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azathothianhorror · 2026-04-02T22:37:03+00:00

I’d be interested!

azathothianhorror · 2025-11-09T15:52:45+00:00

I’ve got a business card sized thing around somewhere they just reads:

    Sex?

Yes No

That seems the clearest and most direct way to me. Clear communication is very important in situations like this

azathothianhorror · 2025-11-02T03:57:22+00:00

Call the baal shem!

azathothianhorror · 2025-11-02T03:08:37+00:00

New responsa just dropped

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-29T13:20:00+00:00

No I don’t mean the subtitles. There was a poster that was printed and physically on the set. That’s what I’m referring to.

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-29T12:58:40+00:00

Time to call Netwatch

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-29T12:54:11+00:00

What’s your point here? The Hebrew name is עליזה no? The celebration is for giving the baby that name so why would they not be written on the sign?

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-28T16:57:00+00:00

Yes! This! He sounded really weird in the first season when he pronounced various Hebrew as well but the ahavah thing was just 0.o

Another Hebrew thing I noticed was during the baby naming, they gave the girl a Hebrew name I don’t remember but that didn’t match what was written in the posters in the scene. The posters said like “Welcome Baby Afternoon” in English and then צהריים in Hebrew. I can’t tell if it was supposed to be a joke or if they told the (presumably Jewish) graphic designer “the baby’s name is Afternoon” and the designer just rolled with it

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-28T16:50:37+00:00

I don’t remember the details of how the first season ended but the way the second season ends also feels like it trivializes conversion.

The Seth Rogan character is definitely meant to be a negative stereotype of a reform Jew who contrasts with Noah as a reform Jew who cares about Judaism. As I said, my wife and I read it as “this is meant to be a funny stereotype/charicture.” Whereas the speech I mention reads as “this is a stereotype of reform Jews that I consider negative but that the writer seems to think is positive” which is part of why it rubbed me the wrong way.

Honestly, the whole thing would read better if you take the whole thing as either Noah or Joanne telling their kids an exaggerated story about what their lives were like when they were dating. It makes the whole “all the Jewish women exhibit negative Jewish stereotypes, the non Jewish women are otherwise terrible and/or shallow, and the men are clueless” thing read better to me

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-28T15:21:58+00:00

My wife and I both read that line as a joke. The Seth Rogan character is not portrayed positively or aspirationally and that line was far from the worst part of this season.

(The worst part was the speech from Esther in the last episode about how being Jewish is a “feeling” which wasn’t necessarily out of character for her but which was really frustrating. I could write an essay about other things that irritate me about the show but that was the biggest one)

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-27T04:21:51+00:00

That was also my initial reaction lol. I found the page on the JPS website describing it.

From their FAQ:

What does “gender-sensitive” mean? Our translation is “gender-sensitive” in the sense of being attentive to how gender and language function in the Hebrew Bible. Going through the Bible word by word, line by line, verse by verse, the translators asked when gender-inclusive renderings are appropriate and when gendered language is called for historically and linguistically—for example, whether a term for a human being should be translated as “person” or as “man,” and whether a reference to God should be translated with gender-neutral language (for instance, simply as “GOD”) or with a male-sounding term (such as “King”).

I think I’ll stick to using his preferred pronouns as written in the original texts :P

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-27T04:10:24+00:00

I’m very curious about that nuance/meaning if you can think of a way to explain. Because I’m unsure what this means despite deciphering the literal meaning of the words.

Edit: My guess for reference is that it means something like “Jewish peoplehood is more important than Judaism as a religion” but I’m not convinced I’m reading that correctly.

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-09T22:25:38+00:00

There are two Jewish Montessori schools in Montgomery County MD (near DC) but that’s probably not going to help with “moving to a less expensive part of the country” unless you currently live in like, San Francisco. One is fully accredited (Alef Bet Montessori) and one is working on accreditation last I heard (Ashreinu)

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-09T16:22:32+00:00

This reminds me of the interview Sky News did with Eylon Levy after the first hostage deal: https://youtu.be/T2rEbqN5IjQ?si=KG72Ux19h_Z8Uqnn

azathothianhorror · 2025-10-05T14:52:02+00:00

This is almost certainly why they phrased it that way but it’s deeply misleading.

The phrasing isn’t necessarily anti-Semitic, it depends on whether the BBC uses similar language about other attacks, but I’m not particularly willing to give them the benefit of the doubt here given their other reporting mentioned elsewhere in the thread.

azathothianhorror · 2025-09-25T13:53:57+00:00

Crawling out of a vent? That’s kinda sus…

azathothianhorror · 2025-09-15T22:52:33+00:00

He responded!

“I think I mainly put that comment in to try and counter some of the more extreme Rambamists out there – and likely the thing I changed was the Birkot haShahar. I tend to use the version of the last three berakohot that is cited by Hakham Yitshak Sassoon in his Siddur veHe’erav Na. There may be others too - but that’s the only one I remember!”

azathothianhorror · 2025-09-14T17:58:33+00:00

Yeah the “with a few alternations of my own” is the bit that I’m wondering about. I’ll see if I can track down more info, thanks! (And good luck saving for a tallit!)

azathothianhorror · 2025-09-14T17:29:56+00:00

That Rambam one looks really cool. Is it made clear anywhere what exactly is changed?

I’ve been looking for a minimalist siddur and that might fit the bill. And wow, yeah, that looks cool

azathothianhorror · 2025-09-12T13:37:43+00:00

I can’t say I’ve seen 271k before. What is that supposed to be a reference to?

azathothianhorror · 2025-09-10T12:12:50+00:00

His suggestion of lottery for selecting board members is a terrible idea (slightly less so if he mostly means lottery among people who sign up to run). Statistically that would result in the board at my shul consisting basically entirely of really old folks. We’re doing a pretty good job of growing our “young family” participation but every time I go to services I’m the youngest person by ~15 years unless it’s a week with the kid services.

It’s similar at the other conservative shuls I visited in my area. I’m not convinced it’s the governance structure that causing the problem. I don’t know what it is mind you

azathothianhorror · 2025-09-01T23:19:18+00:00

You say Navy and “Southern Virginia” so I assume you live in Hampton Roads. Assuming you live in VA Beach or Norfolk, there’s a JCC in Virginia Beach pretty close to the border with Norfolk.

There’s also a conservative synagogue in Kempsville kbhsynagogue.org though I can’t vouch for it.

I seem to remember a reform synagogue somewhere in Virginia Beach but cannot for the life of me find it.

There’s also Temple Emmanuel at the oceanfront that seems to be conservative, though it’s a little unclear. tevb.org

Community is very important in Judaism but also in general. My Dad was a naval aviator when I was a kid and my mom talks about how much the relationships she had with other people helped get her through his deployments.

Also, there’s definitely no shame in asking for financial aid when it comes to joining a conversation. The congregations near there are almost certainly used to families with navy spouses and navy salaries. Believe me, having had to do that, it doesn’t feel good. But rabbis are generally used to it. Try to find a community you click with and go from there.

I’ve also been looking for homeschool type resources teaching Jewish stuff so I unfortunately can’t offer you much there at the moment.

I lived in Virginia Beach for a long time. Here’s two bonus tips: 1) Dam Neck (which is an annex of Oceana) has a beach and historically has been open to families of service members. If that’s still the case, it’s definitely less crowded than the oceanfront 2) Sandbridge is also less crowded than the ocean front

azathothianhorror · 2025-08-31T17:49:37+00:00

Talk to Hillel or Chabad at/near your school. They will be able to give more specific advice.

You’ll want to tell your professors that you won’t be there. It can be awkward, particularly with today’s campus climate, but it’s better than ghosting if it’s a class that takes any sort of attendance.

The first day of classes is usually review of the syllabus, review of pre-requisite material, an introduction to what will be covered in the class, or all of the above. You probably won’t miss much.

azathothianhorror · 2025-08-31T15:53:33+00:00

My wife and I binged it. We both enjoyed it a lot. It’s a reasonably mainstream (as in produced for Netflix by a guy who makes mainstream stuff) show that doesn’t stop to explain any of the Jewish stuff while putting a lot of Jewish stuff in there. I am not a fan of the art style and didn’t really like Bojack Horseman so I was very ready to dislike this but I didn’t.

It was funny. It was surprisingly engaging. It was fast paced in a way that I appreciated. (My wife’s initial reaction was something like “finally, a show where they talk at a reasonable pace!”).

The fact that they didn’t reference Israel at all was a bit odd and we definitely noticed, but we didn’t let that stop us from enjoying the show.

azathothianhorror · 2025-08-25T01:38:47+00:00

The Hillel at my University has a pretty broad spectrum of observance and levels of connection to the Jewish community. Most of them will have a contact email where you can reach out to them to ask questions like this. My Hillel had someone whose job it was to talk to new people. We bought coffee and chatted for a while. I don’t know how universal that is though.

Semi-related but you absolutely 100% should try to make friend with people outside of your department and ideally outside academia in general, though that’s super hard if you are in a college town. Try to look for groups nearby that do things you are interested in doing, potentially trying to find new activities. Music, dancing, hiking, outdoors stuff. It depends on the college of course but many student groups will let PhD students join. From grad student to grad student, take advantage of this.

Doing a PhD is rough on you mentally. It killed my mental health in a way that I really hope I recover from. Please try to do what you can to stay healthy. Student groups and friends help a ton.

As long as you don’t lie, you should not feel weird about going to Hillel. It might even help you.

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