Rabbi Dara Lithwick
@daralithwick.bsky.social
Rabbi, parent of snazzy ones, legal counsel, love swimming, snowboarding, skiing, camp, baking (challah + more), #TikkunOlam @RJCC, #LGBTQ2+, #olamchesedyibaneh
Yes, this- by the amazing Rabbi Grushcow in Montreal: www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
Pour une Fierté inclusive | Le point de vue d’une rabbine gaie
Exclure les juifs du défilé de la Fierté n’avancerait en rien la cause palestinienne, écrit la rabbine Lisa J. Grushcow. Au contraire, ce serait renier les idéaux qui sont la raison d’être de cette ma...
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June 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Yes, this- by the amazing Rabbi Grushcow in Montreal: www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
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So, I have googled and it turns out that each of the sprouts if rooted and planted will turn into an onion bulb. You have to separate the layers. I did that and discovered three distinct sprouts. One was already rooting inside the onion.
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So, I have googled and it turns out that each of the sprouts if rooted and planted will turn into an onion bulb. You have to separate the layers. I did that and discovered three distinct sprouts. One was already rooting inside the onion.
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I feel like this onion really wants to live. Should I plant it somewhere? I don't know anything about planting onions!
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I feel like this onion really wants to live. Should I plant it somewhere? I don't know anything about planting onions!
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“The logic of revolution often traps revolutionaries: They start out thinking that the task will be swift and easy," @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes. But "at each obstacle, after each catastrophe, the turn to violence becomes that much swifter, the harsh decisions that much easier."
This Is What Trump Does When His Revolution Sputters
His military deployment in Los Angeles follows a long, disturbing tradition.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“The logic of revolution often traps revolutionaries: They start out thinking that the task will be swift and easy," @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes. But "at each obstacle, after each catastrophe, the turn to violence becomes that much swifter, the harsh decisions that much easier."
Great (and important) read from @theatlantic 's Timothy Ryback
“Though both Hitler and Hugenberg were fiercely anti-Communist, antidemocratic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic, their attempts at political partnership failed spectacularly and repeatedly.”
Timothy Ryback on Hitler's relationship with his oligarchs:
Timothy Ryback on Hitler's relationship with his oligarchs:
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
bit.ly
June 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Great (and important) read from @theatlantic 's Timothy Ryback
Don't be grateful two hostages' bodies were recovered. Be furious forward.com/opinion/7258...
Don't be grateful two hostages' bodies were recovered. Be furious
Judi Weinstein Haggai and her husband, Gadi Haggai, were killed on Oct. 7. Their bodies were just recovered from Gaza. But that's not closure.
forward.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Don't be grateful two hostages' bodies were recovered. Be furious forward.com/opinion/7258...
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The Jewish museum event and the rally in Boulder *were* more political events than Jewish ones, but if you consider either of them compelling targets for political violence it seems like a very short jump to going after synagogues that fly Israeli flags, or Jewish day schools that celebrate Israel.
June 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Jewish museum event and the rally in Boulder *were* more political events than Jewish ones, but if you consider either of them compelling targets for political violence it seems like a very short jump to going after synagogues that fly Israeli flags, or Jewish day schools that celebrate Israel.
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I wrote about how equating Zionists with Nazis, and then classifying anyone with some degree of attachment to Israel as a "Zionist," places the vast majority of American Jews in your crosshairs.
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What happens when you dehumanize 'Zionists'
If all Zionists are Nazis, as some activists claim, then there’s little to distinguish an elderly Holocaust survivor rallying for Israeli hostages from an IDF soldier in Gaza.
forward.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I wrote about how equating Zionists with Nazis, and then classifying anyone with some degree of attachment to Israel as a "Zionist," places the vast majority of American Jews in your crosshairs.
forward.com/forward-news...
forward.com/forward-news...
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So there's no antisemitism problem...as long as Jews don't work for communal organizations, express concern for the fate of other Jews, go to Jewish places, or wear any visible signs of being Jewish.
Got it.
Got it.
June 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So there's no antisemitism problem...as long as Jews don't work for communal organizations, express concern for the fate of other Jews, go to Jewish places, or wear any visible signs of being Jewish.
Got it.
Got it.
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It's weird to have to say this, but antisemitism is always and exclusively the fault of antisemites. It's not a reasonable but misguided or disproportionate response to something else.
June 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's weird to have to say this, but antisemitism is always and exclusively the fault of antisemites. It's not a reasonable but misguided or disproportionate response to something else.
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European Jews on Ellis Island protest against their deportation to Germany, 1936
June 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
European Jews on Ellis Island protest against their deportation to Germany, 1936
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The only path forward is one that rejects the false binaries of the conflict and of our security — instead recognizing that Israeli & Palestinian dignity & freedom are intertwined, as is the safety of Jews and each and every other community.
May 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The only path forward is one that rejects the false binaries of the conflict and of our security — instead recognizing that Israeli & Palestinian dignity & freedom are intertwined, as is the safety of Jews and each and every other community.
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Meanwhile, the impacts here at home are also ongoing, including last week’s horrific and deadly antisemitic shooting in DC. Antisemitism, anti-Arab hate, and Islamophobia have all increased significantly over the past 600 days.
May 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Meanwhile, the impacts here at home are also ongoing, including last week’s horrific and deadly antisemitic shooting in DC. Antisemitism, anti-Arab hate, and Islamophobia have all increased significantly over the past 600 days.
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600 days ago today marked the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. The pain and trauma of that day have not subsided: hostages remain, the war is still ongoing, and innocent lives continue to be taken.
May 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
600 days ago today marked the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. The pain and trauma of that day have not subsided: hostages remain, the war is still ongoing, and innocent lives continue to be taken.
Meaningful interview today on CBC News Network's @aartip.bsky.social with Rabbi Rick Jacobs @rabbirickjacobs.bsky.social , head of the Union for Reform Judaism @reformjudaism.bsky.social . May Sarah and Yaron's memories forever be for a blessing. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
CBC's Aarti Pole speaks to Rabbi Rick Jacobs on Jewish community impact after Washington shooting
Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Meaningful interview today on CBC News Network's @aartip.bsky.social with Rabbi Rick Jacobs @rabbirickjacobs.bsky.social , head of the Union for Reform Judaism @reformjudaism.bsky.social . May Sarah and Yaron's memories forever be for a blessing. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
This, as clearly stated by @theradr.bsky.social ... BDH... zichronam livracha (may their memories be for a blessing)...
May 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This, as clearly stated by @theradr.bsky.social ... BDH... zichronam livracha (may their memories be for a blessing)...
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You can love Israel and still demand better from its leaders.
You can be a Zionist and still criticize the government.
In fact, the most Zionist thing you can do is use your voice to fight for peace, moral leadership, and a better future. These values are the very basis of Israel’s foundation.
You can be a Zionist and still criticize the government.
In fact, the most Zionist thing you can do is use your voice to fight for peace, moral leadership, and a better future. These values are the very basis of Israel’s foundation.
May 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
You can love Israel and still demand better from its leaders.
You can be a Zionist and still criticize the government.
In fact, the most Zionist thing you can do is use your voice to fight for peace, moral leadership, and a better future. These values are the very basis of Israel’s foundation.
You can be a Zionist and still criticize the government.
In fact, the most Zionist thing you can do is use your voice to fight for peace, moral leadership, and a better future. These values are the very basis of Israel’s foundation.
yes, 100%, this...
I want to underscore the vulnerability that the Jewish community is feeling today, following years in which we were already pretty scared (and in some spaces, gaslit about the reality of the threat).
This was a Jewish event, at a Jewish museum. It feels like it could have been any of us.
This was a Jewish event, at a Jewish museum. It feels like it could have been any of us.
Make no mistake: antisemitic hate inevitably leads to antisemitic violence. Anyone who claims to believe in the dignity & rights of all people has an obligation to name this shooting for what it is — vile & violent antisemitic terror — and to speak out against this increasingly-normalized bigotry.
May 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
yes, 100%, this...
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We are horrified, angry, and heartbroken over the murders of two Israeli Embassy staff members in DC last night. Antisemitic hate inevitably leads to antisemitic violence and everyone has an obligation to speak out.
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We are horrified, angry, and heartbroken over the murders of two Israeli Embassy staff members in DC last night. Antisemitic hate inevitably leads to antisemitic violence and everyone has an obligation to speak out.
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Make no mistake: antisemitic hate inevitably leads to antisemitic violence. Anyone who claims to believe in the dignity & rights of all people has an obligation to name this shooting for what it is — vile & violent antisemitic terror — and to speak out against this increasingly-normalized bigotry.
JCPA Statement on Shooting of Israeli Embassy Aides in Washington - Jewish Council for Public Affairs
jewishpublicaffairs.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Make no mistake: antisemitic hate inevitably leads to antisemitic violence. Anyone who claims to believe in the dignity & rights of all people has an obligation to name this shooting for what it is — vile & violent antisemitic terror — and to speak out against this increasingly-normalized bigotry.
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A great expose on journalist @barakravid.bsky.social one of the hardest working journalists in DC.
“People who have a pulse are not objective,” he argues. “Journalists don’t need to be objective; they need to be fair and they need to be accurate. That’s it.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
“People who have a pulse are not objective,” he argues. “Journalists don’t need to be objective; they need to be fair and they need to be accurate. That’s it.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
The Israeli Reporter Getting the Scoop on Trump’s High-Stakes Diplomacy
Axios journalist Barak Ravid has been breaking news on negotiations with everyone from Hamas to Iran to Ukraine—just ask Zelenskyy—while making his presence felt in Washington. He talks with VF about ...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A great expose on journalist @barakravid.bsky.social one of the hardest working journalists in DC.
“People who have a pulse are not objective,” he argues. “Journalists don’t need to be objective; they need to be fair and they need to be accurate. That’s it.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
“People who have a pulse are not objective,” he argues. “Journalists don’t need to be objective; they need to be fair and they need to be accurate. That’s it.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
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I like living in a country with the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
May 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I like living in a country with the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
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This is so subtle.
watch Carney's reaction as Trump claims America doesn't "do much business" with Canada
May 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is so subtle.
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And a small part of me worries that saying "Canadians are divided!" — at least unless it's justified — will actually promote unnecessary division.
May 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
And a small part of me worries that saying "Canadians are divided!" — at least unless it's justified — will actually promote unnecessary division.
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I understand the appeal and potential relevance of claims that Canadians are deeply divided after this election, but I'd like to see evidence that goes deeper than the fact that different people — and different groups of people — voted for different parties.
May 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I understand the appeal and potential relevance of claims that Canadians are deeply divided after this election, but I'd like to see evidence that goes deeper than the fact that different people — and different groups of people — voted for different parties.