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Jews performing tashlikh by the Toronto waterfront between York and Bay (today a disappeared shoreline), Rosh haShana, 1910. Photos by William James.

Adieu Alain Delon (1935-2024) 💔

Alain in Le Samouraï (1967).

why are people so convinced that israel somehow got remote access to random lebanese civilians phones and blew them up somehow without ever interacting with them????? ignoring the obvious (they were literally pagers who tf is going to use a pager in this day and age) that is literally not possible

ive actually seen random pro pals in america say that they're scared their phone is gonna explode and im just like be so fucking for real right now the mossad DOESNT KNOW YOU EXIST

Die Trauung (Wedding) by M. D. Oppenheim. Oppenheim was born in Hanau, Germany and painted scenes of Jewish life.

The bride and groom wear gold and silver belts exchanged as sivlonot--marriage gifts from the husband to the wife--as per German Jewish custom.

MY violence will stop the cycle of violence

Sephardi bridal ensembles, displayed in the Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews (Istanbul) and the Synagogue of El Transito Museum (Toledo)

Shana Tova! Happy 5785!

Feels so surreal that it’s October again. Last October was simultaneously just yesterday and several lifetimes ago. October used to be my favorite month, but now I’m starting to believe that it will never stop being October, and it fills me with a gnawing sense of dread.

It is Oct. 7th. One year. A year since the worst massacre of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust and a year since I witnessed on my dash, in real time, people and blogs I enjoyed and respected actually celebrating this utter depravity and imagining this absolutely evil position gave them moral superiority. An entire year of the total dehumanisation of raped, brutalised, and kidnapped human beings. An entire year of atrocity denying, victim blaming justification of the actions of genocidal antisemitic terrorists. An entire year of hostages being held captive in Gaza being subject to unimaginable treatment, for nothing but the “crime” of daring to live.

An entire year of a repulsive and terrifying global explosion in antisemitic abuse and violence, of Jewish pain and grief being ridiculed, sneered at, and ignored. An entire year of the left loudly and proudly betraying every single ideal they supposedly stood for. An entire year of so-called progressives and human rights activists throwing Jews and Israelis under the bus and patting themselves on the back for it.

My Jewish and Israeli friends, I know today is a painful and traumatic day, as it has been a painful and traumatic year. I hold you all in my heart and my thoughts today and every day and I stand with you unreservedly and unapologetically. Your strength and resilience in the face of unspeakable cruelty, your deep love for those who have been lost and your endless hope for those still in captivity has been inspiring and humbling.

May the hostages return home safe to their families and may there be peace 💙💙🇮🇱🎗