Lainey Molnar

Just a quick doodle that I liked :3c

work with me here I hardly know how this app works still

As we turn the corner into the month of Hanukkah, a reminder for the gentiles:

Hanukkah is NOT “Jewish Christmas!”

No. No no no.

1) Christmas is one of the two most theologically important holidays in Christianity. Hanukkah doesn’t even crack the top ten, at least theologically speaking, in Judaism. (I would not, of course, denigrate those for whom Hanukkah is an important point of connection to Judaism, as that’s a different conversation.)

2) Christmas celebrates the miraculous birth of the Christian deity (at least into one of the deity’s three component parts) on Earth. Hanukkah celebrates a military victory by observant, unassimilated Jews over the Assyrian Greeks and assimilated Jews and the reinstatement of a Jewish monarchy. 

Birth vs Lots of Death (albeit of the Hasmoneans’ enemies).

3) For a very long time, Christmas has included the giving of gifts (though the form varied of course between times and cultures). Hanukkah didn’t, for much of its existence, beyond the provision of gelt (that is, money) to children. Many American and westernized Jews give gifts to their children these days, but that was largely borne out of making Hanukkah more appealing to make celebrating Christmas less appealing and even now it is far from universal.

4) Christians cannot work on Christmas (unsurprisingly, given its importance as a holiday). Jews can work on Hanukkah (though they may leave early to light the Hanukkiah).

4a) Side note: Hanukkiah is the specific name for the candelabraum we use for Hanukkah (9 branches). Menorah translates to “lamp” and traditionally has seven branches but need not, necessarily. All Hanukkiyot are menorot, not all menorot are Hanukkiyot.

Now, none of this means that we don’t love and enjoy Hanukkah. We do! Fried latkes and sufganiyot, dairy products, child-appropriate gambling, songs….what could be better? But it is very, very much not “Jewish Christmas”.

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BASED ON A TWITTER INTERACTION ME AND MY FRIENDS HAD!

This is my first time posting on tumblr ...

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I think most non-Jews don't know/understand American synagogues are under siege, having to pay huge amounts for security, both to have armed guards, but also installing bulletproof windows and doors and putting up anti-ramming barriers. It's getting really bad out there and I never see anyone who isn't Jewish talking about it.

lol this rules, some dude down in Alabama is waging a one man war against "wake boats" by drilling holes in them. Locals have dubbed him "no wake Jake" and almost fifty of them have formed a committee urging him to run for sheriff. Oh yeah, and he dresses like this while he's sneaking around sinking boats.

CNN

Texas school administrator told teachers to include Holocaust books with 'opposing' views when explaining new state law

A school district superintendent in North Texas apologized Thursday night after one of the district's administrators told teachers that if t

"The Holocaust is a privileged genocide" 😑

little enel thing i did. i'll probably colour it later but im gonna post it anyways

We have no choice but to stan a queen 💪❤️👑

luffy i drew because i love her.

i was really struggling with the colours on this one forgive me. trying my best to post a lot of my op art on here

(i dont have much since i just started a week or two ago)