i'm a catholic and was wondering if there was a good way to signal allyship and solidarity with the jewish community without stepping on toes or coming across as jewfaking. I have a yellow ribbon for the hostages already. are there other signals I could use as well?

Some friends and I were kvetching that the local Jewish-style deli isn't kosher (like, they literally serve BLTs) and we don't trust anything there because of it. We all keep ingredient kosher/kosher style, but the fact they serve things that are so blatantly kosher is too much for us to the point of not trusting their other stuff. So anyway, we had this crazy idea of starting a kosher deli. Like actually kosher, so everyone could eat there. One thing my friend brought up, though, is would Orthodox Jews trust a deli run by Reconstructionist Jews? We had a bunch of ideas like "We'll ask the community for recipes!" "We'll have imported Israeli snacks!" "We'll ask Rav So-and-so (an Orthodox rabbi we know) to help us make sure it's kosher!" "We'll make fresh challah Friday mornings!" "We'll be open every day except Shabbos and Yom Tov!" So anyway what I'm wondering is, is this possible? Have anyone on here ever attempted to start a kosher restaurant/bakery/deli/whatever, or know someone who has? Orthodox Jews, would you go to a deli run by Reconstructionist Jews if an Orthodox rabbi was involved and said it was kosher? For context, this particular rabbi isn't like the leader of a shul, but he is a trusted voice in the community and it seems that everyone respects him. Is there like a special process to make sure a restaurant is kosher, or would you go by the word of someone you trust?

It's my first pesach and I am STRUGGLING. I'm nearly out of matzo ball soup and I don't know what else to eat. As a vegetarian, pretty much all my usual protein sources are kitniyot. I figured I'd just substitute by eating more eggs and dairy, but my stomach is hurting and I think it's the increased dairy that's causing that. I'm about ready to give up and break out the tofu, but I don't want to do that. Ashkenazi Jews, please help! What are you eating?

Wondering how other people go about food buffets/dinner parties whilst keeping kosher?

I'm only a year into the conversion process and only my boss is aware at work but we regularly go out maybe once a month. I tend to just bring food with me in a lunch box but was wondering how other people go about it <3

Is there a bracha for studying? (Secular subjects, not Torah study)

Do you ever feel responsible for the actions of other Jews which you may have caused? Last Saturday, my brother asked if I wanted a soda, and I said that soda sounded good, so then he went and bought us both sodas. On shabbos. If I had known he planned to buy them, I'd have said no. Neither of us are shomer shabbos, but I'm trying to move in that direction, and he is not. I don't judge him for it, that's his decision and he has to come to a decision himself. But I do feel bad that I caused it. I feel like we should try not to negatively influence our brothers (both literal brothers and our collective Jewish family). Does anyone else feel this way? Or am I putting too much thought into it

Speculative halacha question! I've been mulling over this and folks I've asked irl have been similarly torn on the right solution. Hypothetical: we have spacegoing Jews living on a planet which has a different length of day from Earth. For argument's sake, let's say the day is 25 Earth hours long. What should our Jews do in regards to timekeeping/calendar?

Assumptions: our Jews are keeping local 25hr time for nonreligious matters like work hours and making appointments. They have easy access to the date/time on Earth, so the ruling about being lost at sea and not knowing the date does not apply. We're ignoring any local lunar activity for Rosh Chodesh, because that would just make things truly impossible.

no question, just wanted to say thank you for running this blog and chag pesach sameach!!

okay so heads up, this is going to have a lot of questions so if you only want to answer a few that is absolutely okay. If you want to elaborate on an experience that I didn’t ask about, that’s fine too; I mostly want to hear about people’s experiences.

FOR: Jews who have gone Off the Derech (ie raised frum but no longer religious)

Thanks to anyone who answers, and don’t feel pressured to give any details you aren’t comfortable sharing. For disclosure: I am a reform/secular Jew who wants to understand how people navigate these problems.

Is their a connection between Jews and having Guinea pigs. Noticing a lot of Jumblr people have Guinea pigs, know many Jews in real life with them and my family’s had them for a few generations but don’t see a Jewish connection at all. So just curious if anyone knew one or all a coincidence tried looking it up but didn’t find any

hey, has anyone experienced moving in the middle of the conversion process? i'd really like to get started, but my partner and i have plans to move in together next year, and then move again a couple years later. i don't want to have to wait 3+ years to start, but i also worry about disrupting the conversion process by moving

Can I have my tumblr queue running during Shabbos or do I have to pause the queue before and resume it after

joke question: which is better, salted or unsalted matzah

Is there a kosher way to listen to music on shabbat? I usually have some music playing all the time because it soothes my anxiety, so it's really hard for me to go without it even just for a day. I keep trying, giving up, putting on the music, and then feeling like I failed shabbat so I might as well stop trying and go on my phone. I'm starting to realize I can't go without music for very long, so I need to try something different

any recommendations for jewish video games?