levi 🧿
@lemonjew.bsky.social
25 || he/they || i live in the library || aspiring polyglot & masorti jew || autistic & adhd || gender crisis mode || views all mine 🐈
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For Bsky, an old Twitter banger:
🎵If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face 👏🏻👏🏻
If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face👏🏻👏🏻
No one else gets to say who
Gets to call themselves a Jew
If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face👏🏻👏🏻🎵
🎵If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face 👏🏻👏🏻
If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face👏🏻👏🏻
No one else gets to say who
Gets to call themselves a Jew
If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face👏🏻👏🏻🎵
August 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
For Bsky, an old Twitter banger:
🎵If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face 👏🏻👏🏻
If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face👏🏻👏🏻
No one else gets to say who
Gets to call themselves a Jew
If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face👏🏻👏🏻🎵
🎵If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face 👏🏻👏🏻
If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face👏🏻👏🏻
No one else gets to say who
Gets to call themselves a Jew
If you weren't on someone's beit din, shut your face👏🏻👏🏻🎵
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WHITE JEWS, I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU THINK THAT COLLUSION WITH WHITE SUPREMACY WILL KEEP YOU SAFE
IT WILL NOT
IT IS DISGUSTING
YOU DESECRATE OUR ANCESTORS
AND YOU WILL FIND OUT THE HARD WAY HOW THIS WILL END FOR YOU
SOLIDARITY IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, THE ONLY WAY HOME FOR ALL OF US.
IT WILL NOT
IT IS DISGUSTING
YOU DESECRATE OUR ANCESTORS
AND YOU WILL FIND OUT THE HARD WAY HOW THIS WILL END FOR YOU
SOLIDARITY IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, THE ONLY WAY HOME FOR ALL OF US.
July 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
WHITE JEWS, I DO NOT KNOW WHY YOU THINK THAT COLLUSION WITH WHITE SUPREMACY WILL KEEP YOU SAFE
IT WILL NOT
IT IS DISGUSTING
YOU DESECRATE OUR ANCESTORS
AND YOU WILL FIND OUT THE HARD WAY HOW THIS WILL END FOR YOU
SOLIDARITY IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, THE ONLY WAY HOME FOR ALL OF US.
IT WILL NOT
IT IS DISGUSTING
YOU DESECRATE OUR ANCESTORS
AND YOU WILL FIND OUT THE HARD WAY HOW THIS WILL END FOR YOU
SOLIDARITY IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, THE ONLY WAY HOME FOR ALL OF US.
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Guys you wouldn’t have to tie yourselves in knots explaining why actually it’s bad to stab Jews in the diaspora because they might be Jews who don’t like Israel if you just started from the premise that stabbing is wrong
May 1, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Guys you wouldn’t have to tie yourselves in knots explaining why actually it’s bad to stab Jews in the diaspora because they might be Jews who don’t like Israel if you just started from the premise that stabbing is wrong
with shortness of breath
i’ll explain
the infinite
how rare
and beautiful
it truly is
that we exist
i’ll explain
the infinite
how rare
and beautiful
it truly is
that we exist
March 26, 2026 at 9:26 PM
with shortness of breath
i’ll explain
the infinite
how rare
and beautiful
it truly is
that we exist
i’ll explain
the infinite
how rare
and beautiful
it truly is
that we exist
manchmal wenn ich zynisch bin hör ich geier sturzflug und mir gehts besser 😂 (besuchen sie europa, so lange es noch steht!!)
March 16, 2026 at 8:31 AM
manchmal wenn ich zynisch bin hör ich geier sturzflug und mir gehts besser 😂 (besuchen sie europa, so lange es noch steht!!)
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You may ask yourself "I'm not trans. I don't know anyone who is trans. What's in this book for me?"
Let me tell you it is one of the best histories of the social and cultural environment that spawned the Nazis. And that is most definitely of interest for you. It's so well written
Let me tell you it is one of the best histories of the social and cultural environment that spawned the Nazis. And that is most definitely of interest for you. It's so well written
One gets tired of shouting ‘read my book.’ But… read my book. #libraries have it. #transgender rights history:
🗃️📚
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
🗃️📚
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
The Intermediaries
Longlisted for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction <br /><br /> A <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> and <em> Boston Globe</em> Best Book of the Year <br /><br /> The fascinating histor...
wwnorton.com
February 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
You may ask yourself "I'm not trans. I don't know anyone who is trans. What's in this book for me?"
Let me tell you it is one of the best histories of the social and cultural environment that spawned the Nazis. And that is most definitely of interest for you. It's so well written
Let me tell you it is one of the best histories of the social and cultural environment that spawned the Nazis. And that is most definitely of interest for you. It's so well written
can confirm that reading this was beautiful and empowering and loving and also made my historian heart happy (full references & footnotes, my beloved)
So. Look. I don’t know if now is the moment. But I wrote about the rise of the Reich. And about resistance, and history, and what we did then to keep ourselves together.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story
A Weimar Story
bookshop.org
January 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
can confirm that reading this was beautiful and empowering and loving and also made my historian heart happy (full references & footnotes, my beloved)
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December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Being a friend of the Israeli government, in 2025, means aiding and abetting an authoritarian, genocidal Kahanist regime. That's Rachel Reeves.
Being a friend of Israeli society, on the other hand, means acting to stop Kahanism and to demand recognition and accountability for the Gaza genocide.
Being a friend of Israeli society, on the other hand, means acting to stop Kahanism and to demand recognition and accountability for the Gaza genocide.
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Being a friend of the Israeli government, in 2025, means aiding and abetting an authoritarian, genocidal Kahanist regime. That's Rachel Reeves.
Being a friend of Israeli society, on the other hand, means acting to stop Kahanism and to demand recognition and accountability for the Gaza genocide.
Being a friend of Israeli society, on the other hand, means acting to stop Kahanism and to demand recognition and accountability for the Gaza genocide.
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unintended side effect of being a jew online: you feel pressured to have an opinion on the election which you could not have voted in, for the mayor of a city youve never been to, which is in a country youve never been to, and whose policies will not affect you.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
unintended side effect of being a jew online: you feel pressured to have an opinion on the election which you could not have voted in, for the mayor of a city youve never been to, which is in a country youve never been to, and whose policies will not affect you.
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As we read about Sodom in this week's Torah portion, a brief reminder that according to Jewish tradition the sin of Sodom had nothing to do with sexuality, it was that they criminalized helping the poor and the visitor.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
As we read about Sodom in this week's Torah portion, a brief reminder that according to Jewish tradition the sin of Sodom had nothing to do with sexuality, it was that they criminalized helping the poor and the visitor.
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Judaism is like Math: it might be hard to discover new things, but you could spend your life learning what exists and it would not be a waste, and the applications are without end
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Judaism is like Math: it might be hard to discover new things, but you could spend your life learning what exists and it would not be a waste, and the applications are without end
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“splitting hairs is a sacred act in my religion”
No, I don't think applied math does use the scientific method. It's used *for* science, but it's not arrived at *by* science.
Splitting hairs is a sacred act in my religion, so
Splitting hairs is a sacred act in my religion, so
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“splitting hairs is a sacred act in my religion”
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Actually there has always been one monolithic Halacha.
Of course the Jewish people have a wide variety of differing opinions about what it is, and that's fine, there are many valid perspectives
Of course the Jewish people have a wide variety of differing opinions about what it is, and that's fine, there are many valid perspectives
Much like the fact there is no one Sharia law, there’s never been one monolithic halakhah. But here we have people inside the house trying to claim there’s one way of doing Judaism. Conflicting minhagim have always existed. Even the notion of rabbinic Judaism as Judaism hasn’t always been true
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Actually there has always been one monolithic Halacha.
Of course the Jewish people have a wide variety of differing opinions about what it is, and that's fine, there are many valid perspectives
Of course the Jewish people have a wide variety of differing opinions about what it is, and that's fine, there are many valid perspectives
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oseh shalom bimromav hu yaaseh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael v’imru amein
October 7, 2023 at 12:27 PM
oseh shalom bimromav hu yaaseh shalom aleinu v’al kol yisrael v’imru amein
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When people say they want the country to follow "Biblical values," they always mean hating queer people and never mean canceling everyone's debts after a certain period of time.
September 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When people say they want the country to follow "Biblical values," they always mean hating queer people and never mean canceling everyone's debts after a certain period of time.
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Shema the Beit Shammai way!
Morning shema = standing up
Bedtime shema = lying down
Depression shema = curled up into a ball
Morning shema = standing up
Bedtime shema = lying down
Depression shema = curled up into a ball
Any Shema can be the bedtime Shema if you’ve got enough depression
September 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Shema the Beit Shammai way!
Morning shema = standing up
Bedtime shema = lying down
Depression shema = curled up into a ball
Morning shema = standing up
Bedtime shema = lying down
Depression shema = curled up into a ball
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"There are some things for which there is no forgiveness. Absolutely none. And that hard fact is impossible to learn to live with."
It’s long past time that I take responsibility for what I wrote on Israel/Palestine in ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR.
& with the Gaza genocide, our thinking about what amends & healing may ever involve is even more urgent.
Even if there may never be “forgiveness” or “atonement.”
& with the Gaza genocide, our thinking about what amends & healing may ever involve is even more urgent.
Even if there may never be “forgiveness” or “atonement.”
Gaza's Annihilation Can Never Be Forgiven
Revisiting On Repentance and Repair
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"There are some things for which there is no forgiveness. Absolutely none. And that hard fact is impossible to learn to live with."
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I often see people use "Zionist" in a way that is not a critique of Zionism as an ideology ("Zionists control the media!" "Zionists are why you don't know about queer victims of the Holocaust!"). Then when I call this antisemitic, I get "I said Zionists, not Jews, so you're the real antisemite!"
September 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I often see people use "Zionist" in a way that is not a critique of Zionism as an ideology ("Zionists control the media!" "Zionists are why you don't know about queer victims of the Holocaust!"). Then when I call this antisemitic, I get "I said Zionists, not Jews, so you're the real antisemite!"
tbh what most frustrates me about i/p is that i feel that there is such potential for synergy between jews and non-jews, israelis and palestinians and folks from elsewhere and instead identity terms and fear and snap judgments create walls that prevent conversation and listening to conversations had
August 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
tbh what most frustrates me about i/p is that i feel that there is such potential for synergy between jews and non-jews, israelis and palestinians and folks from elsewhere and instead identity terms and fear and snap judgments create walls that prevent conversation and listening to conversations had
you shall not pollute the land in which you reside with blood.
קול דמי אחיך צועקים אלי מן האדמה
Your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil.
#FoodtoGazaNow #CeaseFireNow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil.
#FoodtoGazaNow #CeaseFireNow
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
At least 57 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Israel withdraws from ceasefire talks
Israeli PM looking at ‘alternative options’ to the discussions in Doha after removing his negotiators
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
you shall not pollute the land in which you reside with blood.
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These are hard times. Thinking of friends with dear ones in Iran. Of the people in Gaza, and the occupied territories. Of the good people in Israel.
I admit: I take in the news and wonder, how can this turn out well? Is this the end of the world as we knew it?
The bitter harvest of last November.
I admit: I take in the news and wonder, how can this turn out well? Is this the end of the world as we knew it?
The bitter harvest of last November.
June 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
These are hard times. Thinking of friends with dear ones in Iran. Of the people in Gaza, and the occupied territories. Of the good people in Israel.
I admit: I take in the news and wonder, how can this turn out well? Is this the end of the world as we knew it?
The bitter harvest of last November.
I admit: I take in the news and wonder, how can this turn out well? Is this the end of the world as we knew it?
The bitter harvest of last November.
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM