Jeremy Borovitz

Rabbi and shtetl nostalgist.

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@dovidmargolin @Mottel That feels quite unfair Dovid. I would be happy to take this conversation offline, but at this point I don’t find the tenor of this interaction helpful or respectful. Good Schabbes.

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@Mottel @dovidmargolin I’m sorry i come off as only critical online. I believe I have regularly liked/shared things that were positive about Chabad, not the least of which was the Incredible event in Berlin this past Sunday. But I hear the critique of negativity in the online space. Gut Schabbes

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@dovidmargolin @Mottel I have lots of positive things to say about Chabad, which I have shared with both of you in real life. Immunity to criticism and growth does not feel like a sign of strength

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@dovidmargolin @Mottel I am not a card carrying member of a liberal denomination. It does seem like I gave a measured critique of something based on personal experiences and those of people I know, and the response was personal attacks and dismissal

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@dovidmargolin @Mottel First off, it feels as if your response is coming off a bit as a personal attack (first the implication that it might not have happened, second that I only feel this way because I am a member of the ‘liberal rabbinate’, never mind my Orthodox semikha)

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@Mottel In a story I don’t like to think about, it was a 14ish year olds insistence that I was putting on tefillin wrong (never mind I was taught by my father who was taught by his grandfather) which caused me to basically stop wrapping for 5 years

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@Mottel I’m sorry that offensive things have been said to you, and I don’t think whataboutism is helpful in this specific context (or, as you once remarked to me, not helpful in general). My personal anecdote is that I’ve been either offended or annoyed in probably 80% of my interactions

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@SamuelSpinner @safier Nizhyn is interestingly placed…

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@ShlomoFelber This also exists in Russian v Polish—-zhid is an offensive term for Jews in Russian, but zydow (pronounced zhid-ov) is the neutral term for Jew in Polish

[Bini Guttmann @Bini_Guttmann]

Einst lebten in Tunesien mehr als 100.000 Juden:Jüdinnen. Heute sind es nur noch rund 1.000.
Gestern wurde die älteste Synagoge Afrikas in Djerba von Terroristen angegriffen, mindestens vier Menschen wurden ermordet.

Antisemitismus ist tödlich.
https://t.co/pCPKRikMSm

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@hate_this_kate Molodetz

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Liebe Twitter

Wir führen unsere jährliche Spendenaktion durch. Bitte helfen Sie mit, ein lebendiges jüdisches Leben in Deutschland zu fördern!

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[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@FeldheimRejects :

The Berenstain Bears and too much yontif

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@RabbiMegan @JoshMalina פשיטא

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

One reflection from Pesach Seder: there are two kinds of @JoshMalina fans in the world. Those who love him for his acting, and those who love him for not saying shem Hashem when he made Pesach Kiddush in Sports Night

[Boaz Arad 博雅 @aradboaz]

עד כמה המצב קשה בשוק הדיור הברלינאי? זה לא התור לברגהיין אלא תור של דיירים פוטנציאליים שמעוניינים בדירה שהתפנתה בשכונת שרלוטנבורג בעיר

[Jeremy Borovitz @JeremyBorovitz]

@ShulimLeifer It’s especially funny because his name means ‘autumn’ in German

[Levi Teldon @AlamoRabbi]

Today is the Hebrew birthday of my oldest brother, Boruch Nissan Teldon o.b.m. He passed away in 1991 of cystic fibrosis, a few short months after his memorable Bar Mitzvah-- a moment he yearned for and cherished. I was almost 7 at the time.
🧵👇