jap-l

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The list jap-l is a list for Jewish Pagans, Jewwitches, Jewish mages, and those interested in Judeopaganism and Semitic Paganism in general, whether as a practitioner or a scholar or just plain interested. The name of the list comes from the phrase "Jewish American Pagan," though, of course, non-Americans are more than welcome to join as well. Although discussion of the Kabbalah will be allowed when it overlaps with Judeopaganism, extensive discussions of the Kabbalah will be asked to move to a different location, unless they are directly related to Judeopaganism, as this is not a list for general Jewish mysticism, and there are other net resources for that topic.

Possible areas of discussion for jap-l are:

• The polytheistic roots of Judaism and the relationship between other Semitic and ancient Middle Eastern religions and early Judaism.
• Other deities worshipped by the supposedly monotheistic Israelites, including gods and goddesses such as Baal, Asherah, Astarte, etc.
• Hebrew Goddesses, such as Asherah, Astarte, Lilith, the Shekinah, etc., and feminine images of the divine within more traditional Judaism.
• The advantages and disadvantages of mixing a Jewish background/practice with another Pagan or magickal tradition, such as a Jewwitch (Jewish Wiccan) or JuBu (Jewish Buddhist). For instance, the differences in approach that coming from a Jewish background brings to a different path, or the difficulties that occur when trying to communicate with "Gentile" Pagans.
• Antisemitism in the general Pagan and magickal communities and ways to combat it and prevent it (ideally through education). Although as a whole, the Pagan and magickal communities are fairly open-minded and free of bigotry, there is nevertheless some antisemitism within both communities. Some of it is obvious, such as the Neo-Nazi faction of the Germanic and Celtic pagans, but quite a bit of it is based out of ignorance, such as stating that "the Jews killed the Goddess" or that "Kabbalah wasn't really developed by the Jews." Also, many people from a Christian background tend to assume that since Christianity developed out of Judaism, both Judaism and Christianity always have the same attitudes towards most issues. This latter isn't antisemitism per se but does reflect the general ignorance of Judaism among non-Jews.

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