eftychia: Me in kilt and poofy shirt, facing away, playing acoustic guitar behind head (cyhmn)
posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2021-12-18

"[profile] jewwhohasitall I saw some cookies today advertised as 'assorted holiday cookies.' It's so early to put out Purim items, isn't it?" -- (((Amanda Pompili))) ([twitter.com profile] amanda_pompili), 2021-12-15

"It's so weird when we move straight from Hanukkah to Purim (um, hello?! Tu B'Shvat is right around the corner!!) but I can't complain about holiday cookies!

"Did they have poppy seed, lekvar, and apricot? (My top three favorite fillings.)"

-- Jew Who Has It All ([twitter.com profile] JewWhoHasItAll), responding to Amanda Pompili

[Jew Who Has It All inhabits a universe in which Judaism is the dominant religion and Christianity is the "we want to be/seem inclusive but we get a lot wrong about it (and too often forget to take its holidays into account when planning)" minority religion. So the point is mocking-by-inverting the kinds of oversights and misunderstandings and confident-but-wrong explanations Christians (and atheists and apathists with Christian backgrounds) often have regarding Judaism. Alas, a few Christians have interpreted this, especially the Christmas-themed tweets, as attacking our faith instead of merely parodying our too-frequent cluelessness about theirs. See also, this thread: "Your First Christmas Party Invitation: A Guide for the Perplexed". Meanwhile, another Twitter account, Jewsplainer ([twitter.com profile] JWhoKnowsItAll), provides footnotes and explanations for some of Jew Who Has It All's tweets. I get 98% of it on my own, but I'm really glad Jewsplainer is there for the rest.]


Not related but still related, a cool Judaism Quiz by Shammai ([twitter.com profile] ShammaiIntl): "This is just for fun. My goal is to stump people who think they know about Judaism, but don't." (I scored 26/32.)

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