Simply put, I wore the shirt to honor my Jewish ancestors. They escaped antisemitic hatred in Eastern Europe and became involved in leftist anti-racist and anti-capitalist activism in the United States. My maternal grandparents were involved in the Civil Rights Movement and the anti-poverty movement of the mid-twentieth century. In addition, my father was a documentary filmmaker who told the story of the Weather Underground and Muhammad Ali’s exile years. My mom is a licensed clinical therapist who tremendously improves the mental health of her patients every single day.
This solidarity work, more broadly, is the Jewish-American historical legacy — aligning Jewish values with the fight to liberate all oppressed groups, supporting mutual emancipation from systems of social, political and economic domination that elevate a few individuals at the expense of the collective — that is who we are.
I believe this Jewish-American historical legacy is entirely consistent with anti-Zionism. I can say with absolute certainty that my immigrant ancestors would have deplored the idea of murdering (as of July 9, 2024) at least 38,764 Palestinian people (and possibly more than 186,000, according to the Lancet medical journal) for the purpose of supposedly protecting Jewish safety.
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About one hour after the plane departed, I decided to re-display my “Jews Say Ceasefire Now” shirt. (At this point, the lights were dimmed and it was much more difficult for anyone to even see the shirt’s text). After about 20 minutes, the purser and another flight attendant returned and again demanded that I cover up. I told them to stop policing how I publicly expressed my Jewish identity. They then threatened to land the plane on a tarmac and kick me off the flight unless I permanently covered up the shirt. I reluctantly obliged their demands.
About 10 to 15 minutes later, the purser returned, handed me a sheet of paper with the headline “Notice of U.S. Federal Regulation Violation” and told me, “The captain wanted you to read this.” They warned me that if I displayed my “Jews Say Ceasefire Now” shirt again, they would hand me over to the police once the plane landed. They repeated this message over and over again. I stated that I heard them nearly five times before they finally left my seat. The purser’s last remark before she left was, “Our intention was for you to have a good flight.”
Jewish Community of Lemmygrad
Lemmygrad Rules :
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No capitalist apologia or other anti-communism.
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No bigotry — including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
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Be respectful. This is a safe space where all comrades should feel welcome, this includes a warning against uncritical sectarianism.
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No porn or sexually explicit content (even if marked NSFW).
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No right-deviationists (patsocs, nazbols, strasserists, duginists, etc).
Rules of the Jewish Community:
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Religion is permitted as long there isn't any reactionary elements to it , This is a community for all secular and non-secular.
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No antisemitism of any kind.
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Be respectful and kind to our dear and beloved non-Jewish comrades.
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No pro-Zionism or anything that haves to do with the wicked régime of Isn'treal.
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We are pro-Palestine, period. From the river to the sea Palestine shall be free!
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All types of ethnic Jews are accepted here and the non-Jews are allowed to participate with us too.
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Criticism(s) of the illegal apartheid Zionist régime of Isn’treal are a must to do rule in this community; criticizing the illegitimate Zionist state is not anti-Semitism. Criticism(s) of such an inhumane, atrocious, genocidal, bigoted, hateful, xenophobic, and irrational (cough cough … non-existent and non-Jewish) state (régime) is not and never shall be anti-Semitic. We are anti-Zionists and we are proud of it and we uphold the liberation cause for a free and sovereign Palestine.
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Memes and sh*tposting are permitted as long they aren’t anti-Semitic or xenophobic.
Judeo Languages that are permitted to be spoken in this community:
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Ladino (Judeo-Spanish).
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Yiddish.
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Judeo-Arabic.
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Bukhori (Judeo-Tajik).
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Judeo-Persian.
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Judeo-Portuguese.
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Judeo-Marathi.
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Judeo-Malayalam.
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Judeo-Tat.
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Judeo-Urdu.
Non-Jewish languages that are permitted to be spoken in this community:
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English.
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Spanish.
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Portuguese.
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Bengali.
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German.
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Russian.
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Chinese (Mandarin).
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Farsi/Dari/Tajik.
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Arabic.
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Polish.
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Irish.
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Turkish.
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Greek.
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Serbian.
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Italian.
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French.
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Malayalam.
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Azerbaijani.
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Armenian.
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Marathi.
מצווה גוררת מצווה , עברה גוררת עברה .
English : One good deed will bring another good deed, one transgression will bring another transgression.
– Pirkei Avot 4:2
Update : I'm taking down and banning anyone who makes "conversion to judaism" posts , on this community , I'm completely against conversion and proselytism of non-jews in this community , The traditional rabbinic view ( that is also my view as well ) , dating back to Talmudic times, discourages accepting non-jews into judaism ,
Rabbi Helbo ;
“קשים גרים לישראל כספחת”
English ; “"Converts" are as hard to the Jewish people as a leprous scab on the skin”
The Rambam ( Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon ) ;
ואם לא נמצא להם עילה, מודיעין אותן כובד עול“ התורה, וטורח שיש בעשייתה על עמי הארצות, כדי שיפרושו.”
English ; “And if no justification is found for them, the burden of the Torah Ha-Qudesha is made known to them, and the effort involved in its observance is emphasized to the common people, so that they may refrain.”
Again , if some person or individual makes a post about "conversion" , it will be removed and the person or individual will be banned from this community ( from The Jewish Community of Lemmygrad ) .