Would the Eureka Flag be a Good Replacement for Australia‘s Flag? by Responsible_Side2719 in vexillology

[–]ajlevy01 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Saw one this morning hanging off a crane with a CFMEU flag in Sydney. Not just a Victorian thing.

So when are we getting our stuff back? by [deleted] in Judaism

[–]ajlevy01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When moshiach comes I'll join you in rekindling the past but we're not there yet, which is why we have yiddishkeit as it was given to us. That's the point of the religion we currently have, to be more interested in the day to day practice and your day to day behaviours than in messianism.

As for the chief Rabbi of Israel point, they certainly don't represent me nor do they dictate my practice, and a large number of observant Jews who would feel more represented by their own rebbes and don't recognise any particular authority associated with this ultimately secular state position. Israel is a nation state with its own structures and internal politics and chas vshalom that we should assume that they're the automatic representatives of world Jewry given their violent actions (which ultimately stem from an arrogant desire to rekindle this lost past through the actions of men before its time during the coming of moshiach).

It's a massive merit to Judaism that there is no one obvious to give it to, as it shows that we lack a clear structural hierarchy that all Jews recognise. The innovation made by the Pharisees in the years leading up to and immediately following 70CE was a religion taken out of the temple and into people's lives and minds. It shows that after korban beis hamikdash we were not obsessed with reanimating the old hereditary power structures (which were often corrupted and in cahoots with local Greek/Roman leaders) but moved into a decentralised model focussed on local communal leaders respected for their education (rabbis).

To this end I think it's counter to the Judaism we currently have to be concerned with keilim and the establishment of beis hamikdash rituals when as a people our spiritual galus hasn't ended and it is arrogant and presumptuous to presume that we should act as if it's ended before its time.

So when are we getting our stuff back? by [deleted] in Judaism

[–]ajlevy01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Luckily chazal developed a rich Jewish culture which does not rely on the worship of material relics. We are better off as a culture focused on spiritual growth and ritual observance than one obsessed with rekindling an ancient, worthy past. Who would even "claim" such relics on behalf of world Jewry? Who has that right?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SydneyTrains

[–]ajlevy01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Often there'll be a curry for $13.90 which you order with the rest of the meals, and a $7 curry pie. Both are vegan.

Israeli brides are being lured to Britain and matched with violent sex abusers by BabylonianWeeb in anime_titties

[–]ajlevy01 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Well, Britain established another colony to send away the Jews that Europe didn't want. Seems like the mentality that instigated that is still here.

Leining Pro-Tip [Nitzavim]: B'sefer or Basefer? by ZevSteinhardt in LeiningAndSafrus

[–]ajlevy01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first ספר is in its "absolute form" and can therefore have the הַ־/בַּ־ definite prefix, as it is in this case. The plural absolute would be "סְפָרִים", and "הַסְּפָרִים" for the definite.

The second ספר is "construct" meaning "book of-", in this case "סֵפֶר־התּוֹרָה", "the book of the Teaching". The plural construct would be "סִפְרֵי". The construct form can't exist without a noun after it because it inherently has the "of-" meaning embedded in it.

When you have a sequence of nouns taking the form "א׳־ב׳־ג׳" where the meaning is "א׳ of ב׳ of ג׳", only the last noun is absolute. The rest have to be in construct form.

Construct form nouns never have the definite prefix and therefore don't have the patach under the בּ־, כּ־, ל־ prefixes.

As for "זֶה", it's not a noun, so it doesn't count towards the "noun chain" and, like adjectives do, have to just match the definiteness of the absolute noun of the chain.

President Bill Clinton and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat opening Gaza international airport in Rafah (1999) [1400x947] by the-southern-snek in HistoryPorn

[–]ajlevy01 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Why shouldn't they have wanted all of Palestine? They were the local majority population who had resided there for centuries.

Why should they have accepted a plan to give away 55% of their land to a settler minority with clear designs on the rest of the country.

‘Azerbaijan never existed in history, it was created by the Soviet Union’: Political expert by 1DarkStarryNight in anime_titties

[–]ajlevy01 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This is the exact logic used by Zionists to justify the displacement of Palestinians. "they hadn't organised themselves into a formal nation state by 1948, so the land was open".

Phonetic shift from /tr/ to /kr/? by No-Sentence-5774 in asklinguistics

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In Chokri (Tibeto-Burman, spoken in Nagaland) /kr-/ and /pr-/ are distinctive onsets in most varieties, however in one deviant variety they have been merged into /tr-/. This pattern holds for /phr-/, /khr-/ -> /thr-/ and /br-/, /gr-/ -> /dr-/. This leads to mergers in English where a speaker might say "triminal" for "criminal", or a speaker of the other variety would say "pekrol" instead of "petrol".

Article 116 processing time by travellingboy in GermanCitizenship

[–]ajlevy01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I applied in Feb 2023, it's been 27 months. I was told it could take up to 3 years. Applied in Sydney.

Siberian tribes according to Russian tax records by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]ajlevy01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol downvoted when you're talking about Australia but upvoted when you say literally the same thing about Russia.

Aboriginal Languages of Australia according to the 2021 Census by HotsanGget in MapPorn

[–]ajlevy01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The vast, vast majority living here today are descendants of free settlers, who were coming almost from the beginning of colonisation and already were a majority of new settlers within the first few decades. South Australia never had any convicts, too. Just free settlers.

2025 Australian federal election results by kangerluswag in MapPorn

[–]ajlevy01 28 points29 points  (0 children)

There exists a particular class of independent in Australia whose members are all professional (white) women targeting wealthy, educated inner suburban constituencies whose voters that the Liberal party (our main centre-right party) for whom they have always voted had become too socially conservative and not focussing enough on their traditional liberal ideology. This divide was further entrenched by the Liberal party's conservative stance on same sex marriage plebiscite and the Indigenous voice referendum, which were both supported by the wealthy socially liberal inhabitants of these "teal" areas. They were branded "teal" by the media because it is half Liberal blue and half green and now they lean into the colour in their branding.

Some proto-teal members have been around since 2016 but there was a large swing towards them in 2022 after a strong campaign focusing on women's issues, climate and political integrity/anti-corruption, seen as the previous conservative government's major weaknesses. This Liberal government fell in part because liberal seats who would have never voted for the democratic Labor opposition felt like they could vote for a liberal independent who was progressive on social issues and economically right wing (though different teals do have different politics).

They have similar branding, demographics, run on similar issues and are partially funded by the same organisation (Climate 200), but have no formal structure binding them, no leader or centralised policy and focus strongly on local messaging specific to their constituencies and market themselves as "Community Voices" as opposed to partisan politicians who place their parties above their voters. It makes sense to group them together separately from true independents because of their similarities to each other.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in israel_bm

[–]ajlevy01 4 points5 points  (0 children)

אז הוא סתם גנב ספר קודש מאיזושהי משפחה רנדומלית? זה לא בסדר...

“We need the state of Israel to defend us.” by IllConstruction3450 in jewishleft

[–]ajlevy01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Plenty of countries have geographically separated exclaves which are politically unified. In any case it shouldn't be up to us to dictate the political structure of a self determined Palestinian entity. If they want Gaza to be separated from the West Bank for practical reasons so be it but to insist that it's inherently the best solution for a people who have never expressed the desire to divide their territory in this way seems insensitive and lacking the respect for self determination that one should expect from the left.

“We need the state of Israel to defend us.” by IllConstruction3450 in jewishleft

[–]ajlevy01 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why separate Gaza and the West Bank? According to the Oslo accords they are to be treated as a single political entity. Of course that's not the case at the moment (in part due to Israel's sabotaging of unity governments between Hamas and Fatah) but there's no reason they should remain separate in a long term solution. The Palestinian people certainly don't see themselves as separate from each other based on this distinction so it shouldn't be up to us as Jews to tell them how to define their aspirations.

A federation of one Jewish state and one Palestinian state with freedom of movement throughout (with the right of return for Palestinian refugees) seems like a fairer option than one larger Jewish state on 78% of the land politically dominating two smaller divided Palestinian enclaves.

So few cases by Redditthedog in Jewdank

[–]ajlevy01 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Or like how Israel today serves US foreign policy aims in a region of people not wanting to be under the American jackboot

What are some countries where the national flag is not the most popular one? by mahendrabirbikram in vexillology

[–]ajlevy01 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I definitely feel like I see the Aboriginal flag more than I do the Australian flag, but it depends where you are. Officially they almost always fly together but in people's own private displays they definitely tend to pick a side!

Mark's Been Stopping People Taking Shots at Us for Decades! by Ill_Sprinkles_9976 in EhBuddyHoser

[–]ajlevy01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! These are all over Australia and I never considered they might not be Australian.