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serge

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I run Babka, a Jewish online space that includes a Mastodon instance. All about providing a safe place for Jews to live authentic online lives.

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yawn This morning I've gotten harassed for saying that some people identify as Mizrahi. That seems to really piss a bunch of Jewish erasure folks off.

And I pissed some Jews off by saying that some Jews use the term Arab Jew for themselves.

🎵 Antisemites to the left of me... Extremists to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you... 🎵

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TIL that the term "Mizrahi" is a reclaimed term, originally a racist term and slurrish, it's since been reclaimed by those Jews as a way to self-identify, especially for those Jews who live in Israel.

I've only heard it in the context of its reclaimed use, but knowing the history is important.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5kqQB69SDY

serge,
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@josephramoney

Joe, there are Jews who identify as Arab Jews, but there are enmormous complexies around doing so, and it's a political statement, rather than a messianic one.

The choice to use the term by non-Jews is often (though not always) used as a form of Mizrahi erasure, such as when Al Jazeera publishes articles/op-eds about the "myth" of the Mizrahi Jew, calling them Arab Jews instead.

Any time someone overrides someone else's self-identification labels, we need to take a look at their motivations.

serge,
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@dorit @histodons @israel

While I am am Ashkenazi, if someone identifies as a Mizrahi, you do not have the right to call them an "Arab Jew". You should always use the term that they use for self-identification.

In addition, I did not ask to be put on these groups, nor do I wish to engage with you any further.

If someone identifies as Sephardi or Mizrahi and someone else "re-classifies them" "Arab Jew", this is a form of erasure and possibly harassment.

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