"In January 1826, the state of #Maryland passed the so-called “ #Jew Bill.” The 200th anniversary of the bill being enacted into law was last week. The Maryland state legislature will hold an event in February, during the annual legislative session, to commemorate the 1826 #law.

Prior to 1826, only members of #Christian #religions were eligible to hold office in Maryland. In fact, there was a clause in the oath of office that elected officials were required to take that affirmed their belief in #Christianity.

The formal title of the bill was “An act to extend to the sect of people professing the #Jewish religion the same rights and privileges enjoyed by Christians.”

This bill was proposed and resisted for years before it was finally passed in 1826."

https://www.jewishtimes.com/marking-the-200th-anniversary-of-the-so-called-jew-bill/

"In January 1826, the state of #Maryland passed the so-called “ #Jew Bill.” The 200th anniversary of the bill being enacted into law was last week. The Maryland state legislature will hold an event in February, during the annual legislative session, to commemorate the 1826 #law.

Prior to 1826, only members of #Christian #religions were eligible to hold office in Maryland. In fact, there was a clause in the oath of office that elected officials were required to take that affirmed their belief in #Christianity.

The formal title of the bill was “An act to extend to the sect of people professing the #Jewish religion the same rights and privileges enjoyed by Christians.”

This bill was proposed and resisted for years before it was finally passed in 1826."

https://www.jewishtimes.com/marking-the-200th-anniversary-of-the-so-called-jew-bill/

"With #Canada experiencing an unprecedented wave of #antisemitic hatred, a new program is offering #Jewish families a potential exit strategy, relocating to #Tulsa, #Oklahoma, as reported by the #TorontoSun.

Michael Sachs, a #Canadian #expat who moved his family to the #UnitedStates earlier this year, helped launch "Lech L'Tulsa," a program designed to assist eligible Canadian #Jews in making the transition to his new home city."

Siri, whats the dumbest solution to antisemitism this month?

https://www.jfeed.com/jewish-world/canadian-jews-tulsa-relocation

"With #Canada experiencing an unprecedented wave of #antisemitic hatred, a new program is offering #Jewish families a potential exit strategy, relocating to #Tulsa, #Oklahoma, as reported by the #TorontoSun.

Michael Sachs, a #Canadian #expat who moved his family to the #UnitedStates earlier this year, helped launch "Lech L'Tulsa," a program designed to assist eligible Canadian #Jews in making the transition to his new home city."

Siri, whats the dumbest solution to antisemitism this month?

https://www.jfeed.com/jewish-world/canadian-jews-tulsa-relocation

Hi! I'm not #NewHere to #Mastodon - but I am in the process of migrating to a new server, so an #introduction is in order!

I post about a mish-mash of topics including (in no order): #writing , #StarTrek , #SciFi , silly interactions with my partner/friends/family, #astronomy , #GreekMythology , #Celtics , #memes , #reading , #books , being #jewish , #feminism (NO TERFS), #podcasting , #grogu, and various #baking adventures!

Looking forward to making #bookstodon my new #mastodon home

Chanukah is over but I have more photos to post

#Sprocket #ThreeLeggedCat #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Mazeldon #Jewish

Do you know how fucking terrible a human has to be to make me root for that sack of shit Ben Shapiro? Pretty terrible.

" #Conservative commentator #CandaceOwens sharply criticized #BenShapiro in a recent #podcast episode, responding to his remarks at #TurningPointUSA’s #AmericaFest conference where he condemned her for spreading #conspiracytheories.

#Owens, in profane language, dismissed #Shapiro and referenced historical #antisemitic #tropes, including claims about the #Talmud and #Jewish involvement in the Atlantic #slavetrade. She held up a copy of “Der Talmudjude” (“The Talmud #Jew”), an 1871 book by #AugustRohling, a 19th-century #Catholic #priest whose work has been widely discredited as relying on mistranslations, selective quotations and fabrications to portray #Judaism as hostile toward non- #Jews."

https://vinnews.com/2025/12/21/candace-owens-escalates-feud-with-ben-shapiro-promotes-discredited-antisemitic-claims-about-talmud/

In response to the #MassShooting at Bondi Beach, Palestinians have stepped forward to condemn this weekend’s terrorism, drawing a distinction between what the government of #Israel has done to their people and attacks upon innocent people simply because they are Jews.

"Not in my name, motherfuckers."
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10163704241890325&set=a.28866795324

#NotInMyName #Bondi #BondiBeach #Australia #Hanukkah #Jewish #Palestinian #Palestine #Muslim #SocialMedia

Hi! I'm not #NewHere to #Mastodon - but I am in the process of migrating to a new server, so an #introduction is in order!

I post about a mish-mash of topics including (in no order): #writing , #StarTrek , #SciFi , silly interactions with my partner/friends/family, #astronomy , #GreekMythology , #Celtics , #memes , #reading , #books , being #jewish , #feminism (NO TERFS), #podcasting , #grogu, and various #baking adventures!

Looking forward to making #bookstodon my new #mastodon home

Do you know how fucking terrible a human has to be to make me root for that sack of shit Ben Shapiro? Pretty terrible.

" #Conservative commentator #CandaceOwens sharply criticized #BenShapiro in a recent #podcast episode, responding to his remarks at #TurningPointUSA’s #AmericaFest conference where he condemned her for spreading #conspiracytheories.

#Owens, in profane language, dismissed #Shapiro and referenced historical #antisemitic #tropes, including claims about the #Talmud and #Jewish involvement in the Atlantic #slavetrade. She held up a copy of “Der Talmudjude” (“The Talmud #Jew”), an 1871 book by #AugustRohling, a 19th-century #Catholic #priest whose work has been widely discredited as relying on mistranslations, selective quotations and fabrications to portray #Judaism as hostile toward non- #Jews."

https://vinnews.com/2025/12/21/candace-owens-escalates-feud-with-ben-shapiro-promotes-discredited-antisemitic-claims-about-talmud/

Night four #Mazeldon #Chanukah #Hanukkah #Jewish

This this this.

" #Hanukkah commonly evokes light, family gatherings, and childhood memory. But these associations sit atop a much deeper and more challenging history.

Hanukkah marks the only successful #Jewish revolt in recorded antiquity against cultural erasure.

Not against slavery. Not against imperial taxation. Not against foreign rule as such.

Against forced #assimilation.

The Seleucid decrees were not primarily economic or political. They were civilizational. They targeted the infrastructure of Jewish continuity itself: #Torah law and study, #Hebrew language, #Shabbat, #circumcision, and the #Jewishcalendar. #Torahscrolls were destroyed, and those who taught or possessed them were executed. In effect, the decrees aimed to dismantle Jewish memory.

Most ancient peoples who faced comparable pressures disappeared."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hanukkah-and-the-jewish-refusal-to-disappear/

This this this.

" #Hanukkah commonly evokes light, family gatherings, and childhood memory. But these associations sit atop a much deeper and more challenging history.

Hanukkah marks the only successful #Jewish revolt in recorded antiquity against cultural erasure.

Not against slavery. Not against imperial taxation. Not against foreign rule as such.

Against forced #assimilation.

The Seleucid decrees were not primarily economic or political. They were civilizational. They targeted the infrastructure of Jewish continuity itself: #Torah law and study, #Hebrew language, #Shabbat, #circumcision, and the #Jewishcalendar. #Torahscrolls were destroyed, and those who taught or possessed them were executed. In effect, the decrees aimed to dismantle Jewish memory.

Most ancient peoples who faced comparable pressures disappeared."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hanukkah-and-the-jewish-refusal-to-disappear/

I am sick and tired of the Christo-centric hot take that Chanukah is somehow the “Jewish Christmas” and an unimportant holiday to Jews. Chanukah is a celebration of Jewish bravery. Of Jewish refusal to succumb to millennia of imperialism and cultural erasure. Of Jewish survival in the face of generation after generation seeking to destroy us. The flames didn’t burn for eight days, they are still burning. #Mazeldon #Jewish #Chanukah #Hanukkah

As promised: celebrating the first night of #Hanukkah with my family tonight. It was extra nice as my son was home from college for the Eagles 🦅 game.

For all my fellow #Jewish peeps here who celebrate, may you find strength and light with friends and family. #ChagSameach 🕎✡️

We Jews can't even practice a fucking holiday about light and joy and celebration in peace. Fuck this shit.

#Jews #Jewish #Hanukkah #Australia

https://forward.com/fast-forward/790090/bondi-beach-hanukkah-shooting-antisemitism-australia/

Happy Hanukkah to all beginning their celebrations today!

#Hanukkah #Jewish #Diversity #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

Police Say #Jewish Community Targeted in Deadly #Sydney Attack

At least 11 people were killed & 29 injured by gunmen who targeted a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, in what the authorities called a #terrorist attack.

2 people were in custody after the shooting at Australia’s #BondiBeach during a Jewish event. One of the shooters was also killed, the police said. Video showed 2 men firing from a bridge.

#MassShooting #HateCrime #antisemitism
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/14/world/sydney-bondi-beach-shooting?smid=nytcore-ios-share

In response to the #MassShooting at Bondi Beach, Palestinians have stepped forward to condemn this weekend’s terrorism, drawing a distinction between what the government of #Israel has done to their people and attacks upon innocent people simply because they are Jews.

"Not in my name, motherfuckers."
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10163704241890325&set=a.28866795324

#NotInMyName #Bondi #BondiBeach #Australia #Hanukkah #Jewish #Palestinian #Palestine #Muslim #SocialMedia