Shani Rotkovitz

Living life on the cheap in LA. All day. Every day. Here's to not being broke forever. (she/her/hers)

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

Chances are you’ve got some strong, badass women in your life. You should probably reach out to them today. It’s probably been awhile since you recognized them. In the meantime, bringing a little recognition to strong, badass women in my own life. Shall we begin?

[Elisha Wiesel @ElishaWiesel]

My father's tenth yartzeit starts tonight. I like that it begins with Maariv. He used to say the Shma with me at bedtime, then tell me fantastic stories of kabalistic angels masquerading as lions.

If you are interested in remembering him with me, please consider...

Good deeds: Listen to someone who needs to be heard; share a kind word to change someone’s life. Or learn with a friend! Study this week’s parsha, or a Chassidic tale or one of my father’s teachings. Share with us in the comments what you're reading, or ask for a recommendation.

Prayer: If you would like to pray but don’t have a regular practice of doing so, you can follow his guidance -- “If the only prayer you say throughout your life is ‘Thank You’, then that will be enough”.

Charity: Please consider following and supporting @eliewieselfdn. We are amplifying young moral voices, fighting hatred in the media, and connecting educational initiatives across the United States and Israel.

Thank you to all who continue his legacy in ways large and small.

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@TaniaSchell @LockerEllen @HenMazzig This is patently false and easily verifiable. Outcomes of a study of 12 countries in the region, Palestine wasn’t even considered in the top half. It ranks 10 out of 12. So on the topic of education, it appears you in fact are uneducated. https://t.co/M1arzCMuJQ

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@Kosherqueen_ Mazal Tov!!! Not sure what your timeline is like, but Talia is awesome - https://t.co/oi3Iyxt8J0

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@DanMac222 @VioPetra92703 @DrLoupis Less that he assumes it’s a sniper, more that the world assumes snipers are only in Israel. She doesn’t even push the question as to which party is sniping! We have clear documented evidence that Hamas has been offing Gazans throughout this war. Bad journalism. Worse propaganda.

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@deenie216 @MMtazamaji @OliaOnX @MOMARIO_RYOSHI Yeah, except that’s not true, at all. The “issue” is a concern of mamzerut (potentially outing ppl as a child born out of wedlock, which has religious implications) — we’re actually pretty big on genetic testing. So you can stop telling that lie anytime.

https://t.co/MBhNfEjHtK

[Pinkas Kineta @PinkasKineta]

False.
DNA testing is allowed in Israel. But through the clinic and doctor.
Infact almost all Jews that expect a baby do DNA testing to check for genetic issues that might occour.
What isn't allowed to be sold is the "DNA home kit" and the reason is it isn't reliable enough and might cause religious issues with bastards children, more on it here:
https://t.co/hSgyohVSZ2

You CAN however order the DNA kit from abroad and do it yourself, it's not illegal.

Furthermore,
Attached a scientific research of middle easterns by American Journal of Human Genetics:
https://t.co/RJfG1xPNPP

Jews Keypoints:
"although Ashkenazi Jews were found to differ slightly from Sephardic and Kurdish Jews, it is noteworthy that there is, overall, a high degree of genetic affinity among the three Jewish communities. Moreover, neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardic Jews cluster adjacent to their former host populations"

"We recently showed that Jews and Palestinian Arabs share a large portion of their Y chromosomes, suggesting a common ancestry.
Surprisingly, Jews were found to be even closer to populations in the northern part of the Middle East than to several Arab populations. It is worth mentioning that, on the basis of protein polymorphisms, most Jewish populations cluster very closely with Iraqis"

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

I just signed a @UNWatch petition: Stop Pierre Krähenbühl's Appointment as Head of the Red Cross.

Sign here: https://t.co/xpfMEGhYJV

[The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome @TheMossadIL]

Kfir Bibas is 11 months old today.

[Pinkas Kineta @PinkasKineta]

You are not special.

(by Dr. Einat Wilf)
The 20th century has been marked by a transition from empires to states. When lucky, those states were based on the self determination of a people who share a common history, language, ethnicity, background religion and connection to a territory.

When unlucky those new states were artificially created by receding empires drawing boundaries, forcing different people to share one state, leading almost always to civil war, dictatorship, or both.

This transition has been bloody. It involved two world wars and numerous regional and civil wars. In the bloody process of empires receding and new states emerging to replace them, tens of millions of people were displaced, fleeing across newly created borders, typically to new countries with an ethnic makeup similar to their own. This was true of Hindus and Muslim, Ukrainians, Poles and Germans, Bulgarians, Greeks and Turks and Arabs and Jews. This was not unique.

What was unique is that one group only of refugees from that time and those wars were allowed to maintain themselves as endless refugees in anticipation of one day winning a war they had lost 7 decades ago.
All other refugee groups, except the Palestinians, were presented with a clear message: “it’s tough, it’s tragic, MOVE ON”. There was a clear understanding that in the most fundamental sense there is no going back - not in place and not in time (thus, there was no such thing as “a right of return”). To seek to go back would mean endless war. And so the message was forward looking and future facing. Tens of millions of refugees and displaced persons, would build new lives in the new countries to which they fled.

Admit defeat, move on, prosper.
Failing to do so will only result in misery.

The Arabs that didn't run away, became Arab-Israeli citizens with equal right as Jews, they kept their land, they prospered.
They are today 20% of Israels population and some of them like it:
https://t.co/hKePFwoynd

[Blake Flayton @blakeflayton]

Defiance. Rebellion. Confidence. Courage. I'm reminded of a paraphrased Ephraim Kishon quote: "Zionism did not eliminate antisemitism as it was intended, but it did give the Jew the power to tell the antisemite to fuck off and carry on with their day."

[Dani Klein 🌎 YeahThatsKosher @YeahThatsKosher]

I’m confused.

Do Palestinian supporters on campuses and in the streets want an “intifada” or a “ceasefire”?

Because those are polar opposite things.

…Unless you want a ceasefire so Hamas can rearm and continue their intifada?

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Samantha Woll, President of a Detroit Synagogue, was stabbed to death outside her home today.

May her memory be a blessing 🕯️

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@miebeater @DebraK36 @DBashIdeas @AdamSandler Better question-why does the inclusion of the flag trigger you?

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@DebraK36 @DBashIdeas @AdamSandler Because we have a lot of teens that identify as trans and there is work to be done to have them feel like they are in fact, part of the Jewish community. And this isn’t just reform or conservative. We have a lot of YA/Adults within orthodoxy proud Jews! #Representationmatters

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@jelenawoehr @ahaloed @roripn

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@Samanth81277613 @TizzyEnt Glad we’re just reinforcing antisemitic tropes in the comments down here…

[Rori Picker Neiss @roripn]

I am constantly amazed by the fact that our government does not require you to know anything, do anything, or learn anything in order to be able to pass laws.

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@roripn Also me! Also me! Chag sameach 😘😘

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

This is the grandmother of one of my closest friends in the world. I grew up in a time where we had Holocaust survivors visit schools. Now, several decades removed, there are far fewer still here to tell their stories. Honoring Elza Metal today provides testimony. #NeverAgain

[Yaacov Behrman @ChabadLubavitch]

Holocaust Survivor Elza Metal turns 100. Thank you @NYCMayor

Elza represents the unwavering perseverance, resilience, and strength of the Jewish community.

[Shani Rotkovitz @anyalways]

@taffyakner I believe Brian can tell you, pretty sure his small child went to go see it. Also it’s an excellent Film. Send the kid!