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Zionists claiming Levant culture

Latest comment: 5 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Zionists have long claimed food, music, general culture, even changing their names upon moving to Israel. Worth a section? ~2026-44874-7 (talk) 13:20, 12 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Possible AI-generated content

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Concerns were raised previously via tag about AI-generated content in this article, which is prohibited per WP:NOLLM. This is a procedural talk page section to discuss it. There is no need to ping me in response. Read WP:AISIGNS for more information for why this is tagged; however, note that fixing the issue requires more than just changing the superficial signs.

This pertains to the edits by Rui.orfao. Gnomingstuff (talk) 16:45, 6 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

source needs to be corected

Latest comment: 26 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Currently, a passage is credited to " Serano, Julia (1 October 2013). "Considering Trans and Queer Appropriation". Julia Serano. Retrieved 1 December 2025." That source says that this essay will appear in her book, the book already cited. So, somebody who has access to that book, please find the appropriate page number(s) and update this citation. Pete unseth (talk) 13:05, 14 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Examples - what are we grouping on?

Latest comment: 13 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I moved Bindi from religious to fashion as it appears much of the article groups things on the domain that has appropriated them rather than their source. However I'm noticing a lot of cross over in the categories, for example "African American culture" could be broken up across a few other categories. The war bonnet is also mentioned multiple times. Salmon Of Ignorance (talk) 14:31, 27 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Messianic Judaism

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messianic_Judaism#Among_Jews

Most Jewish people consider Messianic Judaism to be anything other than Jewish - it is essentially Christianity wearing the trappings of Judaism. I would argue that it makes a perfect example of cultural appropriation and should be included in the religious practice examples. ~2026-43818-35 (talk) 05:14, 9 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

I think it is helpful to differentiate between two groups. There are some Gentiles who follow some Jewish practices, such as Assembly of Yahweh. Most of them do not claim to be Jews. The second group is Jewish people who believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah. They call themselves "Messianic Jews". I don't think either of these is a signicant case of cultural appropriation. Pete unseth (talk) 22:26, 9 August 2026 (UTC)Reply