Babka Is One Year Old!

On November 14th, 2022, Babka Social officially launched.

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Balancing on the Mechitza - A review

In writing a recent post about being welcoming to trans folks on Babka, I wanted to understand the issues of trans Jews as much as possible. While I know many trans folks, and many Je...

Aug 14, 2022

Anti-Trans Hate Speech and Antisemisim

It’s not enough not to have barriers, you need to be explicitly welcoming.

Jul 21, 2022

Is Zionism a Babka value?

Zionism is one of the biggest things I’m asked about when it comes to Babka, on both sides. Is Babka Zionist? Is Babka Anti-Zionist? Let’s have a frank and honest discussion about it.

Jul 12, 2022

Jews Don't Count- A review and reflection

In between working on Babka, I recently had the opportunity to read (or technically, listen to the audiobook of) David Baddiel’s new book Jews Don’t Count. The book’s central premise ...

Jul 02, 2022

Are you wasting your time reporting hate speech on Twitter?

Twitter claims that it’s a safe place to exist online. It has extensive Community Guidelines designed that speak about harassment and hate speech, yet if you’ve reported hate speech t...

Jun 30, 2022

Announcing Babka

It’s almost a universal for Jews to go social media and brace ourselves to experience antisemitism.

Jun 22, 2022