i haven’t yet seen black panther, but i have like so many questions in terms of Wakanda Jews.
Like at what point did the isolationism start in Wakanda so like up to where did we were last all on the same page in terms of various sefarim and interpretations of Halachot and Jewish history.
Cause like I can’t imagine if I found out for the first time about the Holocaust so like imagine Jews from Wakanda finding out for the first time.
But also imagine them finding out that for the we are also by the millions back in our homeland and able to freely live and visit there for the first time since the destruction of the Second Temple.
Also imagine all the sefarim and minhagim that Wakanda Jews have written and come up with that the rest of the Jewish population don’t know about.
Like I would love to know Wakanda Jews traditions.
Like think of all the new Zemirot and tunes to be learnt.
And like just like there is Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and Yiddish there must be must versions mixing the various languages spoken by the people of Wakanda with Hebrew.
Also like what do their decorations look like for their Sukkot, and like how to they design their kippot, ketubahs, menorahs, shuls, mikvahs, mezuzah covers, haggadahs, and more.
What do their wedding look like and what traditions do they do.
Like I’m just brimming with questions as to what Jewish life is like in Wakanda and what the Jews there have learnt.
Because think of all the Halacha questions that needed to be answered because they have such advanced technology and with new technology comes a million and one Halacha questions.
Like one of the really cool things about Jews is that no matter where in the world and when in time there are some things that just are always the same there is still just so much history and culture and traditions and philosophy and food to be sharedÂ
I can’t help but think that in this universe where Wakanda exists for Jews it must be a really exciting time.
I imagine that the Wakandan Jewish community would be very old, especially considering that Wakanda was untouched by Arabic and European expansion into Africa.
Well, in the comics, Wakanda did know about the Holocaust, and King T’Chaka (although this is from the 60′s version where T’challa becomes BP about when Tony gets his ass blasted in Vietnam, so in MCU it’d be T’Chaka’s dad) gave Howard Stark the vibranium to make Steve’s shield.
Like, they were still isolationists who protected themselves by giving an ignorant goat-herder impression to outsiders. They NEEDED to be underestimated if they were going to keep the war off their doorstep.
But T’Chaka flies himself, in the dead of night, to Howard Stark, a man who would know exactly what kind of high-tech rig would be needed to mine, refine, and use this metal, and says “That guy who punches Hitler in the face. He needs a better shield.”
T’Chaka risked exposure, risked his country going into a terrible war, JUST to give Steve a shield.
A shield with a star in the center.
Fuck, man, Wakanda’s Jews were already on that ball.
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But also, VIBRANIUM MEZUZAH, I’m here for that!
Considering that M’Baku’s tribe has Hindu elements, with Hanuman, I wouldn’t be surprised by there being Jewish Wakandans. I wonder when they may have arrived though, the Roman diasporia? Wakanda seems like they closed themselves off before then, though.
Given that: 1) Bast the panther goddess sounds like it’s linked to the Egyptian deity Bastet, 2) Wakanda is (currently) located near South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, and 3) there are established Jewish communities in at least two of those four countries, a connection between Wakanda and the Jewish people could potentially go as far back as King Solomon or the Exodus.
but isn’t hiduism only 500 years old so how would that work if Wakanda closed off before then
Hinduism is much older than that.
Hinduism is older than Judaism.
I think the real important question here is how long do Wakandan Jews wait between meat and milk
The answer to this question will determine which Wakandan synagogues I’ll enter and which I’ll never set foot in.
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