Jeff Bernstein
@jabern.bsky.social
Retired after 20 years as Social Studies teacher in an alternative public HS following 25 years in computing. Ed.D. Hofstra 2018. MS Comp Sys Binghamton 1975.
Zionism Remade the Story of #Hanukkah in Its Image. We Celebrate an Older Truth.
Zionism Remade the Story of Hanukkah in Its Image. We Celebrate an Older Truth.
Zionism turned the moral of the Hanukkah story on its head to praise militarism. In truth, it is a holiday of peace.
truthout.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Zionism Remade the Story of #Hanukkah in Its Image. We Celebrate an Older Truth.
M. Gessen on Jewish Currents
Opinion | A Small and Impossibly Brave Voice for Truth
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
M. Gessen on Jewish Currents
“If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.”
— Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, 1989
— Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, 1989
Locking the Golden Door From the Inside
How we turned the land of opportunity into a gated community.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.”
— Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, 1989
— Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, 1989
Psychopaths in Power: What Mamdani's Election and an Israeli Rape Cover-Up Tell Us About Our World
Psychopaths in Power: What Mamdani's Election and an Israeli Rape Cover-Up Tell Us About Our World
From New York to Tel Aviv: When doing right becomes criminal
avigail.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Psychopaths in Power: What Mamdani's Election and an Israeli Rape Cover-Up Tell Us About Our World
Trump Launches ‘Appalling’ Assault on Programs for Children With #Disabilities
Trump Launches 'Appalling' Assault on Programs for Children With Disabilities | Common Dreams
"No one is forcing Donald Trump to fire the people who make sure students with disabilities can get a good education—he just wants to," said Sen. Patty Murray.
www.commondreams.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump Launches ‘Appalling’ Assault on Programs for Children With #Disabilities
Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.
www.motherjones.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
It Was Never About Hamas
It Was Never About Hamas
Israel’s Refusal to Release Marwan Barghouti Proves It
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It Was Never About Hamas
The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging.
The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid
Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging.
"Shall We Have A King?" #Constitution
“Shall We Have a King?”
Some delegates at the Constitutional Convention wanted a strong executive, while others feared the American president might become a king.
www.bunkhistory.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Shall We Have A King?" #Constitution
The Power of Satire
The Power of Satire
One of the most powerful weapons against an authoritarian is humor
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Power of Satire
What Israeli “Victory” Looks Like.
The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.
The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.
What Israeli “Victory” Looks Like
The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.
jewishcurrents.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What Israeli “Victory” Looks Like.
The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.
The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.
“Without justice, resistance is inevitable. Without responsibility, violence is justified. Without complicity, repentance is impossible...”
Being Human after Gaza
I have been reluctant to weigh in on the cease fire for reasons yet unclear to me.
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Without justice, resistance is inevitable. Without responsibility, violence is justified. Without complicity, repentance is impossible...”
When Palestinians Die in Israeli Captivity, US Media Almost Never Take Note
When Palestinians Die in Israeli Captivity, US Media Almost Never Take Note
The different treatment accorded to the plights of Palestinian and Israeli prisoners by US corporate media illustrates a persistent double standard that treats some people as more human than others.
fair.org
September 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When Palestinians Die in Israeli Captivity, US Media Almost Never Take Note
'The White House Is Shaking Down #Media Owners to Get Them to Follow the Trump Agenda'
‘The White House Is Shaking Down Media Owners to Get Them to Follow the Trump Agenda’: CounterSpin interview with Tim Karr on media capitulation
"Unfortunately, the companies that have the freedom to report on it aren't willing to take up their constitutional right, and speak truth to power."
fair.org
September 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
'The White House Is Shaking Down #Media Owners to Get Them to Follow the Trump Agenda'
Success Academy pressures teachers to get involved in her political cause, or else.
The charter school pressuring teachers to get involved in politics
“It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate,” one Success Academy educator said.
www.motherjones.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Success Academy pressures teachers to get involved in her political cause, or else.
As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media
As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media
The Ellison duo taking over both CBS and CNN, as well as controlling a major social media network like TikTok, would be dangerous for democracy.
fair.org
September 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media
Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique. #antisemitism
Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique | Norman Solomon
The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique. #antisemitism
No #Medicare AI-Assisted Preauthorization!
Just Say No to AI-Assisted Medicare Preauthorization | Common Dreams
A new AI-driven Medicare prior-authorization pilot could dramatically weaken Medicare.
www.commondreams.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
No #Medicare AI-Assisted Preauthorization!
'Death Warrant': New Fears Emerge as GOP #Medicaid Cuts Come Closer to Reality
'Death Warrant': New Fears Emerge as GOP Medicaid Cuts Come Closer to Reality | Common Dreams
New reports show the major impact GOP Medicaid cuts are having on healthcare across US.
www.commondreams.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
'Death Warrant': New Fears Emerge as GOP #Medicaid Cuts Come Closer to Reality
Trump Admin Circulating Plan to Transform Depopulated #Gaza Into High-Tech Cash Cow
Trump Admin Circulating Plan to Transform Depopulated Gaza Into High-Tech Cash Cow | Common Dreams
Under the proposal, the US would take control after "voluntary" relocation of Palestinians from the strip, where proposed projects include an Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone and Gaza Trump Riviera ...
www.commondreams.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Trump Admin Circulating Plan to Transform Depopulated #Gaza Into High-Tech Cash Cow
'AI Death Panels': Trump Pilot Program Seeks to Bring 'Very Worst' For-Profit Insurance Practices to #Medicare
'AI Death Panels': Trump Pilot Program Seeks to Bring 'Very Worst' For-Profit Insurance Practices to Medicare | Common Dreams
The Trump administration's AI pilot program for Medicare procedures raises concerns about private firms denying claims for profit.
www.commondreams.org
August 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
'AI Death Panels': Trump Pilot Program Seeks to Bring 'Very Worst' For-Profit Insurance Practices to #Medicare
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures - in other words the administration is backing us into #Medicare Advantage
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures - in other words the administration is backing us into #Medicare Advantage
A Guide to the Everyday Acts That Can Gum Up the Fascist Machine
A Guide to the Everyday Acts That Can Gum Up the Fascist Machine
Inspired by a Danish anti-Nazi list of 10 commandments, a group of artists and organizers made their own list to encourage ordinary people to resist the Trump administration.
www.thenation.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A Guide to the Everyday Acts That Can Gum Up the Fascist Machine
Oppose CMS’s dangerous WISeR model—tell Congress to stop expanding harmful prior authorization in Traditional #Medicare! mac.nysut.org/action/977
Stop Prior Authorization in Traditional Medicare
Oppose CMS’s dangerous WISeR model—tell Congress to stop expanding harmful prior authorization in Traditional Medicare!
mac.nysut.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Oppose CMS’s dangerous WISeR model—tell Congress to stop expanding harmful prior authorization in Traditional #Medicare! mac.nysut.org/action/977