Mina/מרים
@xominamiriam.bsky.social
Deaf Queer Jewtina
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December 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
As a Latina & a queer girl, my instinctive response to horrible stuff is to amplify my joy.
Dancing & humor are acts of resistance.
(As a bonus, they confound would-be tyrants.)
My joy & dignity can't be taken from me, says the girl who is a bingo card for fascists.
#Deaf #Queer #Jewish mixed-race
Dancing & humor are acts of resistance.
(As a bonus, they confound would-be tyrants.)
My joy & dignity can't be taken from me, says the girl who is a bingo card for fascists.
#Deaf #Queer #Jewish mixed-race
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Enjoying a cuppa tea and the Pacific Northwet rain.
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Enjoying a cuppa tea and the Pacific Northwet rain.
It's raining here in the Puget Sound area, and this half-Irish girl is loving it!💙
Rain makes me happy; I'm a water girl, like the original Miriam.
What simple thing adds to your happiness?
Rain makes me happy; I'm a water girl, like the original Miriam.
What simple thing adds to your happiness?
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's raining here in the Puget Sound area, and this half-Irish girl is loving it!💙
Rain makes me happy; I'm a water girl, like the original Miriam.
What simple thing adds to your happiness?
Rain makes me happy; I'm a water girl, like the original Miriam.
What simple thing adds to your happiness?
Good morning from Washington state!
Wishing y'all a lovely day.
🙂💙
Wishing y'all a lovely day.
🙂💙
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Good morning from Washington state!
Wishing y'all a lovely day.
🙂💙
Wishing y'all a lovely day.
🙂💙
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The stages of repentance and repair outlined in my book, as I read Maimonides:
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The stages of repentance and repair outlined in my book, as I read Maimonides:
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I unironically love these shirts (and Judaism Unbound is great, btw)
No Right Way Hanukkah 2025 Shirt - Navy — Judaism Unbound
Hanukkah
Chanukah
Hannukah
Chanukkah
Hanuka
Channukah
Hanukka
Hannuka
Hannukkah
Channuka
....khanike?
There's no right way to spell it and there's no right way to be Jew...
www.judaismunbound.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I unironically love these shirts (and Judaism Unbound is great, btw)
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#ArtAdventCalendar day 3. It’s international day for persons with disabilities! #Deaf #HearingAids BTW this painting shows off my super cool Deaf Metal safety ring!
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 3. It’s international day for persons with disabilities! #Deaf #HearingAids BTW this painting shows off my super cool Deaf Metal safety ring!
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I’m learning ASL (American Sign Language) so I can interact with my cousin more and plus I’ve always wanted to learn it for myself. It’s very interesting and fun to learn about. I believe in equal communication for all. 🤟 #deaf #hardofhearing
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’m learning ASL (American Sign Language) so I can interact with my cousin more and plus I’ve always wanted to learn it for myself. It’s very interesting and fun to learn about. I believe in equal communication for all. 🤟 #deaf #hardofhearing
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If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
Beloved loves to cook and I love to clean, and our love language is doing things for each other.
This thought brought to you by me waking up from a nap and her having a snack ready for me.
My wishes that you and your sweetie(s) have interests that complement and uplift each other.
This thought brought to you by me waking up from a nap and her having a snack ready for me.
My wishes that you and your sweetie(s) have interests that complement and uplift each other.
November 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Beloved loves to cook and I love to clean, and our love language is doing things for each other.
This thought brought to you by me waking up from a nap and her having a snack ready for me.
My wishes that you and your sweetie(s) have interests that complement and uplift each other.
This thought brought to you by me waking up from a nap and her having a snack ready for me.
My wishes that you and your sweetie(s) have interests that complement and uplift each other.
People ask how I can be Irish American, Mexican, and Jewish, as if this is somehow difficult.
There are two answers, both simple.
First, genetics.
Second, upbringing.
I was raised on songs and stories of Ireland.
Spanish was my first language, and I grew up on Mexican music, food, & culture.
There are two answers, both simple.
First, genetics.
Second, upbringing.
I was raised on songs and stories of Ireland.
Spanish was my first language, and I grew up on Mexican music, food, & culture.
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
People ask how I can be Irish American, Mexican, and Jewish, as if this is somehow difficult.
There are two answers, both simple.
First, genetics.
Second, upbringing.
I was raised on songs and stories of Ireland.
Spanish was my first language, and I grew up on Mexican music, food, & culture.
There are two answers, both simple.
First, genetics.
Second, upbringing.
I was raised on songs and stories of Ireland.
Spanish was my first language, and I grew up on Mexican music, food, & culture.
Beloved & I know 2 signs for #Jewish in #ASL & we don't use either, as both are gendered.
(One references a beard & the other payot.)
Instead, we use a Home Sign; the signs "G-d wrestling."
In Hebrew, "Israel" means "G-d wrestler."
This Deaf Queer Jewtina enjoys being a G-d wrestler.
#deaf #jewsky
(One references a beard & the other payot.)
Instead, we use a Home Sign; the signs "G-d wrestling."
In Hebrew, "Israel" means "G-d wrestler."
This Deaf Queer Jewtina enjoys being a G-d wrestler.
#deaf #jewsky
November 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If you want to get good at a language, you have to converse in it.
Start your day only speaking the language you want to improve, & go to events where you'll use it.
It's hard, but if you do these things, they'll help you develop conversational skill in the language you're learning.
And have fun.
Start your day only speaking the language you want to improve, & go to events where you'll use it.
It's hard, but if you do these things, they'll help you develop conversational skill in the language you're learning.
And have fun.
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you want to get good at a language, you have to converse in it.
Start your day only speaking the language you want to improve, & go to events where you'll use it.
It's hard, but if you do these things, they'll help you develop conversational skill in the language you're learning.
And have fun.
Start your day only speaking the language you want to improve, & go to events where you'll use it.
It's hard, but if you do these things, they'll help you develop conversational skill in the language you're learning.
And have fun.
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Can't speak to Greek but Biblical Hebrew is complicated. It's a vocabulary-poor language and therefore reasonable translations/interpretations can vary wildly because modern English is a vocabulary-rich language. Anybody who says they have *the* correct translation is wrong because there are lots
You can definitely mess this up, but it is 100% the case that the overwhelming majority of churchgoers worldwide have no idea how to read Ancient Greek and Hebrew.
Heck, I went to div school and took multiple semesters of both, and *I* could barely fight my way through a rudimentary translation.
Heck, I went to div school and took multiple semesters of both, and *I* could barely fight my way through a rudimentary translation.
tired of hearing sermons where the Hebrew or Greek is mentioned as some secret revelation the congregation won’t be aware of, about what the reading *actually* means, and it never stands up to basic scrutiny when checked afterwards.
Sometimes the Bible translators have *shock horror* got it right
Sometimes the Bible translators have *shock horror* got it right
November 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Can't speak to Greek but Biblical Hebrew is complicated. It's a vocabulary-poor language and therefore reasonable translations/interpretations can vary wildly because modern English is a vocabulary-rich language. Anybody who says they have *the* correct translation is wrong because there are lots
This may come as a surprise to many hearing people, but I don't wear my hearing aids for me. I wear them as an accommodation for y'all, so that we may chat in a vocalized language. I don't wear them at home, where my (hearing) wife & I talk in ASL. The quiet is restful.
#deaf #ASL
#deaf #ASL
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Please, can we move past the assumption that only vocalizing is speaking? It's harmful, especially when coming from trusted leaders, yet I hear clergy (both Jewish & Christian) equate speaking & praying with just vocalizing. My prayers aren't invalid when I say them with my hands.
#deaf #Jewish #ASL
#deaf #Jewish #ASL
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
On today’s list of little blessings; a lunchtime stop at my local library, to drop off done books & pickup a hold.
Libraries, I love you!
#books #libraries
Libraries, I love you!
#books #libraries
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
On today’s list of little blessings; a lunchtime stop at my local library, to drop off done books & pickup a hold.
Libraries, I love you!
#books #libraries
Libraries, I love you!
#books #libraries