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I love it when fake people ask me to donate

IT’S NOT ‘PEEKED’ MY INTEREST

OR ‘PEAKED’

BUT PIQUED

‘PIQUED MY INTEREST’

THIS HAS BEEN A CAPSLOCK PSA

This is the reality we live in. Also I had been in the same bomb shelter FOUR TIMES and it's not even in my neighborhood, I just had weird luck I guess. I now know all the people living there. I know the mom with her two years old baby. The teen that 'doesn't want to stay the full ten minutes in the shelter' and 'after you hear the boom you can go outside' and his parents begging him to come inside and not get hit by fragments. The three five years old boys that love playing cards and their parents that love watching them smile. The girl with the giant brown dog and her brother that likes to make stupid jokes she say she hate but obviously secretly love. The four years old boy that cries when you hear the rockets and his parents that put his favorite snack in these so he'll feel better. The parents with the mentally disabled girl that doesn't understand why she has to be there, and her parents that hug her and make her feel as comfortable as possible while forcing her to stay for her safety. The man who knows how to tell if a rocket was hit in the air by the iron dome or hit the ground by sound, and makes everyone feel a bit better when they know no one was hurt, because it was in the air. The woman who just works in this apartment building and doesn't really know anyone, but learns to know them with me, and smiles.

Petting a street cat. Helping an old woman that dropped her bag in the bus. Complimenting a Haredi girl with a really cute handmade bow. Asking an Arab girl for directions, and her explaining in extreme detail. Pulling a random boy from the road before he will get run over. Translating between the English speaking lady that wants to buy coffee and the Hebrew seller that can't understand a word of English. Crying, and a Haredi woman comforting you without knowing who you are or what is going on. Helping a family of tourists to get to the old city. Helping to comfort a kid in a bomb shelter in a neighborhood that isn't yours. Street libraries. Helping a woman in Central Station pay with her phone for the metro. Benched with names of people who loved this city. Decorated pavement that someone made years ago and somehow stayed intact. People who aren't always nice, but are always kind.

This is Jerusalem.

כשהייתי בחטיבה נסעתי לקאמפ אמריקאי ונדהמתי לגלות שלא הייתה חובה להיות עם כובע או קרם הגנה, כל יום בצהריים הלכנו לבריכה בשמש, וחצי מהבנות שהיו איתי בחדר נשרפו כל כך שהן לא יכלו לישון וכל העור שלהן התקלף. וזה היה במקום שלא היה בו המון שמש (ירד גשם!!! באוגוסט!!!) פשוט היינו בחוץ כל היום. אז אני חושבת שבסך הכול התוכנית הזאת והחינוך להגנה בשמש בארץ טוב

My favorite thrift store is separated by color. So if I'm next to the yellow aisle I don't look, because I don't look good in yellow, but the red and blue aisles? I definitely look on both sides.

But usually thrift stores are separated by type of clothing? Like dresses, skirts, pants, shirts...

No nuance. If you don't go thrift shopping, just answer whatever you think you would do, whichever option feels more logical to you. If you are incapable of contemplating what you would do in hypothetical situations, please turn off your device and go sit on the floor. If you have some third, alternative foraging method, please share in the tags.

אני רואה אקס מן וזה ממש לא ראליסטי שמגנטו לא עלה לארץ. הוא כל הזמן מדבר על איך שהמוטנטים (שזה מטאפורה ליהודים) צריכים להתאחד וזה ממש. מדינת ישראל. אתה ניצול שואה. למה אתה גר באמריקה? ואפילו כשהוא בורח מאמריקה הוא בורח לפולין. אני מבינה שהוא מדבר פולנית אבל ישראל! מדינת היהודים! למה הוא לא חי שם?

בנוסף באחד הסרטים יש חנוכיה עם 7 קנים (כמו מנורה) + מדליקים את זה מנר נוסף (כמו שמש). מארוול לא יכלו לשלם ליהודי אחד לראות את הסרט? באמת?

Palestinian reactions to peace proposals

I love it when fake people ask me to donate

Me'orot is actually a sci-fi convention! It is also an Aguda con. They Also have Dorot which is in Heifa and is at the same time as Harucon so it's less popular. I never been to one of their conventions, but Bein Hashurot are trying to follow Noar Kore's footsteps, so they might be worth checking out. Also, about the animusicals, you can find many of them on Youtube. And the Sushi's free and Janken musical both have English subtitles, but there are many others avalible in Hebrew. I really recommend volunteering in the convention - I volunteered in about 6 cons and it's very fun to help the fandom community, meet new people, and help make the conventions

Hi. Can you share a cool fact about Israel? How's the fan culture over there? You guys got conventions? 👀

BOY DO WE

There are 4 big conventions in Israel, run by two organisations- the Israeli Society For Science Fiction and Fantasy(known shortly as "Ha'Aguda), and AMAI, the Israeli Manga and Anime Organization.

The Aguda's conventions are the biggest and most well-known. There's Icon during Sukkot and Olamot("worlds") during Passover, and both are always in Tel Aviv. Those are the comic-con of Israel- they have everything geeky and fanish, from every type of media. They last 2-3 days, and are free to enter but you have to pay to go into specific events. Those are my favorites!

AMAI's conventions are centered around Japanese media and culture. There are also two- Harucon at Purim(the closest con), and Animatsuri at the summer. Those cons costs money to enter, but once you're inside you can go anywhere as long as there are free seats. Those cons are in Jerusalem, and are very big. They also sometimes include a run of an Animusical(anime-inspired original musical production done by members of the community)

Other then those 4, we have lots of smaller cons done by different organizations and for different specific topics- there's Meorot which is a Harry Potter and LOTR con set during Hannukah, the Aguda also has Mitopia in the summer, that's centered specifically around books, and there's Draconicon for DND and RPG players! And a lot more! Last year I also had the chance to go to the first Sha'atnez, a con surrounding specifically Jewish Fantasy and Fantastic Judaism. It was fantastic and I REALLY hope it'll be an annual thing.

Interesting thing about fan culture here- the main two groups involved in it are queers, and religious orthodox jews. Both are in the fannish scene in much larger percantages then they make of the general population! I suspect the religious thing is because Shabbat-keepers have a lot of time when all they can do is read, and queers are already very dominant in such communities, but it's still very cool I think:)

Anyway fun fact, I've been in the artist alley for... 6-7 cons up untill now? My favorite to sell in was Noar Kore which sadly does not exist anymore but I REALLY like doing those booths.