Z H Challah esq., Cavalier of the 8th
@challahchic.bsky.social
Poet. Butch. Boy dyke. Librarian. Chronically stressed. On at least three tiers of gender at all times.
(they/them, ey/em, ze/hir, etc)
Welcome to the cat colony.
(they/them, ey/em, ze/hir, etc)
Welcome to the cat colony.
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As part of a field where we still regularly work with scrolls, let me dispell your technological relativism and assure you: they are an utter pain in the ass. Text only scrolls such. Handscrolls with images are tons of fun, but still a pain in the ass.
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
As part of a field where we still regularly work with scrolls, let me dispell your technological relativism and assure you: they are an utter pain in the ass. Text only scrolls such. Handscrolls with images are tons of fun, but still a pain in the ass.
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Shalom, friends!
The story of Judith and Holofernes is not only a #Hanukkah classic, it’s been the subject of some of the greatest artworks in history…. Plus these. Welcome to 8 Unhinged Depictions of Judith and Holofernes in Art History! Enjoy, & have a safe & happy Hanukkah
youtu.be/hP7Ywv8G9A8
The story of Judith and Holofernes is not only a #Hanukkah classic, it’s been the subject of some of the greatest artworks in history…. Plus these. Welcome to 8 Unhinged Depictions of Judith and Holofernes in Art History! Enjoy, & have a safe & happy Hanukkah
youtu.be/hP7Ywv8G9A8
8 Unhinged Depictions of Judith and Holofernes in Art History
YouTube video by Miriam Anzovin
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December 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Shalom, friends!
The story of Judith and Holofernes is not only a #Hanukkah classic, it’s been the subject of some of the greatest artworks in history…. Plus these. Welcome to 8 Unhinged Depictions of Judith and Holofernes in Art History! Enjoy, & have a safe & happy Hanukkah
youtu.be/hP7Ywv8G9A8
The story of Judith and Holofernes is not only a #Hanukkah classic, it’s been the subject of some of the greatest artworks in history…. Plus these. Welcome to 8 Unhinged Depictions of Judith and Holofernes in Art History! Enjoy, & have a safe & happy Hanukkah
youtu.be/hP7Ywv8G9A8
husband and I both got the full 20
(lol “mixed tape”)
(lol “mixed tape”)
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
husband and I both got the full 20
(lol “mixed tape”)
(lol “mixed tape”)
once again thinking about the knights of guinevere wank and how Frankie being Thee classic butch style name was just glossed over bc fuck transmasculinity
December 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
once again thinking about the knights of guinevere wank and how Frankie being Thee classic butch style name was just glossed over bc fuck transmasculinity
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rabbi mused about the number of trans Jews by choice and well, jewish groups that tend to be ok w trans ppl also tend to be okay w
contentious relationships with mainstream politics
expansive and unorthodox theology
a lot of questions
knowing the world DOES want you dead and you gotta survive anyway
contentious relationships with mainstream politics
expansive and unorthodox theology
a lot of questions
knowing the world DOES want you dead and you gotta survive anyway
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
rabbi mused about the number of trans Jews by choice and well, jewish groups that tend to be ok w trans ppl also tend to be okay w
contentious relationships with mainstream politics
expansive and unorthodox theology
a lot of questions
knowing the world DOES want you dead and you gotta survive anyway
contentious relationships with mainstream politics
expansive and unorthodox theology
a lot of questions
knowing the world DOES want you dead and you gotta survive anyway
rabbi mused about the number of trans Jews by choice and well, jewish groups that tend to be ok w trans ppl also tend to be okay w
contentious relationships with mainstream politics
expansive and unorthodox theology
a lot of questions
knowing the world DOES want you dead and you gotta survive anyway
contentious relationships with mainstream politics
expansive and unorthodox theology
a lot of questions
knowing the world DOES want you dead and you gotta survive anyway
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
rabbi mused about the number of trans Jews by choice and well, jewish groups that tend to be ok w trans ppl also tend to be okay w
contentious relationships with mainstream politics
expansive and unorthodox theology
a lot of questions
knowing the world DOES want you dead and you gotta survive anyway
contentious relationships with mainstream politics
expansive and unorthodox theology
a lot of questions
knowing the world DOES want you dead and you gotta survive anyway
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy first night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy first night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy first night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy first night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
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BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
happy honk
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
happy honk
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this came across my tumblr dash and I am trying to take it to heart. I bring it to you in case it can also bring you peace
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this came across my tumblr dash and I am trying to take it to heart. I bring it to you in case it can also bring you peace
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We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
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Jewish soldiers in the German and Austro-Hungarian armies celebrating Hanukkah on the Eastern Front, 1916.
December 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Jewish soldiers in the German and Austro-Hungarian armies celebrating Hanukkah on the Eastern Front, 1916.
I screencapped this btw bc I am so boggled but I don't think it will be useful to put it on blast, but the spread of nonsensical oppression binaries was one of the things I dreaded most about tma/tme terminology getting popular
smone on tumblr tried to tell me “misogyny applicable/misogyny exempt” was a coherent feminist framework and i will walk into tge ocean gdby forever
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I screencapped this btw bc I am so boggled but I don't think it will be useful to put it on blast, but the spread of nonsensical oppression binaries was one of the things I dreaded most about tma/tme terminology getting popular
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“When Jews are attacked for being Jews, and the response is muted, conditional, or delayed, the message is unmistakable. Jews may still live here, but only quietly.... We cannot and will not retreat into hiding our light. The call of this moment is simple and urgent: Light candles everywhere.”
The call of this Hanukkah moment remains simple and urgent: Light candles everywhere. Even when we're under attack.
Even after the attack at Bondi Beach that left 15 people dead in Sydney, Australia, we light Hanukkah candles to publicize the miracle.
forward.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“When Jews are attacked for being Jews, and the response is muted, conditional, or delayed, the message is unmistakable. Jews may still live here, but only quietly.... We cannot and will not retreat into hiding our light. The call of this moment is simple and urgent: Light candles everywhere.”
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in elementary school, a teacher singled out the one Jewish kid (me) to ask how Hanukkah was spelled
took the chalk, wrote: ח-נ-ו-כ-ה
took the chalk, wrote: ח-נ-ו-כ-ה
Every year for Hanukkah I like to share panels from this special holiday comic I edited when I was on staff at Marvel. There remains a dearth of specifically Hanukkah stories in comics and this one only ever appeared in print once.
Every year I am proud to share and celebrate the light of Hanukkah:
Every year I am proud to share and celebrate the light of Hanukkah:
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
in elementary school, a teacher singled out the one Jewish kid (me) to ask how Hanukkah was spelled
took the chalk, wrote: ח-נ-ו-כ-ה
took the chalk, wrote: ח-נ-ו-כ-ה
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I’m tired. I’m scared.
But we’re going to light our candles tonight. We’re not going to stop being visibly Jewish. I’m not going to stop living my people and my land. I’m not going to stop trying to make my home better for everyone (either one).
המקום ינחם כולנו בתוך שער אבלי ציון וירושלים.
But we’re going to light our candles tonight. We’re not going to stop being visibly Jewish. I’m not going to stop living my people and my land. I’m not going to stop trying to make my home better for everyone (either one).
המקום ינחם כולנו בתוך שער אבלי ציון וירושלים.
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m tired. I’m scared.
But we’re going to light our candles tonight. We’re not going to stop being visibly Jewish. I’m not going to stop living my people and my land. I’m not going to stop trying to make my home better for everyone (either one).
המקום ינחם כולנו בתוך שער אבלי ציון וירושלים.
But we’re going to light our candles tonight. We’re not going to stop being visibly Jewish. I’m not going to stop living my people and my land. I’m not going to stop trying to make my home better for everyone (either one).
המקום ינחם כולנו בתוך שער אבלי ציון וירושלים.
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Ahmed al Ahmed is a hero who saved countless lives. He is owed a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid.
He is also absolutely NOT my "model of solidarity". Solidarity shouldn't look like this.
He is also absolutely NOT my "model of solidarity". Solidarity shouldn't look like this.
Solidarity Shouldn't Look Like This
Like many of you, I woke up this morning to the horrible news of a mass shooting at a Channukah celebration in Sydney, Australia . Like many...
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December 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed is a hero who saved countless lives. He is owed a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid.
He is also absolutely NOT my "model of solidarity". Solidarity shouldn't look like this.
He is also absolutely NOT my "model of solidarity". Solidarity shouldn't look like this.
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What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
Diana Wynne Jones did it better and did it first
Howl’s Moving Castle could be merely the START of something beautiful
Howl’s Moving Castle could be merely the START of something beautiful
I am begging a nice white Brit to create a charming Anglophilic fantasy about witches or dwarves or elves so I never have to hear about J. K. Rowling ever again. We can put Tom Holland in it. And Tom Hardy. All the Toms.
December 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Diana Wynne Jones did it better and did it first
Howl’s Moving Castle could be merely the START of something beautiful
Howl’s Moving Castle could be merely the START of something beautiful
artist at a night market tried to tell me how easy hair sticks are to use
ma’am I have a buzz cut
ma’am I have a buzz cut
December 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
artist at a night market tried to tell me how easy hair sticks are to use
ma’am I have a buzz cut
ma’am I have a buzz cut
humans with gender are easily distracted by looks
December 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
humans with gender are easily distracted by looks