Leaving this up all week. Hopefully early enough that people can work this into their Halloween schedule. Stop by any type of nursing home, retirement living, senior care or residential group home. Feel free to copy and repost, no attribution expected. I just think the above is a great idea.
ACK-K-K-K-K-K-K-K!
VIDROY Here (October 2021), just under 22 minute kvetchfest on witches nose and costumes being anti semitic.
From her description of her vidroy: "Turns out, this harmless-seeming witch Halloween costume has a problematic history, and as a Jewish dress historian, I'm here to explain it."
Calm down. There there. Settle down, Ma'am.
Didn't watch the vidroy. Many comments/replies on the vidroy are of the nature, "thank you for sharing this information on how hurtful a witch costume can be." "Thank you for pointing out this nose trope." OY-REEEEE ! The comments are so similar it's like they're from the ten same posters using different accounts.
FFS - find something to do. Bring flowers to a retirement community. Volunteer for Meals on Wheels, a local food shelf or Feeding America. Ask a neighbor if they need help doing anything, if they say yes, help them...for free. Pick up litter around the neighborhood. I know, not as easy as kvetching all day at the keyboard whilst noshing Baklava.
Britannica: Semite defined isn't exclusive to Israelis, Jews, Hebrews.
Semite, name given in the 19th century to a member of any people who speak one of the Semitic languages[.]
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[Semites include] Arabs, Akkadians, Canaanites, Hebrews, some Ethiopians (including the Amhara and the Tigrayans), and Aramaean tribes.
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[...] there remains no archaeological or scientific evidence of a common Semitic people.
Wait! What's that last one? "no archaeological or scientific evidence of a common Semitic people."
Next on the kvetch list, paper clips in this shape. 🤣
