"Ask A Jew" Wednesday

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[u/IWantFries21]

How do you guys feel about the chant "There is only one solution, Intifada Revolution"? Someone brought it up on this sub recently and it had me thinking about it. I heard it at the protests I went to and it was something that'd stuck out to me as a little off putting tbh, but I didn't know what to think of it

[u/lilleff512 → u/IWantFries21]

I don’t like it. We should strive for peaceful coexistence rather than violence.

[u/echtemendel → u/IWantFries21]

Intifada means "uprising, rebellion, resistance". I see nothing wrong with any of these, nor a revolution. Why would that be problematic? The Palestinians have all the justification in the world to resist, rebel and up-rise against the oppressive regime which deprives them of any basic rights on a daily basis, and make a revolution which will throw away this regime and allow for their national liberation.

Israel did a good job in making people think that "Intifada" means "kill the jews", or "do suicide bombings" - but that's bullshit. An uprising is only as violence as the oppressive regime makes it to be. Israelis can stop Palestinian violence in an instant, by disbanding this regime and allow for full equality, reparations and the right of return.

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It is definitely off-putting to any Jew not explicitly deeply knowledgeable about antizionism and I personally don't find it constructive.

For me at least it combines references to the Holocaust ("one solution" instinctively brings to mind "final solution" for me) with references to terrorism- and suicide-bombing based resistance ("Intifada" brings to mind "Second Intifada"). It took me a lot of internal reflection to not feel fully alienated by the phrase, even if my immediate reaction is still a negative one. I know none of the connections are made on purpose by the ones saying it, but I find it similar in effect to the term "Axis of Resistance" -- which immediately brings to mind the Axis of WWII.

I can't help but feel like someone with actual antisemitism in their heart (or maybe a Zionist infiltrator?) made it specifically so that Jews would feel uncomfortable towards antizionist protests while still allowing for the vast number of non-antisemites at these protests to not feel like what they are saying "should" make Jews uncomfortable.

[u/Illustrious_World_56]

Did anyone else see Deadpool and wolverine in theaters?

[u/Thisisme8719 → u/Illustrious_World_56]

Yeah, I liked it. There's not really much of a plot, but it's fun. Not as funny as the first, but better than the second.
Wolverines a beast in it. Always thought his fights were boring in the Xmen movies since he basically kept getting his ass handed to him and would end up winning because nobody could put him down for good. But he's really vicious here and it makes the fight scenes a lot more fun

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I spent the whole runtime thinking “this nostalgia baiting won’t work on me” until they brought back the girl from Logan and then I folded lmao

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WAIT NOW I NEED TO SEE IT

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[u/Middle_Raspberry2499]

Hi, is it OK to ask a question here on Monday? I’m afraid will forget to come back on Wednesday. Hope that’s OK

My daughter is invited to her friend’s bat mitzvah and I have no idea what she should give for a present. If it makes a difference, the families don’t really hang out, only the two girls, and we live in western Massachusetts

[u/SpiritualUse121]

Is it possible to find a decent salt beef bagel in Australia? I'm talking Brick Lane (London) quality.