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Art by Emily K
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I have my own museum, I'm a Very Serious Artist.

Commissions open. If I see that you use AI “art,” you get blocked.

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"Jack Armstrong" maybe? I can't remember... it's very common
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Doing anything related to the haganah is probably problematic right now. The partisans are great.

But also, WE HAVE HISTORY THAT GOES BEYOND THE 1880s

AND ENOUGH SHOAH ALREADY
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I’m making this largely as a response to stuff like that. It can’t just me Maus or illustrated Torah

Https://emilyk.art/comics/the-gathering-of-sparks/
The Gathering Of Sparks - Emily K • Cartoonist & Illustrator
The Gathering of Sparks is a fantasy adventure comic built upon the vast wealth and history of Jewish culture and mysticism.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I feel like UK goyim that do this are trying to do something similar to white Jews over here- overcompensate for their own complicity in the white supremacist system. And HO BOY is the UK responsible for a lot of it. And I’m not even talking about Balfour
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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I also came away with that impression. In fact just about everyone I know who went on that trip came home MORE left wing- especially if you’re a woman. You REALLY feel the gender segregation when visiting the sacred places.
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Jews invented comics, no need to invent an ersatz version. just read Superman
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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2/2
NEW MOVEMENTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MOVEMENTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE U.S., WHERE THERE IS A STRONG CURRENT OF QUESTIONING PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED NARRATIVES. THE POLICE DO MURDER CIVILIANS, USUALLY BIPOC, AND THE STATE USUALLY IGNORES OR FORGIVES THEM. WE'VE JUST CHOSEN TO REMAIN IGNORANT OF THESE FACTS. Image: People at a protest carrying signs that say “Defund the police,” “ACAB,” and “Black Lives Matter.” WHITE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE ACTIVELY WORKING TO UNLEARN THE RACISM AND COLONIZATION EMBEDDED IN SOCIETY, HAVE HAD TO DO SOME UNCOMFORTABLE WORK. THEY (THAT IS, WE) HAVE BECOME AWARE OF SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES THAT WE HAVE PASSIVELY BENEFITTED FROM FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS. ASHKENAZIM WERE GRANTED WHITENESS IN THE 1950S, IN EXCHANGE FOR ASSIMILATION AND UPHOLDING STRUCTURAL WHITE SUPREMACY. WE HAVE A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH BLACK AMERICANS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. WE LOVE TO TALK ABOUT REB HESCHEL WALKING WITH DR. KING. HOWEVER, RACISM IS ENDEMIC IN OUR SYNAGOGUES. Image: a white woman in a synagogue points to a light switch. She asks the Black man holding a tallit bag, “Excuse me, dear, can you please get this light?” The man is unamused. WHEN ISRAEL IS TREATED AS A SYMBOL OF "EUROPEAN/WHITE COLONIALISM,” OPPOSING IT LETS WHITE JEWS ALLY WITH THE PEOPLE OF COLOR PROTESTING ISRAEL'S INJUSTICES WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE DISCOMFORT OF HAVING TO EXAMINE OUR OWN SYSTEMIC RACISM. Image: Young Jewish people on a Taglit or “Birthright Israel” trip, smiling and looking back. BECAUSE IDENTIFYING AND ALLYING WITH ISRAEL IS MADE SUCH A CENTRAL PART OF JEWISH LIFE, JEWS WHO HAVE NEVER SET FOOT INSIDE THE COUNTRY OR HAVE ANY IMMEDIATE ISRAELI RELATIVES FEEL QUALIFIED TO SPEAK ABOUT ISRAEL AS IF THEY TOO HAVE AN OWNERSHIP OF OF THE ISRAELI EXPERIENCE. AND WHY SHOULDN'T THEY FEEL THAT WAY? JEWISH EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN SENDING US ON "FREE TRIPS TO ISRAEL" CALLED "BIRTHRIGHT" FOR DECADES. MANY SYNAGOGUES, EVEN POLITICALLY LIBERAL ONES, HAVE AN ISRAEL FLAG ON THE BIMAH. (MINE DID.) WE'RE TAUGHT TO SING HATIKVAH, ISRAEL'S NATIONAL ANTHEM. THOSE OF US WITHOUT ANY DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE REALITIES OF LIVING IN ISRAEL ARE SANCTIONED TO SPEAK WITH AUTHORITY ON ITS BEHALF, WITH THE TACET UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S ONLY "IN SUPPORT." OF COURSE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE REBELLING AGAINST THESE EXPECTATIONS. Image: An Israeli flag on a bimah in a synagogue. TOKEN ANTI-ISRAEL JEWS GET LIFTED UP AS EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE “BRAVE ENOUGH" TO OPPOSE THE STATUS QUO. IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A “TRUTH TELLER," ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE SPREADING THEIR WINGS OUTSIDE THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS FOR THE FIRST TIME. ONE'S CONVICTIONS COULD BE 100% GENUINE, BUT NONETHELESS - WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT THEY BECOME "USEFUL JEWS," A TENUOUS POSITION TO BE IN, WITH ITS OWN LIMITING CONDITIONS. LEFTISM HOLDS SPACE FOR ANTISEMITISM. IT'S THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH. A KEY PART OF LEFTISM IS STANDING UP TO INSIDIOUS, OPPRESSIVE STRUCTURES, AND A KEY PART OF ANTISEMITISM IS THE IDEA THAT JEWISH PEOPLE ARE OPPRESSIVE, INSIDIOUS BROKERS OF POWER. Image: The Lehman Brothers bank building. IT'S AN IDEA OLDER THAN THE STATE OF ISRAEL BY MANY CENTURIES. AS JEWS FOUND SUCCESS AS MERCHANTS AND BANKERS DURING TIMES WHEN LITTLE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WERE AFFORDED US, WE BECAME LINKED WITH CAPITAL, IN BOTH REAL AND IMAGINED WAYS. LEFTIST OPPOSITION TO CAPITALIST EXPLOITATION ALLOWS ANTISEMITIC IDEAS TO PERSIST, EVEN ALONGSIDE CALLS TO AID THE OPPRESSED. AND BECAUSE ANTISEMITISM IS SO EMBEDDED IN OUR SOCIETY, THIS IS OFTEN DONE UNCONSCIOUSLY. ALSO, THE MILITARY AID PROVIDED TO ISRAEL YEAR AFTER YEAR BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MEANS "UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL" BECOMES "UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE BLOATED DEFENSE BUDGET." ISRAEL'S ALOTMENT OF 0.5% OF THAT MONEY BECOMES THE REASON THE US IS THE ONLY DEVELOPED NATION ON EARTH WITHOUT UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE OR GUARANTEED PARENTAL LEAVE. IT ISN'T. Image: The character Shylock holding a bag of coins and grimacing. (OF COURSE, IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET. ISRAEL GETS ARMS, AND THE U.S. GETS A KEY ALLY IN A REGION OF THE WORLD MOSTLY HOSTILE TO US. IT ISN'T CHARITY.) THE SOLUTION? HA HA, I DON'T HAVE ONE! Image: a small olive branch. MAKING THIS COMIC MADE ME FEEL WORTHY OF THE PHRASE "OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD." I'M A MILLENNIAL, NOT A ZOOMER. I WILL NEVER TRULY KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF U.S. JEWS. BUT I THINK MULTIPLE THINGS ARE TRUE: OUTSIDE MISINFORMATION/DISINFORMATION HAS AFFECTED JEWISH VIEWPOINTS ON ISRAEL. SO HAS THE FAILURE OF JEWISH INSTITUTIONS TO TEACH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR EXISTENCE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY. NEARLY ALL SURVIVORS AND WITNESSES TO THE HOLOCAUST HAVE DIED, MAKING THAT HISTORY FEEL FARTHER AWAY THAN EVER. BUT CENTERING IT (AND ISRAEL) IN JEWISH EDUCATION DOES OUR HIGHLY DIVERSE, MILLENIA-LONG HISTORY A REAL DISSERVICE. YOU CAN'T BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND A GROUP OF PEOPLE UNLESS YOU HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION WITH THEM. I HOPE THAT PEOPLE MUCH SMARTER THAN ME, MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGABLE THAN ME, AND MUCH MORE CAPABLE THAN ME CAN TACKLE THESE THINGS. I'LL TRY TO HELP HOW I CAN. EmilyK.art
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Thanks! I think so too. I’ll never stop trying because if nothing else I’m creating it for my own audience.

…hey put in a good word for me..
..just kidding.. unless..
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM