Amos Schonfield
@ajschonfield.bsky.social
Refugee and migrant rights advocate // Founder & CEO @oursecondhome.org.uk // AWFC masochist // Unsubtly bearded // Unfathomably Jewish // he/him
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
If politicians really cared about about Jewish life, this project would've been a nonstarter. London has no Jewish Museum, probably the largest Jewish diaspora community not to have one. Jews deserve to remembered for more than their darkest moments. Build a befitting museum, then we can talk.
Deputy Lords leader Lord Collins told peers 'need for such a memorial and for a learning centre, which will remind people of the terrible facts of the Holocaust, seems only to have increased during this time'
Westminister Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre finally set to go ahead as legal hurdle is removed
Deputy Lords leader Lord Collins told peers 'need for such a memorial and for a learning centre, which will remind people of the terrible facts of the Holocaust, seems only to have increased during this...
www.jewishnews.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 PM
If politicians really cared about about Jewish life, this project would've been a nonstarter. London has no Jewish Museum, probably the largest Jewish diaspora community not to have one. Jews deserve to remembered for more than their darkest moments. Build a befitting museum, then we can talk.
This headline makes a mockery of both British Jews and for concept of asylum and safety. We are a community of refugees and those who welcomed them. We should all refuse to be a part of these games.
January 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM
This headline makes a mockery of both British Jews and for concept of asylum and safety. We are a community of refugees and those who welcomed them. We should all refuse to be a part of these games.
This, not the other thing, is "Trump Derangement Syndrome"
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This, not the other thing, is "Trump Derangement Syndrome"
Please can someone in No. 10 actually tap in this open goal
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Please can someone in No. 10 actually tap in this open goal
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“This isn’t the first time the synagogue has burned. On September 18, 1967, Beth Israel’s temple was bombed by local Ku Klux Klan members, in part because of the congregation’s work in the civil rights movement, according to the synagogue’s website.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/11/u...
Suspect arrested after a fire destroys the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, 6 decades after a KKK bombing | CNN
A suspect has been arrested after a fire tore through Beth Israel, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday, leaving the congregation forced to rebuild from the ashes — again.
www.cnn.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
“This isn’t the first time the synagogue has burned. On September 18, 1967, Beth Israel’s temple was bombed by local Ku Klux Klan members, in part because of the congregation’s work in the civil rights movement, according to the synagogue’s website.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/11/u...
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I BEG every smug commentator who praised Mahmood for doing the “tough but necessary thing” to read this.
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
January 11, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I BEG every smug commentator who praised Mahmood for doing the “tough but necessary thing” to read this.
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
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A reminder that Kemi Badenoch wants to create a UK “Removals Force” explicitly modelled on ICE
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
A reminder that Kemi Badenoch wants to create a UK “Removals Force” explicitly modelled on ICE
Either human rights and international law exist for everyone, or they exist for no one. I won't mourn the Maduro regime, but we are less safe than we were yesterday – Venezuelan citizens least of all.
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Either human rights and international law exist for everyone, or they exist for no one. I won't mourn the Maduro regime, but we are less safe than we were yesterday – Venezuelan citizens least of all.
"Arsenal in the Community doesn’t exist for headlines or highlights. It exists for Tuesdays at 2.30 pm, for small interventions, familiar faces, and work that rarely stops. And after seeing it up close, it’s hard to imagine this club without it."
December 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"Arsenal in the Community doesn’t exist for headlines or highlights. It exists for Tuesdays at 2.30 pm, for small interventions, familiar faces, and work that rarely stops. And after seeing it up close, it’s hard to imagine this club without it."
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
The fleeting promise of votes isn't worth the lasting, generational damage it'll cause.
People come here for safety. We owe them better than this.
Our statement on the asylum reforms trailed this weekend.
Our statement on the asylum reforms trailed this weekend.
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The fleeting promise of votes isn't worth the lasting, generational damage it'll cause.
Locally, only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was in their top 3 issues. Nationally, it is double that.
This Best of Britain polling shows how bought in everyone is to a moral panic. It is a vibes-based 'crisis' whose root cause cannot be addressed by cracking down on migrants yet again.
This Best of Britain polling shows how bought in everyone is to a moral panic. It is a vibes-based 'crisis' whose root cause cannot be addressed by cracking down on migrants yet again.
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Locally, only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was in their top 3 issues. Nationally, it is double that.
This Best of Britain polling shows how bought in everyone is to a moral panic. It is a vibes-based 'crisis' whose root cause cannot be addressed by cracking down on migrants yet again.
This Best of Britain polling shows how bought in everyone is to a moral panic. It is a vibes-based 'crisis' whose root cause cannot be addressed by cracking down on migrants yet again.
Terrible news for someone really looking to push on and develop. Hopefully her work up to this point will put her in good stead for next season.
Michelle Agyemang has been ruled out for the remainder of the season after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Agyemang was carried off the pitch on a stretcher in the 80th minute of England’s win over Australia on Tuesday.
Agyemang was carried off the pitch on a stretcher in the 80th minute of England’s win over Australia on Tuesday.
England, Brighton striker Michelle Agyemang ruled out for season with ACL injury
The 19-year-old was carried off the pitch on a stretcher in the 80th minute of England's 3-0 win against Australia at Pride Park on Tuesday.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Terrible news for someone really looking to push on and develop. Hopefully her work up to this point will put her in good stead for next season.
Every few weeks there's a new govt announcement to raise the barriers against immigrants. It's as if, having ransacked public services, we've reduced British patriotism to spitting on our welcoming nature.
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Every few weeks there's a new govt announcement to raise the barriers against immigrants. It's as if, having ransacked public services, we've reduced British patriotism to spitting on our welcoming nature.
A day of relief. A day of pictures of happy tears.
It didn't always feel like this, but this day was always going to come. Agreements and negotiations work.
May it be the latest healing day of many. May Palestinian families know the same relief felt today soon.
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It didn't always feel like this, but this day was always going to come. Agreements and negotiations work.
May it be the latest healing day of many. May Palestinian families know the same relief felt today soon.
🎗
October 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A day of relief. A day of pictures of happy tears.
It didn't always feel like this, but this day was always going to come. Agreements and negotiations work.
May it be the latest healing day of many. May Palestinian families know the same relief felt today soon.
🎗
It didn't always feel like this, but this day was always going to come. Agreements and negotiations work.
May it be the latest healing day of many. May Palestinian families know the same relief felt today soon.
🎗
This is a fantastic statement from the BoD, and it has rightfully received praise from a wide spectrum of people for this.
The real test is one of consistency. Douglas Murray is just Robinson with a posh accent, and yet he is welcomed into our synagogues gladly.
The real test is one of consistency. Douglas Murray is just Robinson with a posh accent, and yet he is welcomed into our synagogues gladly.
The Board of Deputies’ response to the Israeli government inviting Tommy Robinson to visit
October 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is a fantastic statement from the BoD, and it has rightfully received praise from a wide spectrum of people for this.
The real test is one of consistency. Douglas Murray is just Robinson with a posh accent, and yet he is welcomed into our synagogues gladly.
The real test is one of consistency. Douglas Murray is just Robinson with a posh accent, and yet he is welcomed into our synagogues gladly.
Amichai Chikli may be a small-minded fascist, but he is also monumentally bad at his job. Legacy diaspora institutions are desperate to support Israel, and he can't help but alienate them. That Netanyahu has let him fester in this job for 3 years is proof of how little the diaspora matters.
October 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Amichai Chikli may be a small-minded fascist, but he is also monumentally bad at his job. Legacy diaspora institutions are desperate to support Israel, and he can't help but alienate them. That Netanyahu has let him fester in this job for 3 years is proof of how little the diaspora matters.
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It is now clear: there will be a ceasefire agreement this week.
Most, if not all, hostages would be exchanged for 250 Palestinian prisoners and over 1000 detainees.
The Israeli military will withdraw from about half of the Gaza Strip (it currently directly occupies over 80%)
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Most, if not all, hostages would be exchanged for 250 Palestinian prisoners and over 1000 detainees.
The Israeli military will withdraw from about half of the Gaza Strip (it currently directly occupies over 80%)
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October 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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10 years ago, @keithkahnharris.bsky.social wrote this prescient article. It is a useful guide for now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If British Jews are attacked, respect our dignity – and keep your agendas to yourself | Keith Kahn-Harris
I dread the cacophony from right and left on how we should react to antisemitism. What’s important is supporting our survival as a community in the UK
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
10 years ago, @keithkahnharris.bsky.social wrote this prescient article. It is a useful guide for now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I never post on Yom Kippur but:
When British Jews tell you antisemitism is getting worse BELIEVE US. It shouldn’t take us getting stabbed by terrorists on the holiest day in our calendar for you to believe us.
When British Jews tell you antisemitism is getting worse BELIEVE US. It shouldn’t take us getting stabbed by terrorists on the holiest day in our calendar for you to believe us.
October 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I never post on Yom Kippur but:
When British Jews tell you antisemitism is getting worse BELIEVE US. It shouldn’t take us getting stabbed by terrorists on the holiest day in our calendar for you to believe us.
When British Jews tell you antisemitism is getting worse BELIEVE US. It shouldn’t take us getting stabbed by terrorists on the holiest day in our calendar for you to believe us.
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You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
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As long as the far right shapes public opinion, and mainstream parties follow public opinion, the far right dominates politics, whether in government or not.
October 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As long as the far right shapes public opinion, and mainstream parties follow public opinion, the far right dominates politics, whether in government or not.
This is daft and I didn't imagine it needed to be said.
Saying "I personally don't identify as English" is not the same as "migrants and their descendants can't identify as English".
One is about personal feelings, and one is about excluding people based on immutable traits.
Saying "I personally don't identify as English" is not the same as "migrants and their descendants can't identify as English".
One is about personal feelings, and one is about excluding people based on immutable traits.
October 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This is daft and I didn't imagine it needed to be said.
Saying "I personally don't identify as English" is not the same as "migrants and their descendants can't identify as English".
One is about personal feelings, and one is about excluding people based on immutable traits.
Saying "I personally don't identify as English" is not the same as "migrants and their descendants can't identify as English".
One is about personal feelings, and one is about excluding people based on immutable traits.
In 35mins, this @99pi.org episode shows the challenge of our immigration debates. Our lives depend on thousands of people willing to take on jobs others won't for the sake of their safety and the safety their families. Communities understand this, and govts refuse to.
pca.st/episode/cdef...
pca.st/episode/cdef...
The New Jungle
pca.st
September 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In 35mins, this @99pi.org episode shows the challenge of our immigration debates. Our lives depend on thousands of people willing to take on jobs others won't for the sake of their safety and the safety their families. Communities understand this, and govts refuse to.
pca.st/episode/cdef...
pca.st/episode/cdef...