Marti Fuerst

Ah, the simple joys of a perfectly ripe banana. ❤️🍌

I've been thinking about the color associations lately (blame Hanukkah, I guess), and musing on the color yellow. We use it for support and solidarity, and in Jewish spaces, it's often been a color thrust upon us by oppressors. But despite that, we echo it in messages of hope and perseverance.

Is it just me or does the Queen of Hearts look like @miriamanzovin.bsky.social

I had the lovely experience of chatting with some Scouts tonight about entrepreneurship, writing, and illustrating. ❤️ #scouting #meritbadge

New Hanukkah stuff in more than just blue - golems, latkes, sufganiyot, goblins!

I’m Cold, so you get sweaters. It's Mom Thermodynamics.

www.martifuerst.com/hanukkah

Husband: Imagine the Grinch in a Jewish Who's home, grabbing a plate of gefilte fish and going, "What the heck is this?"

Me: You don't eat gefilte fish on Hanukkah.

Husband: YOU EAT GEFILTE FISH ON EVERY HOLIDAY.

It's on its way to me!

Had my own little "lunch and learn" today and attended the amazing discussion on @miriamudel.bsky.social 's new book on Yiddish #kidlit with Miriam and @marjorieingall.bsky.social hosted by the YIVO institute. Thank you so much for an inspirational and delightful hour!

עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ
וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל

May the one who creates peace on high bring peace to us and to all Israel.

Bring Them Home Now - Hostages and Missing Families Forum Join our forum to support the return of all hostages and missing persons from October 7th events. Get updates, advocate, and unite families in Israel.

The Hostage and Missing Families Forum has been supporting individuals and families since the beginning of this war and has been relentless in their goal to bring the hostages home. 19 individuals' bodies remain in Gaza. The work has not stopped. stories.bringthemhomenow.net

ERAN is an Emotional First Aid hotline that was founded in 1971. We have lost too many survivors to mental health crises since October 7th. en.eran.org.il/donate-online/

NATAL'S Services | American Friends of NATAL (AFN) NATAL provides essential trauma care and mental health services across Israel, helping individuals, families, and communities heal from the impacts of war, terror, and violence. For over 25 years, ou...

NATAL Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center has been around since 1998 and has lots of resources for survivors as well as caregivers and advocates, as well as actively helping those affected by war and terrorism: www.afnatal.org/programs

Fund For Victims Of Terror | The Jewish Agency - U.S. Fund For Victims Of Terror - The Jewish Agency has been working to secure a vibrant Jewish future, since 1929

The Jewish Agency for Israel has a Fund for Victims of Terror that helps victims and families through the recovery process: www.jewishagency.org/fund-for-vic...

Lastly - Be civil and nice in the comments, should feel the need to leave one. This call to action does not negate or diminish any of the other suffering happening around the world, in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, or anywhere else.

If you can't give directly, please share this thread - but more importantly, talk to your people. It's so easy to forget the victims of a tragedy once the media cycle has deemed it "resolved" and moved on, while the reality is that these individuals and their families need our continual support.

We all breathed a giant sigh of relief earlier this week, but I encourage you to support ongoing recovery of the hostages. They have long roads ahead, whether they came home two years ago or five days ago. There are medical concerns and psychological trauma that need to be addressed.

NATAL'S Services | American Friends of NATAL (AFN) NATAL provides essential trauma care and mental health services across Israel, helping individuals, families, and communities heal from the impacts of war, terror, and violence. For over 25 years, ou...

NATAL Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center has been around since 1998 and has lots of resources for survivors as well as caregivers and advocates, as well as actively helping those affected by war and terrorism: www.afnatal.org/programs

Fund For Victims Of Terror | The Jewish Agency - U.S. Fund For Victims Of Terror - The Jewish Agency has been working to secure a vibrant Jewish future, since 1929

The Jewish Agency for Israel has a Fund for Victims of Terror that helps victims and families through the recovery process: www.jewishagency.org/fund-for-vic...

Lastly - Be civil and nice in the comments, should feel the need to leave one. This call to action does not negate or diminish any of the other suffering happening around the world, in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, or anywhere else.

If you can't give directly, please share this thread - but more importantly, talk to your people. It's so easy to forget the victims of a tragedy once the media cycle has deemed it "resolved" and moved on, while the reality is that these individuals and their families need our continual support.

Hey all - Shabbat Shalom. I'm back and trying to be more intentional with my social media use.

I wanted to do the Librarian Thing and share some information that I think is important. 🧵

Doing my Friday afternoon grocery run, and this Friday is a payday.

Destiny's Child's Bills, Bills, Bills plays on the intercom.

I feel like this shouldn't be allowed.

I've been listening to a lot of 90s stuff recently with my kiddos, and my son has developed a love for Fastball's The Way (❤️).

My daughter is concerned about the fate of the children in the second verse.

"But what if they get hungry and can't drive anywhere because they don't know!"

So anyway if you're out here on the internet staring at all this YouTube videos claiming they have the secret to "finishing" a sketchbook, you have my permission to ignore that BS.

Sketchbooks are tools.

I wonder if this is an evolution of peers in MS/HS walking up to you while you draw and asking to see your sketchbook, as if it were your perfectly polished portfolio. I tore more pages out of sketchbooks as a kid because I didn't want my peers to see my mistakes. Thankfully I grew out of that.

Expecting sketchbooks to eventually be "finished" is contrary to their purpose.

Sketchbooks are tools used to practice, doodle, and refine ideas. They're scratch paper pads or composition notebooks filled with random stories and poems and half-baked ideas.

#kidlitart #art

Aww look at his little worm feeties

A brown hound dog curled up with a white blanket on a brown chair.

This hound is too comfortable.

A hand holding a small crocheted bowl of matzah ball soup strung on a silver keychain. In the background are hostas.

Wishing you all a joyful and restorative Shabbat. ❤️ #shabbatshalom #crochet #matzahballsoup

A painting on canvas of a pig dressed as Napoleon riding a rearing unicorn in front of a mountain range, reminiscent of Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David

Is it #kidlitartpostcard day? I think it is?

I have been working on a lot of different projects lately. One involves this pig crossing the alps on a unicorn. I'm #seekingrepresentation and #amquerying.

You can see more of my work at martifuerst.com.