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November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Potato Village guy didn't like it much when it was coded Jewish either
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Potato Village guy didn't like it much when it was coded Jewish either
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Just naked bigotry, they don't even bother trying to hide anymore
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Just naked bigotry, they don't even bother trying to hide anymore
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11a) The main thing is *feeling Jewish* and feeling connected to the broader global Jewry in whatever way that means to you.
12) Long Story Short is the best representation I’ve seen of the “many ways to be Jewish” concept and I can’t wait for S2
12) Long Story Short is the best representation I’ve seen of the “many ways to be Jewish” concept and I can’t wait for S2
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
11a) The main thing is *feeling Jewish* and feeling connected to the broader global Jewry in whatever way that means to you.
12) Long Story Short is the best representation I’ve seen of the “many ways to be Jewish” concept and I can’t wait for S2
12) Long Story Short is the best representation I’ve seen of the “many ways to be Jewish” concept and I can’t wait for S2
Great thread!
IDK how many niche Jewish opinions I have but sure, let’s go
1 like, one niche Jewish opinion
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Great thread!
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it's just all so humiliating
ADL launches 'Mamdani monitor' as Jewish groups retool for post-election advocacy - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Some broadcast defiance. Some signaled detente. Others called for healing.
www.jta.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
it's just all so humiliating
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Every Jew in America is an immigrant on geologic timescales. Proud immigrant politicians, standing up for immigrants? Very Jewish
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Every Jew in America is an immigrant on geologic timescales. Proud immigrant politicians, standing up for immigrants? Very Jewish
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As a Jew who works on stuff like human rights and international law, it is such a breath of fresh air to have one candidate willing to find a first principles, human rights-based answer on Israel and repeat it endlessly for a very, very long year, trusting that many Jews understand and agree
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
As a Jew who works on stuff like human rights and international law, it is such a breath of fresh air to have one candidate willing to find a first principles, human rights-based answer on Israel and repeat it endlessly for a very, very long year, trusting that many Jews understand and agree
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Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
Incredible!
To put a finer point it, widespread Jewish support for a socialist anti-Zionist in NYC is the most exciting development in Jewish life I have experienced.
It’s hard to overstate how joyful it is to elect an anti Zionist socialist for NYC mayor who actually seems to love goddamn everyone
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Incredible!
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one of the biggest issues in the study of magic in early christianity is our assumption that messiahs can't be magicians. gideon bohak's masterfully erudite _ancient jewish magic_ will set you right on that assumption, like it set me right too! 9/
www.cambridge.org/mx/universit...
www.cambridge.org/mx/universit...
Ancient Jewish Magic | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
one of the biggest issues in the study of magic in early christianity is our assumption that messiahs can't be magicians. gideon bohak's masterfully erudite _ancient jewish magic_ will set you right on that assumption, like it set me right too! 9/
www.cambridge.org/mx/universit...
www.cambridge.org/mx/universit...
Der Spekter has been covering the campaign to drop the ADL from schools and they just keep giving everyone more reasons to do so
"The removal eliminated a passage that read, “Our founders established ADL with the clear understanding that the fight against any one form of prejudice or hate cannot succeed without countering hate of all forms.”"
ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The removal took place after FBI Director Kash Patel said he would cut ties with the ADL, though it is unclear if that has happened.
www.jta.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Der Spekter has been covering the campaign to drop the ADL from schools and they just keep giving everyone more reasons to do so
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“A lot of people are talking about how Jews in New York feel about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social...
Well, I’m a Jew in New York!
And I’m out here canvassing with my community for Zohran!”
Watch Madeline’s story about why she’s a New York Jew for Zohran:
Well, I’m a Jew in New York!
And I’m out here canvassing with my community for Zohran!”
Watch Madeline’s story about why she’s a New York Jew for Zohran:
October 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“A lot of people are talking about how Jews in New York feel about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social...
Well, I’m a Jew in New York!
And I’m out here canvassing with my community for Zohran!”
Watch Madeline’s story about why she’s a New York Jew for Zohran:
Well, I’m a Jew in New York!
And I’m out here canvassing with my community for Zohran!”
Watch Madeline’s story about why she’s a New York Jew for Zohran:
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The Satmar community is condemning those who are calling @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social antisemitic:
"In the streets there is a fear and hate campaign against Zohran Mamdani,
Portraying him as if he is against Jews,
IT IS FALSE, AND SUCH A CAMPAIGN IS DANGEROUS AND AGAINST THE TORAH WAY."
"In the streets there is a fear and hate campaign against Zohran Mamdani,
Portraying him as if he is against Jews,
IT IS FALSE, AND SUCH A CAMPAIGN IS DANGEROUS AND AGAINST THE TORAH WAY."
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Satmar community is condemning those who are calling @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social antisemitic:
"In the streets there is a fear and hate campaign against Zohran Mamdani,
Portraying him as if he is against Jews,
IT IS FALSE, AND SUCH A CAMPAIGN IS DANGEROUS AND AGAINST THE TORAH WAY."
"In the streets there is a fear and hate campaign against Zohran Mamdani,
Portraying him as if he is against Jews,
IT IS FALSE, AND SUCH A CAMPAIGN IS DANGEROUS AND AGAINST THE TORAH WAY."
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The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
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An old rabbinic teaching: "It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it."
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
An old rabbinic teaching: "It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it."
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From now on, when anyone asks how we’re going to pay for it, the answer should be we’ll take it out of the teargas budget.
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
From now on, when anyone asks how we’re going to pay for it, the answer should be we’ll take it out of the teargas budget.
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*slams hands on table*
I MEED IT TO LIIIIIIVE!
Seriously, though, I need a print to hang up with all my other art in my studio where I make (among other things) little gay golems.
I MEED IT TO LIIIIIIVE!
Seriously, though, I need a print to hang up with all my other art in my studio where I make (among other things) little gay golems.
October 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
*slams hands on table*
I MEED IT TO LIIIIIIVE!
Seriously, though, I need a print to hang up with all my other art in my studio where I make (among other things) little gay golems.
I MEED IT TO LIIIIIIVE!
Seriously, though, I need a print to hang up with all my other art in my studio where I make (among other things) little gay golems.
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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Weve known who this guy was for 1 month. He put on a good act for a month. Hes had a nazi tattoo for decades and would take the hardest right turn youve ever seen in your life the moment he tricks his way into power.
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Weve known who this guy was for 1 month. He put on a good act for a month. Hes had a nazi tattoo for decades and would take the hardest right turn youve ever seen in your life the moment he tricks his way into power.
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If you are a person who told everyone they were overreacting in 2016, and you have since realized you were wrong, I think you have a valuable role to play right now:
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If you are a person who told everyone they were overreacting in 2016, and you have since realized you were wrong, I think you have a valuable role to play right now:
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
Talk to people who aren't convinced things are *that bad* about why you were wrong and what you wish you had done differently.
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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