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Jewish. American. Fan of R' Shimon bar Yochai. Open to corrections by people who speak various languages better than I do. He/Him ער/אים הוא/אותו Discord: benjamin6097
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Stop "reaching across the aisle" and "coming together as a country". Reject modernity. Return to Congressional tradition.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

We shouldn't human traffic guilty people to foreign death camps, either, actually.

submitted 19 hours ago • 74 comments

At any given time there are 36 hidden FDRs and 36 revealed FDRs

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

"You don't deserve due process if you're a criminal" has got to be among the least "American" arguments the government has put forward in a century

submitted 3 days ago • 157 comments

Loving kindness through loving kindness. A good way to start any venture.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

A lot of people begin the Passover story around Moses' birth. He's the protagonist. But the real beginning of the story is when a new leader takes over Egypt, who fosters a belief that immigrants are an invading force. His solution is to send them to work camps. The story starts with the bad guy.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

It is technically still day 1 of Passover and I just ate gefilte fish for dinner because coming up with a meal plan seemed too daunting. Everything is fine.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

It's the temperature being *exactly* 98.6 that really does it for me. What a petty bitch.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Seems like the news that someone tried to burn down the home of a Jewish governor on Passover with his sleeping family inside has been metabolized a bit too easily, no? Am I crazy?

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

I have a joke about Medusa but it’s only funny if you’re stoned.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

The wise child. The wicked child. The simple child. And the child who won't let you forget that it was Just One Very Large Frog.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

We had a submarine store, but it went under.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I rate this Seder plate 18/10. 10 points for being a Seder plate +4 points for turning an ordinary paper plate into a beautiful ritual object +2 points for reviving this tradition +2 points for the spoon

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I have a joke about Polyphemus' eye. Nobody gets it.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Wicked Child or Autistic Child: Neurodiverse Perspectives on the Haggadah Autistic people often live in fear of missing a small social nuance obvious to others, for example, a subtle distinction in meaning between using "you" and "we" in a question. In this essay I will..

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

✡️Tribe, gather 'round for a #Jwitter (z''l) / #Jewsky Aggadah concerning Spanish Frogs 🐸: A certain man Yirmeyahu asked, "What's the name for frogs in Shemot?" Raz answered and said, "They're different," referring to Spaniards (ספרדים) and frogs (צפרדעים). For Yirmeyahu said, "They are the same."

submitted 113 days ago • 16 comments

Chag Pesach Sameach! This is my annual reminder that the counting of the Omer starts after the *first* day of Passover, not after the last day. Tomorrow after sunset will be one.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

“Living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead” is a gasp-worthy concept with far-reaching potential applications.

submitted 7 days ago • 26 comments

[astronaut holding a gun to the other astronaut's head] Always has been.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Hi. Your Jewish pal here. They don't give a shit about antisemitism.

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

It is three days before Passover, this sign is antisemitic.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Seems like overt extortion should be one of them high crimes and misdemeanors I've heard so much about

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

I am not a finance guy, but sometimes I play with day trading the same way sometimes I play penny slot machines in Vegas. I have a watchlist for High Volume + 52 week low + Analysts say buy. Right now, literally every single stock is on that list. Is that a good thing?

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

I did not have "Annie" on my short list of musicals that would suddenly become important political theater, but here we are.

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

*spinning a chair around and sitting in it backwards* You know, I know someone else who got caught in a trade-war crossfire over Passover.

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments