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

"When #Ashkenazi #Jewish people emigrated to the #US in the early 20th century, #latkes came along for the ride. They’re as popular as ever in Jewish- #American #Hanukkah #cooking, though they’re now made vegetable #oil instead of #shmaltz. They’re so popular in fact that they’ve gone commercial, with some grocery stores carrying dry latke mixes or ready-made frozen latkes. It's a workout to shred #potatoes and make them by hand, so, it’s not surprising that there’s now a market for a quick alternative.

But which brand tastes like homemade? We asked a panel of Jewish professional #chefs to find out what the best store-bought latke is—plus, the best way to reheat them and ideas for serving this traditional Hanukkah treat."

https://www.allrecipes.com/jewish-chefs-best-store-bought-latkes-11866522

"[O]ne of the obligations of #Chanukah is to “publicize” the miracle of a small #Jewish community successfully resisting the surrounding, oppressive culture. The #Talmud, one of the most sacred sources of Jewish wisdom, argues that a menorah should be placed outside of one’s home, ideally at the busiest time of day. This way the general public will see the candles and learn about the miracle. The Talmud builds in a backup plan. For #Jews living during times of persecution, they should light a #menorah inside their homes, where it isn’t visible to outsiders.

I wish I could tell you that this precaution is antiquated and no longer necessary. But, unfortunately, that isn’t the case."

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/12/13/chanukah-jewish-community-stress-persecution-discriminaton-attacks/

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 🕎✡️