningful when I was younger, I never see anyone in fiction find it meaningful. I also never really see the sort of serious, reserved, inward quality of it captured. I guess reform is more commonly portrayed than conservative though, in part because it's the most common form in hollywood and media circles.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
A Serious Man is like the most Jewish movie ever made.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
People in my community are so over the moon for Shtisel that I've been resisting watching it because I don't want to be a cliche.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
watch shababnikim instead. i actually have links to see the first four eps with subs. it's so good. (and v true to my experiences from yeshiva.)
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 20:27 (five years ago) link
if u want i can webmail u them
― Mordy, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
if it's not a hassle, would be curious
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
well the opening of that first episode didn't disappoint mordy!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
Chag sameach, yehudim
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 20 April 2019 05:34 (five years ago) link
so the temple I belong to recently lost our cantor/music director and the rabbi drafted me into the music ensemble (since they now needed a guitar player) for the high holy days and omg what have I gotten myself into
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
Hopefully a face-melting solo during the Kol Nidrei.
― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
Minor keys!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
lol yeah almost everything is in fuckin D minor
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
How many niggunim are in diatonic keys at all
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
I'm way outside my comfort zone and learning a lot. none of the stuff is particularly complicated but since I don't read music I'm having to pick my way through things by ear in a lot of cases. there's a "swinging" version of the barechu in 3/4 time that's kinda cool. and at some point apparently I am going to back someone singing "Wade in the Water" (a song I actually already knew!)
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
Kol Nidrei music is dope, probably the best Jewish music there is.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
otm, my synagogue growing up the cantor was (and remains) a truly wonderful soprano, and hearing her chant it is like the profoundest depths of my religion
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 23:18 (five years ago) link
Avinu malkeinu was my jam as a kid, haunting
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 12 September 2019 04:10 (five years ago) link
^^^this
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 12 September 2019 10:59 (five years ago) link