I'm owning my star super loud and proud times ten for those that are afraid to be loud and for those that get challenged/invalidated as black jews or JOC! I'm double fearless that way
#ownyourstar
#Jewnicorn
#blackjewsexist
@HillelIntl
My final step in becoming a Jew was Mikveh. You can not imagine my spirit being in a Mikveh that is on the road to Jerusalem and where Abraham and Sarah actually walked.I may be Chaya to all of you but my story starts with becoming Chaya bat Abraham and Sarah
ืืื ืืช ืืืจืื ืืฉืจื
Just a lil reminder that you are not supposed to ask someone if they converted to Judaism. Y'all be out here committing an offense everytime and for what reason exactly ...
So I met this dude and he just really poured his heart out to me that he really wants to like Jews but he can't because they are WHITE.. Man I hit him with some cellular level deep conversation.. I feel so sorry that Americans are stuck in this deep identity toxicity.
Americans sitting on indigenous land (like true) and are speaking on Israel. The ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, are y'all ready to get out ya HOMES OR NAH?
FUCK the far left and the far right and let's get back to the CENTER because apparently that's where people WITH damn sense sit.. The middle is where you find humanity
If ever in Tel Aviv please visit Balinjera Ethiopian restaurant on Carmel Market and who is owned by my friend Fanta. Fun fact....Fanta is the aunt of
@AshagerAraro
and I love her
Hey fellow American Jewish fam, Iโm so happy to see Black-Jewish-Israel events, but why am I not hearing enough from Black Jews on this?
How are yโall talking about Black-Jewish issues without hearing from ACTUAL Black Jews, especially when a ton of us actually live in Israel?
Them: how do you live in apartheid Israel with your terrible government?
me:
The same way you live in your country with awful politicians, mass shooters, hunger, institutionalized racism, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism and bigotryโฆ on a land stolen from the natives.
Today on the bus I asked this pregnant woman if she wanted my seat and she said nope but plunked her 2 year old on my lap and I was immediately Doda Chaya.. The little girl looed at my head wrap and gave the shrug of approval cause it looked just like her mommy's. Haha
#Israel
Israeli border policeman St.-Sgt. Barel Shmueli, 21, who was shot in the head during recent border riots (described as "protests" by many in the media, and, of course, the haters) has succumbed to his wounds.
May his memory forever be for a blessing, and his blood avenged.
We are building a community here in Israel. IT'S CALLED ShaHar.This bar mitzvah is one of our first Simchas.The work that my bro Yirimiyahu is putting in with the rest of our community is just magical. Our Rabbi is Rav Daniel and we are just heating up. Mazel Tov & shabbat shalom
"There you go again Christiane, starting the story in the middle."
@amanpour
's hostility, smugness and arrogance towards
#Israel
is just relentless. But PM
@naftalibennett
did great job here pushing back on the situation in
#Jerusalem
and Temple Mt.
Alright guys.. back to my initial statement. Are we ready to hear some black Jewish voices and what questions do you have for us besides did we all convert (no we didn't)! I'm listening and prepared to take all questions to the black Jewish royalty court.. ๐
Just a quick reminder for North American Jews visiting ๐ฎ๐ฑ, please when you see brown/black Jews , don't ask them when they converted. I know it's hard to remember but don't do it. HAPPY VACATIONS to our homeland
You can be black and antisemitic. You can be Jewish and racist and you can be Gay and like ugly clothes. Point of the matter is that you can be a marginalized person and still be hateful..
Carry on
So N.American fam let me formally introduce myself. MY NAME IS Chaya Lev formerly known on Instagram as brownsugarjew22 ( I was just deleted because their algorithm was not ready for my chocolate Jewish Israeli jelly).I am dedicated to outreach & here for the masses. Let's talk
They say a smile is worth a thousand words. I am so excited to share in the bar mitzvah of Igbo Kings son here in Jerusalem at the Kotel.. So much Jewish Joy to highlight..
I see y'all hijacking the black struggle.. I see y'all..then playing on the black communities weaknesses. I see many on the black community like Shaun King chasing it too. Probably gets a check from BDS.. I see you Shaun.. I see right through that little suburban kid vibe
As a black Jewish woman and certified California native, I am so appalled to hear that
@sfsu
is playing these games with my fellow tribe members.. what in the BDmessS is going on.
When I heard the news, I was working in the North at work. I went swiftly came to Tel Aviv because I wanted to spend shabbat with my people. The Rabbi at the beit kinnesit announced we would do havdallah at the site of the horrendous Terror attack that took 3 lives. SHAVUA Tov
400 years of enslavement and there are still public lynchings.. THIS IS AMERICA
@RashidaTlaib
you wanna talk about Israel then leave colonized land and come to your homeland of Gaza.. Also give the black people in your district water. thanks boo
6 years in Israel, and I still feel guilty when I sit to enjoy food during w0ork..Today I am grateful to my fellow Israelis for showing me that it's ok to take your time and eat
I live in Yaffo and it's always so beautiful. My good friend Matthew Shoychet shot this video and beautifully captured the joy and diversity and chill and crazy that we experience in this city. ALSO, please peep Matts movie on NETFLIX. It's called THE ACCOUNTANT OF AUSHWITZ
@TPrincato
But what are you talking about because we know that's not true. And if you want to talk about kicking out where are the jews that were in many arab countries. Do you want to tall about the Arab empire. The colonization that arabs have done and still are doing in Africa. Let's go
I'm in a black room on Clubhouse and they just kicked out a white Jew.. I raised my hand and when they said he can't speak on our struggles because jews are white and carry a close proximity to whiteness. In America that's what it is,then I screamed I'm a Jew. Boy.. Armageddon
White "presenting" Jews please stop interrogating Black Jews when they come to synagogue.
Early morning conversations with my very tired black American Jewish friends that are tired of hearing about who you say you are not yet still question brown folk in a synogogue. It's lame
Let me be clear.. Yall better get used to a Jewish homeland cause we are here to stay...May everyone that lost their lives memories forever be a blessing.
Living in Israel is going to the grocery store and seeing that your local grocery lady who is arab Muslim cant touch the wine so she ask you in Hebrew to pick it up after she put number in the register Understanding and respecting that she can't touch the wine is the key ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Today was beautiful. My clients observing Ramadan wished me a Chag Sameach and I wished them Ramadan Kereem and my sweet Arab Christian client invited me to her village in the North.. This is my Jerusalem. One of love and peace besides the ones that wanna fawk it up for everyone
Did I tell you guys that I used to live and work in a hostel and I have hosted holiday events and shabbat dinners for tourist all over the world because I wanted then to have positive connections with Jews
Honest question for my American Jewish fam: what message are we trying to convey when the default diversity-spot speakers at Jewish events are non-Jews? How come your go to PoC speakers are Black Christian or MENA Muslims and notโฆidk, Jews of Color?
Why do all the people whose literal ancestors colonized the entire world always have something to say about what's going on in a region of the world that has nothing to do with them. I'm like shut the hell up Sally Sue, I speak English because of your family...
Let's normalize being decent humans & not using our identity 2 hate? If I'm black & say death 2 Jews I can't tokenize my blackness for my ignorance. If ur a Jew & u say something hateful about the rainbow ๐ crew u don't get a pass because u experience Antisemitism. Stop y'all
Stop using apartheid to describe Israel. It is not and Americans please lawdt have mercy ,fix your own issues and stop it with the Dwight savior complexes and if you must fix your lips to co-opt apartheid rhen apply it to your stars and stripes too..Thank you.
Palestinians apparently have no agency. Their suffering is always the result of something the Jews did. Never mind they've had more than 100 years of opportunities to create a state of their own. They've failed because they have always placed their hatred of Jews, their pan-Arab
I find it crazy that American lawmakers like the "squad" are invested in another country that they never been to, VS CONSTANTLY spewing misinformation about Israel, how about you work on making laws that keep the vulnerable members of your own society safe..
#nomoralcompass
We are not our politics. We may fight, but we still love each other and our country, and that's what makes us unique.. Let's not turn into this left right Western madness. Nomatter where you sit on the reforms, you sit together with your brother . AM Yisrael CHAI
So funny when people are surprised my account on the gram was deleted. I check all boxes for being mass reported..
Black
Woman
Jewish
Israeli
Zionist
And my ๐ฑ is the bomb.... I'm a walking hate crime
Prrrrrrr
This is for my American tribe...
Until we stop asking black folk if they converted and stop questioning black Jews when they come to pray , we don't get to all of a sudden claim to be Jews of color. We can't say Jews are not white as we check brown Jews at the door. Let's debate