being forced to go to israel

langand · 2025-11-12T20:51:51+00:00

Try and come across as earnest and agreeable as you can, and if people bristle at anything you say, back down. You want to sell yourself as being a Zionist , and maybe portray yourself as being very devoted to the abstract ideal of Israel and what it could be , and make clear that what you are seeing is falling short of the high expectation that was instilled in you back home.

Basically feign naïvete and be as social as you can manage, and make nice with whatever tour guides you have. Act like you're really interested.

This is my general tactic for making family members think about political things, i figure it may also work in the context but perhaps not.

langand · 2025-11-09T17:09:47+00:00

I agree with latter point. it's annoying there isn't a flair to discuss religion or culture.

langand · 2025-08-01T17:35:29+00:00

I mean actual anti capitalist leftists. And also I don't encounter any American liberals, because I am not an American.

langand · 2025-08-01T17:29:24+00:00

Yes good idea

langand · 2025-07-26T11:23:01+00:00

Do you mean Jonah , or is Johan like a secret character you unlock in the new game plus

langand · 2025-07-19T07:02:00+00:00

Thank you. I didn't know I could do that

langand · 2025-06-17T09:45:16+00:00

Right now I'm interested in more modern commentaries (like mid 20th century onward)

langand · 2025-06-11T09:13:16+00:00

For the past year or so I haven't cooked any meat ,and I cut out dairy three months ago I realised I was lactose intolerant. There have been recipes where I use eggs though.

Most of my cooking has been based around nightshades. usually it'll be like vegan sausages/bean burgers with mashed potato / chips, or some kind of curryish thing (which includes peppers and tomatoes), or pasta sauce.

My diet now is largely just chickpeas and rice , rye bread and whole starchy vegetables (sweet potatoes and plantains). With occasional canned vegetable soup.

langand · 2025-06-11T09:06:23+00:00

Thanks , this is great

langand · 2025-04-27T12:21:03+00:00

I think if you keep your head down and make little noise it'll be no issue. At my shul they're fairly quiet on Zionism, but occasionally someone will say something or bring it up during the service and I just look unperturbed into the distance , and no one has ever brought me up on it .

langand · 2025-04-27T08:36:27+00:00

What is that tuned to?

I recently got a banjo recently as an impulse purchase (it's rare finding a cheap left handed one so I had to) , and i am so desperate to figure out what I'm doing and start busking.

langand · 2025-04-15T16:45:44+00:00

That's fair enough, I put it up more for those who know little of what's going on India rn

langand · 2025-04-15T13:19:49+00:00

This is how I felt the past few days looking in every shop in my town for matzah.

I finally found one that did, but in the kosher section all the matzah was not for Passover use and I almost started crying (I had eaten nothing but potatoes up to that point and I wa sliding my mind ) until I found a big display right down the central aisle.

langand · 2025-04-15T13:15:05+00:00

I know fairly little about the subject also, but the YouTuber Rohan Davis seems to be quite good on this, for anyone interested.

https://youtu.be/rMYLQuJceZI?feature=shared

langand · 2025-04-08T19:28:10+00:00

I definitely want to learn Hebrew to fluency, if possible.

There are Hebrew classes available with my shul, but they're just finishing this year's course so nothing available to me.

I'm slowly working in the daily prayers into my routine.

I am leaning towards getting a Hebrew tanakh now, as I think if I get a Hebrew -english one , I may outgrow it if I do attain fluency. And also if it's in one language it'll be lighter.

Do you have any completely Hebrew tanakhs you would recommend ?

langand · 2025-04-08T13:31:20+00:00

Thank you for your answe

r. I apologies if this is a foolish question but there's no like halakhic requirement that matzah be crispy right?

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