Wednesday, March 20, 2024

What's the deal with J Street (IMHO)

 IMHO, J street is just another form of Zionism, that uses a different tactic that appeals to a more liberal/left wing audience.    In my opinion and based on my observations, J Street uses a tactic called compartmentalization.   This may be deliberate, or they may do it without knowing it.   

BTW, for those who don't know what J Street is I am not going to go into details here, as it is easy to find. 

Back to compartmentalization.   It is one of seven concepts I wrote about previously related to Zionist Psychology.   So what is it:   

Compartmentalization – Holding two conflicting ideas or behaviors, such as caution and incaution, rather than dealing with the anxiety evoked by considering the incautious behaviors more deeply (hypocrisy)

J Street basically holds the two conflicting ideas of supporting Israel while at the same time supporting peace. That doesn't work because the whole concept of Israel and Zionism is at odds with peace. Zionism hijacked Judaism with goals of turning Jews into warriors and occupying an area of land that was already occupied with an indifference to those already there.

But those in J Street avoid this reality, by refusing to acknowledge what Israel and Zionism actually is: most likely because doing so would produce too much anxiety and force a realization. A realization that would force them to part ways with friends and family most who will no longer accept them when they acknowledge this reality. So they just talk about an unrealistic peace that isn't going to happen as long as Israel exists, especially as it does today.

But the reality is supporting Israel is supporting genocide, killing and theft. Thus, the more hardcore Zionists tend to accept J Street members talk of peace (with an eye roll) because they know as long as they support Israel, they can keep getting away with genocide, theft and continue the apartheid.

Other posts on Zionism:


Rachelle Kaufman is the author of a number of books including Amazon.com: An American Jew in Budapest eBook : Kaufman, Rachelle.   Having been brainwashed that "Israel is always right" from childhood, Rachelle has overcome that brainwashing to see the truth.   

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Avocado-cashew-cilantro bowl

 


Another easy one.    

Ingredients (makes 3 bowls, can be multiplied or divided)

3 heat and serve 1 minute rice bowls

avocado sliced

1 cup regular, salted or fancy cashews (these are everything bagel cashews from nuts.com).

1/2 cup cilantro chopped.

Make the rice bowls according to directions.   Then arrange the rest to look like this (or you can do it your own way too).    

Additional recipes, all vegan.    




Pad Thai (vegan, gluten-free)

 

I was on a group post where people were talking about how to make a good vegan pad thai.   Honestly, isn't completely from scratch, but this is how I do it. From another perspective it stretches premade food much further.  Bonus, is that it is gluten free (excluding optional extra).   

Ingredients (you can multiply-this feeds about 2 adults or 1 adult and 2 kids)
Amy's vegan pad thai
1 microwave rice bowl (the type that cooks in a minute)-You can also use other rice-but you will need to precook
1 small box firm or extra firm tofu cubed (If large use half)
1 or 2 carrots sliced diagonally
1 to 2 Tablespoons olive oil
A little bit of water (depending on if pan is non stick)

Optional extras:
up to 2 cups broccoli
vegan meat (may make it not gluten free)
Up to 1 cup sliced red onion
Up to 1 cup chopped cilantro
Up to 2 cups cauliflower
Up to 1 cup canned corn
Up to 2 cups cooked white potatoes (air fried or fried, boiled, canned)
Up to 2 cups chopped leafy greens (kale, turnip greens, etc)

Instructions

1. First, consider which type of pan you want to use-a metal or a non-stick.   A large frying pan is recommended, but you can also use a larger pot.    If using metal you'll need a little more oil and you'll need water.   Even in a non-stick a small amount of water is helpful.   We are talking tablespoons not cups.    

2. Heat the water and oil, on about 6 or 7.   Add the hard vegetables (carrots and optionals) and onions.   You may possibly add optional vegan meat at this point depending how pre-cooked it is.   Be careful when adding vegetables that you don't burn yourself.   

3.  Put the pad thai in the microwave.    Continue to let the vegetables cook.   Depending on how they are looking you may want to turn down heat (but not off).   

4.   When pad thai is ready add it.   Then add tofu and quicker cooking vegetables (like the leafy greens, cilantro).    Optional, more pre-cooked or cooked vegan meat also goes in here.   

5.    While that cooks put the microwave rice in the microwave.  When it is done add the rice.    After that it should be pretty much ready.    If you aren't quiet ready to eat right then, make sure to turn heat down to lowest setting possible or even completely off.  

Additional recipes, all vegan.    


Thursday, December 28, 2023

Vegan Parfait

 Vegan Parfait


This is an easy to make treat!   You can multiply the recipe depending how many you are making.   Each makes ones.   

Ingredients:

One vegan yogurt (I used So-Delicious Coconut)

One oreo cookie crumbled

A few slices of pear (cut similar to picture).   

A handful of trail mix

Just follow the picture and arrange as seen.   I like to go in the order oreo, pear slices and then trail mix. Enjoy!   

   And check out my other recipes:

Cinnamon Apple Bread Easy WFPB Pumpkin Cookies

Lime Flavored Rice

Marinated Black Beans

Mayo (vegan)



Sunday, December 24, 2023

Zionist Psychology 101

 There was an excellent #SARS2 thread recently on the psychology of COVID denial.   See: Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA on X: "As a clinical health psychologist, I notice that many people are using psychological defense mechanisms to downplay the risk of COVID. These are my Top 7 examples: 🧵 https://t.co/Fkal1FUw1w" / X (twitter.com)

So, as an MSW and someone who was in raised and left Zionism, I've decided to apply the same to Zionism. I'll go through and explain the defense mechanisms Zionists use.

#1 – Denial – Pretending a problem does not exist to provide artificial relief from anxiety.

  • Accusing Gazans of making up images or stories.
  • Making videos mocking Gazans.
  • Claiming Gazans have plenty of resources like food, water or electricity (even though the government of Israel has publicly stated cutting these off).  
  • Using the term war, instead of genocide or Holocaust.     
  • Saying media coverage is biased towards the Palestinians.   
  • Citing the Israeli government or IOF (IDF).    
  • Obsessing over one lie or misprint in a newspaper and generalizing it to everything related to Gaza or Palestinians.   
  • Dehumanizing Palestinians.

#2 – Projection – When someone takes what they are feeling and attempts to put it on someone else to artificially reduce their own anxiety.

  • Americans (or others in the diaspora) posting pictures of Israeli flags, especially as profile pictures.
  • "Stand with Israel"
  • Calling criticism of Israel antisemitism (could also be #3 displacement) 


#3 – Displacement – When someone takes their anxiety and redirects their discomfort toward someone or something else.

  • Irrational angry outbursts.
  • White people who are unhappy with their own lives taking out their anger on Gazans.
  • Telling Gaza supporters to go to Gaza.
  • Shaming, guilting or exiling Jews who don't support genocide ("What is wrong with you", You aren't really a Jew, etc).
  • Calling criticism of Israel antisemitism (could also be #2).
  • Blaming Hamas instead of Israel.
  • University witch hunts.

#4 – Compartmentalization – Holding two conflicting ideas or behaviors, such as caution and incaution, rather than dealing with the anxiety evoked by considering the incautious behaviors more deeply (hypocrisy)

  • Talking about reducing civilian "casualties of war" (when it is actually a genocide).
  • Rabbis or others stating concerns about the conditions of Palestinians while stating they support Israel.
  • Asking for understanding for those who "aren't ready for a ceasefire" rather than being concerned about how many people will die because of that.

#5 – Reaction formation – expressing artificial positive feelings when actually experiencing anxiety

  • Talk of how Gaza will be better when the "war" is over.
  • Articles about how a child in Gaza got medical care in Israel at sometime.
  • Talking about how the Jewish community is coming together to support each other (even though the opposite is true).

#6 – Rationalization – Artificially reducing anxiety through a weak justification.

  • Citing Hamas
  • Citing Oct 7
  • Citing Hostages
  • Claiming Israel is the only "safe" place for Jews (It isn't).
  • Zionist vegans citing Israel has more vegans than Palestine.
  • Citing or in many cases misciting issues like LGBQT rights or women's rights to justify killing Gazans.
  • Also, not Zionists but the silent: Not speaking up because it might offend people.
  • Also, not Zionists but the silent: Being more concerned with feelings of others than deaths.

#7 – Intellectualization – using extensive cognitive arguments to artificially circumvent genocide anxiety

  • Long rambling threads trying to justify genocide.
  • Long rambling articles trying to justify genocide.
  • Think tanks funded by or affiliated with AIPAC.
Other posts on Zionism:

Rachelle Kaufman is the author of a number of books including Amazon.com: An American Jew in Budapest eBook : Kaufman, Rachelle.   Having been brainwashed that "Israel is always right" from childhood, Rachelle has overcome that brainwashing to see the truth.   

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Today's Zionism is in violation of Judaism.

 

This post may just be a messy train of thought.  I think the point I would like to make though is Jewish doesn't equal Zionist.   

In fact, Zionism is in direct violation of the Torah, at least in the way Zionism is currently being carried out. Today's Zionists disobey and ignore at least half of the ten commandments.

  • Thou shalt not kill (self explanatory)
  • Remember the Sabath Day, keep it holy (Zionists can't even stop killing on the Sabbath)
  • Thou shall not steal (food, water, homes, electricity, etc)
  • Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor (Let's be honest, there are a lot of Zionist lies)
  • Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house (which I would take to include the land the house is built on)
But I would also like to make a point of, don't play into the hands of the Zionists.   The Zionists work very hard to convince Jews that Jewish=Zionist.   When describing the behaviors (etc) of Zionists make sure you say Zionists and not Jews.     

On a similar note, I highly recommend against using antisemitic/ anti-Jewish symbols like swastikas.   Yes, because I would say most Jews including anti-Zionist Jews find it hurtful, but more importantly it plays into the Zionists, by equating Jews with Zionists. That a Jew has to be a Zionist is what the Zionists want all Jews to think.    I do want to mention though, I think the use of swastikas is actually limited to a very small number of individuals, but Zionists will play it up and try to make it seem common-perhaps another reason to not do this.   

I also hope Jews who are reading this will learn from this.   And if they are Zionists or perhaps not sure if they are or aren't, they will consider this.    And consider all the ways that modern Zionism is violating Judaism.   

Rachelle Kaufman is the author of a number of books including Amazon.com: An American Jew in Budapest eBook : Kaufman, Rachelle Having been brainwashed that "Israel is always right" from childhood, Rachelle has overcome that brainwashing to see the truth.   

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Post-frost vegetables only soup (or beverage)-vegan and gluten free

 


This soup uses only vegetables that will survive the first frost.   Made thinner with water this can also be a beverage.   

The very simple directions are broadly chop where needed.  and soak in salt water for at least an hour.  Rinse thoroughly and discard water.  Throw everything into an instant pot (using soup setting).   Cool and then blend in a blender.   

Ingredients:

Water (which will be discarded) mixed with 1 to 2 tsp salt.   

One turnip with leaves.   

About 2 cups of additional turnip leaves or kale leaves (Swiss Chard would probably also work).   A mix is preferable.   

About 1/4 cup green onions or green onion clippings*.

About 1 to 2 TBS green garlic.   If you don't have this, you could use a clove of garlic or omit.   

About 1/2 cup cilantro.   

1 to 3 cups water.   If you use one cup it will be thicker, but watch out for burning.   

Highly recommended: Vegan Bouillon Cube.   I used the Massel Pho Cube-see link if interested.   Asian Instant Soup In A Cube Recipes - Massel

Completely Optional: Pasta or rice that people can add in.

Also Optional: Dehydrated Green Onions or Green Garlic for the top

*By clippings I'm referring to the tops that some of us cut off to keep the green onions growing straight.   

And check out my other recipes:

Cinnamon Apple Bread Easy WFPB Pumpkin Cookies


What's the deal with J Street (IMHO)

 IMHO, J street is just another form of Zionism, that uses a different tactic that appeals to a more liberal/left wing audience.    In my op...