Jews for Mask Rights
@jews4maskrights.bsky.social
We are Jewish leaders and community members united by the belief that everyone has the right to protect their health. Sign our open letter! #NoNYMaskBan JewsForMaskRights.com
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This year, Gov. Hochul and others tried to pass a mask ban in New York to "fight antisemitism." (Spoiler: it would not help fight antisemitism).
We helped beat it, alongside our partners like @jfrejnyc.bsky.social, @jews4maskrights.bsky.social, and @nyclu.org.
But the fight isn't over. Read more:
We helped beat it, alongside our partners like @jfrejnyc.bsky.social, @jews4maskrights.bsky.social, and @nyclu.org.
But the fight isn't over. Read more:
Contrary to proponents’ promises, a mask ban will not curb crime or combat antisemitism.
It's a performative move that ignores the root causes of crime.
It's a performative move that ignores the root causes of crime.
New York’s Mask Law: What it Says and How it Will Impact New Yorkers
www.nyclu.org
September 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This year, Gov. Hochul and others tried to pass a mask ban in New York to "fight antisemitism." (Spoiler: it would not help fight antisemitism).
We helped beat it, alongside our partners like @jfrejnyc.bsky.social, @jews4maskrights.bsky.social, and @nyclu.org.
But the fight isn't over. Read more:
We helped beat it, alongside our partners like @jfrejnyc.bsky.social, @jews4maskrights.bsky.social, and @nyclu.org.
But the fight isn't over. Read more:
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As ppl got more vocal against masks a strange thing started happening. I take Uber to my medical appointments and all of a sudden my rating started to drop. Nothing I did changed. I am polite, I tip well. I can't help thinking it's about the mask.
June 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
As ppl got more vocal against masks a strange thing started happening. I take Uber to my medical appointments and all of a sudden my rating started to drop. Nothing I did changed. I am polite, I tip well. I can't help thinking it's about the mask.
June 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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“Masks are also a vital tool for medically vulnerable people to safely participate in public life, including protest,” Bohm also said. “Any ban on masks effectively forces them to choose between their safety and their rights.”
June 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“Masks are also a vital tool for medically vulnerable people to safely participate in public life, including protest,” Bohm also said. “Any ban on masks effectively forces them to choose between their safety and their rights.”
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On wearing a mask, Kathy Brammer told @artiscuriskis.bsky.social "“I have elderly parents, I have people [in my life] who are immunocompromised. The statistics and the science really say that this is what’s going to keep them safe, me safe, and everyone else safe.”
June 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
On wearing a mask, Kathy Brammer told @artiscuriskis.bsky.social "“I have elderly parents, I have people [in my life] who are immunocompromised. The statistics and the science really say that this is what’s going to keep them safe, me safe, and everyone else safe.”
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NEW: @artiscuriskis.bsky.social and I wrote about what it's like to be wearing a mask at New York's Nassau County's #NoKings rally for @motherjones.com. The county notoriously has a mask ban, making covering your face a form of resistance in itself. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Defying a ban, Long Islanders masked up for "No Kings"
“If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can."
www.motherjones.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NEW: @artiscuriskis.bsky.social and I wrote about what it's like to be wearing a mask at New York's Nassau County's #NoKings rally for @motherjones.com. The county notoriously has a mask ban, making covering your face a form of resistance in itself. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“Penalizing mask-wearing, even through sentencing enhancements, still punishes people for protecting their health and will disproportionately impact overpoliced communities.” Grateful to @lauralew105.bsky.social & @prismreports.org for covering the dangers of anti-mask legislation. #NoNYMaskBan
May 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“Penalizing mask-wearing, even through sentencing enhancements, still punishes people for protecting their health and will disproportionately impact overpoliced communities.” Grateful to @lauralew105.bsky.social & @prismreports.org for covering the dangers of anti-mask legislation. #NoNYMaskBan
“Penalizing mask-wearing, even through sentencing enhancements, still punishes people for protecting their health and will disproportionately impact overpoliced communities.” Grateful to @lauralew105.bsky.social & @prismreports.org for covering the dangers of anti-mask legislation. #NoNYMaskBan
May 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“Penalizing mask-wearing, even through sentencing enhancements, still punishes people for protecting their health and will disproportionately impact overpoliced communities.” Grateful to @lauralew105.bsky.social & @prismreports.org for covering the dangers of anti-mask legislation. #NoNYMaskBan
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“It’s frustrating that the groups that are supposed to protect Jews are making excuses for people in high positions of power doing Nazi salutes, & at the same time, they’re pushing laws that will endanger millions of New Yorkers and acting like that will protect us.” prismreports.org/2025/05/05/n...
NY proposal against wearing a mask during crimes stigmatizes masking and won’t stop antisemitism, advocates say
The 2026 fiscal year budget includes increased penalties for wearing a mask while committing certain crimes
prismreports.org
May 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“It’s frustrating that the groups that are supposed to protect Jews are making excuses for people in high positions of power doing Nazi salutes, & at the same time, they’re pushing laws that will endanger millions of New Yorkers and acting like that will protect us.” prismreports.org/2025/05/05/n...
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“It’s reassuring to see that Hochul’s proposal to create a new crime of ‘masked harassment’ has been dropped,” said Dr. Oni Blackstock...
“[But][e]ven proposals like this can have a chilling effect. It risks casting doubt on masks as a legitimate and necessary public health tool.”
“[But][e]ven proposals like this can have a chilling effect. It risks casting doubt on masks as a legitimate and necessary public health tool.”
NY proposal against wearing a mask during crimes stigmatizes masking and won’t stop antisemitism, advocates say
The 2026 fiscal year budget includes increased penalties for wearing a mask while committing certain crimes
prismreports.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“It’s reassuring to see that Hochul’s proposal to create a new crime of ‘masked harassment’ has been dropped,” said Dr. Oni Blackstock...
“[But][e]ven proposals like this can have a chilling effect. It risks casting doubt on masks as a legitimate and necessary public health tool.”
“[But][e]ven proposals like this can have a chilling effect. It risks casting doubt on masks as a legitimate and necessary public health tool.”
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My latest, on the New York state budget and the governor's stymied push for a mask ban. @prismreports.org
As @jabaribrisport.bsky.social put it: “Restricting voluntary masking in public is truly unconscionable.... it’s clearly not about public safety."
prismreports.org/2025/05/05/n...
As @jabaribrisport.bsky.social put it: “Restricting voluntary masking in public is truly unconscionable.... it’s clearly not about public safety."
prismreports.org/2025/05/05/n...
NY proposal against wearing a mask during crimes stigmatizes masking and won’t stop antisemitism, advocates say
The 2026 fiscal year budget includes increased penalties for wearing a mask while committing certain crimes
prismreports.org
May 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My latest, on the New York state budget and the governor's stymied push for a mask ban. @prismreports.org
As @jabaribrisport.bsky.social put it: “Restricting voluntary masking in public is truly unconscionable.... it’s clearly not about public safety."
prismreports.org/2025/05/05/n...
As @jabaribrisport.bsky.social put it: “Restricting voluntary masking in public is truly unconscionable.... it’s clearly not about public safety."
prismreports.org/2025/05/05/n...
Both Trump and @governor.ny.gov are pushing anti-mask policies. Far-right media is celebrating Hochul’s plan because it will increase punishments for “obstructing traffic.” How can Democrats expect voters to trust them to oppose Trump when they’re signing on to his playbook?
May 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Both Trump and @governor.ny.gov are pushing anti-mask policies. Far-right media is celebrating Hochul’s plan because it will increase punishments for “obstructing traffic.” How can Democrats expect voters to trust them to oppose Trump when they’re signing on to his playbook?
Reminder: There's still time to get the anti-mask policy out of the New York state budget. Call your state senator first thing Monday. bit.ly/no-mask-ban
May 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Reminder: There's still time to get the anti-mask policy out of the New York state budget. Call your state senator first thing Monday. bit.ly/no-mask-ban
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Let’s do something
🚨 CALL NOW:
NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time.
🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.”
⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️
NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time.
🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.”
⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️
May 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Let’s do something
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New York Doctors Coalition, New York State Academy of Family Physicians, New York State American Academy of Pediatrics, & over 300 physicians & other healthcare & public health workers voiced their opposition to NY's proposed mask bans earlier this year. #NoNYMaskBan
www.nydocs.org/our-work/no-...
www.nydocs.org/our-work/no-...
New York Doctors - No Mask Ban
March 26th, 2025
The Honorable Kathy Hochul
Governor of New York State
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224
Mayor Eric Adams
City Hall
New York, NY 10007
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin
Legislative...
www.nydocs.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
New York Doctors Coalition, New York State Academy of Family Physicians, New York State American Academy of Pediatrics, & over 300 physicians & other healthcare & public health workers voiced their opposition to NY's proposed mask bans earlier this year. #NoNYMaskBan
www.nydocs.org/our-work/no-...
www.nydocs.org/our-work/no-...
Repost the quoted tweet today to help us get more calls!
🚨 CALL NOW:
NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time.
🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.”
⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️
NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time.
🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.”
⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️
May 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Repost the quoted tweet today to help us get more calls!
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📢 Call now and tell your reps to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements."
#NoNYMaskBan
#NoNYMaskBan
⚠️ URGENT ACTION 4/29:
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
![⚠️URGENT CALL TO ACTION 4/29⚠️
STOP ANTI-MASK NY LAW
We need MASSIVE opposition to the proposed budget language while we can still fight it:
CALL your state senator first. See bit.ly/no-mask-ban for full list of contacts.
ASK 3 friends to call to amplify our impact.
“Hi my name is [Name], and I’m calling as a constituent to urge [official] to oppose any policy that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including Hochul’s latest update. This law will be largely used against BIPOC, undocumented, and disabled New Yorkers. In a moment of rising authoritarianism, Dems must not allow policies that attack our civil liberties.”
Tell us what they say: bit.ly/mask-ban-debrief](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:syerynfwykwowkb4tfkzsgnt/bafkreiblznoqas7jwpwyuvbvkx3tmmev5bw3dfery3r7cbfxcft5wd4ngu@jpeg)
April 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📢 Call now and tell your reps to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements."
#NoNYMaskBan
#NoNYMaskBan
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Tell your NY legislators to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements." #NoNYMaskBan
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📢 Call now and tell your reps to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements."
#NoNYMaskBan
#NoNYMaskBan
⚠️ URGENT ACTION 4/29:
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
April 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tell your NY legislators to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements." #NoNYMaskBan
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There is still time to call *today,* 4/30! Please consider calling your New York reps to share your support for #NoNYMaskBan.
📢 Call now and tell your reps to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements."
#NoNYMaskBan
#NoNYMaskBan
⚠️ URGENT ACTION 4/29:
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
April 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There is still time to call *today,* 4/30! Please consider calling your New York reps to share your support for #NoNYMaskBan.
📢 Call now and tell your reps to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements."
#NoNYMaskBan
#NoNYMaskBan
⚠️ URGENT ACTION 4/29:
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
April 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📢 Call now and tell your reps to "speak up in conference and vocally oppose any legislation that penalizes masking in the budget or beyond, including sentencing enhancements."
#NoNYMaskBan
#NoNYMaskBan
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⚠️ URGENT ACTION 4/29:
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
April 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
⚠️ URGENT ACTION 4/29:
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
The budget is NOT final. We need MASSIVE opposition while there's still time.
➡️ Call your reps to get anti-mask language OUT before a vote.
➡️ Ask 3 friends to call too!
Full toolkit + contacts: bit.ly/no-mask-ban
Use the new script below ⬇️
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🚨 CALL NOW:
NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time.
🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.”
⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️
NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time.
🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.”
⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️
April 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨 CALL NOW:
NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time.
🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.”
⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️
NY’s anti-mask policy can still be STOPPED, but we’re running out of time.
🗣 Tell your state senator: “NO anti-mask policies in the budget. Tell leadership to leave it OUT.”
⚠️ UPDATED SCRIPT BELOW ⬇️
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Called my NY State Senator, Assemblymember, as well as Assembly Speaker, Senate Majority Leader, and Governor and urged them not to include anti-mask policy in the state budget! Masks should not be criminalized.
Budget isn't over yet.
New Yorkers, have you called?
#NoNYMaskBan
Budget isn't over yet.
New Yorkers, have you called?
#NoNYMaskBan
Find your NY State Senator: www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...
Find your NY State Assemblymember: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585
Governor Hochul: 518-474-8390
#NoNYMaskBan
Find your NY State Assemblymember: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: 518-455-3791
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585
Governor Hochul: 518-474-8390
#NoNYMaskBan
www.nysenate.gov
April 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Called my NY State Senator, Assemblymember, as well as Assembly Speaker, Senate Majority Leader, and Governor and urged them not to include anti-mask policy in the state budget! Masks should not be criminalized.
Budget isn't over yet.
New Yorkers, have you called?
#NoNYMaskBan
Budget isn't over yet.
New Yorkers, have you called?
#NoNYMaskBan
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You said it! We need some more folks to join the @bendthearc.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social #NoNYmaskBan phone zap at noon so we can keep this out of the state budget. Down to the wire! bit.ly/right2maskNY
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Mask Ban phone zap. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Mask Ban phone zap. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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April 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
You said it! We need some more folks to join the @bendthearc.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social #NoNYmaskBan phone zap at noon so we can keep this out of the state budget. Down to the wire! bit.ly/right2maskNY
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If you’re not fighting against mask bans because you think they “only” apply to those committing crimes… consider the following:
Who decides who’s committing a crime? The police. POC who mask will be disproportionately targeted.
Who decides if your medical exemption is “good enough”? Police 🧵
Who decides who’s committing a crime? The police. POC who mask will be disproportionately targeted.
Who decides if your medical exemption is “good enough”? Police 🧵
April 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If you’re not fighting against mask bans because you think they “only” apply to those committing crimes… consider the following:
Who decides who’s committing a crime? The police. POC who mask will be disproportionately targeted.
Who decides if your medical exemption is “good enough”? Police 🧵
Who decides who’s committing a crime? The police. POC who mask will be disproportionately targeted.
Who decides if your medical exemption is “good enough”? Police 🧵