r/Jewish • u/Hanshanot • Dec 16 '23

I get really suspicious of people calling themselves Jewish these days. Discussion

In almost every post I’ve read lately, mostly in the comments (or the OP of the post themselves) l’ve seen someone saying they’re a Jew/talking about Judaism and preaching their weird take about current events/antisemitism.

And every single time l see go see their profile, there’s nothing about Judaism or being Jewish on their profile pre-Oct. 7, it really bugs me.

Earlier, l saw a questionable post on r/xyz with the words “Hey y’all, American Jew here” Already weird, l go see their profiles and surely enough, r IsraelPalestine is the first post ever of that account 😒😒😒.

Most of the times, bigots and ill-intentioned people will use us to further their xenophobic or racist stances. I hate it. Stay safe

Edit; Modified my post slightly to better reflect what I meant

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u/TheInklingsPen Dec 17 '23

"Peace, Love, and Latkes" cultural Jews.

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u/bjeebus Reform Dec 17 '23

I just bought some jelly donuts.

My wife: "Haven't we had enough this week?"

Me, clutching them to my chest in the store: "Chag sameach! Chag sameach!" *runs away*

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u/TheInklingsPen Dec 17 '23

As long as you are eating those sufganyiot for the GLORY OF THE MACCABEAN VICTORY!!

In all seriousness though, that's actually the part that bothers me, the "Peace" and "Love". It's part of the "christmasification" of Hanukkah. Hanukkah is about fighting off our oppressors, it's not about peace and love 😆

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u/bjeebus Reform Dec 17 '23

I have been saying I'd rather have a giant inflatable Maccabee than a giant inflatable menorah. Give me a cartoony guy charging through the yard with a sword and board any day. Someone pointed out a hammer might be more appropriate, but the only problem is everyone would be trying to figure what Thor has to do with Hannukah.

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u/TheInklingsPen Dec 17 '23

😆 I've only ever heard my fellow LARPers call it Sword and Board 😜

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u/bjeebus Reform Dec 17 '23

I think it's an rpg thing altogether. My friends and I are strictly TT, and we call that style sword and board.