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Here to help you navigate difficult moments, de-escalate tension and ensure there’s no blood spilled across the mashed potatoes.
Presenting your Thanksgiving survival guide:
Presenting your Thanksgiving survival guide:
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here to help you navigate difficult moments, de-escalate tension and ensure there’s no blood spilled across the mashed potatoes.
Presenting your Thanksgiving survival guide:
Presenting your Thanksgiving survival guide:
Gaza is flooding. Tents collapsing. Hospitals leaking. Families wading through mud to save what little they have left. A resident said, “The cold is killing the children.”
The worst part? It’s all preventable. 1/2
The worst part? It’s all preventable. 1/2
'Gaza is drowning in blood and rainwater': Heavy rain risks Palestinians with disease
Gaza Is Seeing Widespread Flooding for the Third Consecutive Winter, as Rains Exacerbate the Plight of Displaced Residents. Floods Have Ravaged Refugee Camps, Destroying Belongings and Rendering Medic...
www.haaretz.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Gaza is flooding. Tents collapsing. Hospitals leaking. Families wading through mud to save what little they have left. A resident said, “The cold is killing the children.”
The worst part? It’s all preventable. 1/2
The worst part? It’s all preventable. 1/2
Rabin’s legacy is a charge to fight for democracy, dignity and a real path to peace.
🗓️ This Sunday, November 30 at 11am ET, @jeremybenami.bsky.social joins a global panel honoring Rabin and pushing for his democratic vision.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ This Sunday, November 30 at 11am ET, @jeremybenami.bsky.social joins a global panel honoring Rabin and pushing for his democratic vision.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Rabin’s legacy is a charge to fight for democracy, dignity and a real path to peace.
🗓️ This Sunday, November 30 at 11am ET, @jeremybenami.bsky.social joins a global panel honoring Rabin and pushing for his democratic vision.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ This Sunday, November 30 at 11am ET, @jeremybenami.bsky.social joins a global panel honoring Rabin and pushing for his democratic vision.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
After 781 days, the body of Dror Or has finally come home. A father, community builder and dreamer from Kibbutz Be’eri. Our hearts are with everyone who knew and loved Dror.
May his memory be a blessing.
May his memory be a blessing.
With Dror Or's body returned, his Gaza border kibbutz mourns a man of 'big dreams'
Dror Or, From Kibbutz Be'eri, Set Out to Transform His Kibbutz's Dairy Industry, Traveling to Europe to Refine His Craft. 'He Was One of Those Israelis We Love to Love, the Kind the Country Is So Desp...
www.haaretz.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
After 781 days, the body of Dror Or has finally come home. A father, community builder and dreamer from Kibbutz Be’eri. Our hearts are with everyone who knew and loved Dror.
May his memory be a blessing.
May his memory be a blessing.
Ben-Gvir is greenlighting chaos. Settlers attack with impunity. Civilians in the West Bank are paying the price. And too much of the world has already “moved on.”
J Street U’s Joseph Hillyard on why our moral responsibility doesn’t end with a ceasefire:
J Street U’s Joseph Hillyard on why our moral responsibility doesn’t end with a ceasefire:
The Blogs: The West Bank is Burning, Where is the Outrage?
From the blog of Joseph Hillyard at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Ben-Gvir is greenlighting chaos. Settlers attack with impunity. Civilians in the West Bank are paying the price. And too much of the world has already “moved on.”
J Street U’s Joseph Hillyard on why our moral responsibility doesn’t end with a ceasefire:
J Street U’s Joseph Hillyard on why our moral responsibility doesn’t end with a ceasefire:
Hospitals in Gaza are low on antibiotics. Israeli strikes killed more than 20 this weekend.
This isn’t a report from 6 months ago. It's happening right now.
The US must ensure the ceasefire holds and fully implement the US peace plan. No return to war ✍️
This isn’t a report from 6 months ago. It's happening right now.
The US must ensure the ceasefire holds and fully implement the US peace plan. No return to war ✍️
No Return to Gaza War
None
act.jstreet.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hospitals in Gaza are low on antibiotics. Israeli strikes killed more than 20 this weekend.
This isn’t a report from 6 months ago. It's happening right now.
The US must ensure the ceasefire holds and fully implement the US peace plan. No return to war ✍️
This isn’t a report from 6 months ago. It's happening right now.
The US must ensure the ceasefire holds and fully implement the US peace plan. No return to war ✍️
ICYMI: @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social explains why we can’t settle for the new status quo in Gaza: Netanyahu holding half the Strip, Hamas claiming the other – exactly the outcome both prefer over real progress.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Full article:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/hamas-and-...
It doesn’t have to be this way. Full article:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/hamas-and-...
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
ICYMI: @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social explains why we can’t settle for the new status quo in Gaza: Netanyahu holding half the Strip, Hamas claiming the other – exactly the outcome both prefer over real progress.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Full article:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/hamas-and-...
It doesn’t have to be this way. Full article:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/hamas-and-...
Extremist ministers in Netanyahu’s government sent armed police to shut down a play put on by Palestinian children. That’s not “security.” It’s a violation of our Jewish values.
We need a future rooted in rights, dignity and self-determination for both peoples.
We need a future rooted in rights, dignity and self-determination for both peoples.
Police raid Palestinian children's play in East Jerusalem theater on Ben-Gvir's orders
The Far-right National Security Minister Ordered Police to Raid the El-Hakawati Theater in East Jerusalem, With Authorities Saying a Musical Show Held in It Was Linked to the Palestinian Authority and...
www.haaretz.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Extremist ministers in Netanyahu’s government sent armed police to shut down a play put on by Palestinian children. That’s not “security.” It’s a violation of our Jewish values.
We need a future rooted in rights, dignity and self-determination for both peoples.
We need a future rooted in rights, dignity and self-determination for both peoples.
Winter has arrived in Gaza. 1+ million people are living in flooded tents, without warm clothes, clean water or enough food.
Israeli restrictions on shelter and aid are leaving families exposed to cold & disease. Dignity can’t wait. Aid must flow. 1/2
Israeli restrictions on shelter and aid are leaving families exposed to cold & disease. Dignity can’t wait. Aid must flow. 1/2
Lack of tents, food and warm clothes leaves Gazans exposed ahead of winter
As winter approaches in Gaza, more than a million residents are vulnerable to extreme weather and disease, as Israeli restrictions hobble the humanitarian response.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Winter has arrived in Gaza. 1+ million people are living in flooded tents, without warm clothes, clean water or enough food.
Israeli restrictions on shelter and aid are leaving families exposed to cold & disease. Dignity can’t wait. Aid must flow. 1/2
Israeli restrictions on shelter and aid are leaving families exposed to cold & disease. Dignity can’t wait. Aid must flow. 1/2
🎧 A sharp, grounded discussion worth a listen: Brown senior + J Street U leader Avi Villalobos-Sharone interviews J Street Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg on the Gaza ceasefire, the anti-Zionist left and J Street’s mission.
🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/6Bzr...
🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/6Bzr...
A Conversation with Ilan Goldenberg on Gaza, Anti-Zionism, and J Street
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🎧 A sharp, grounded discussion worth a listen: Brown senior + J Street U leader Avi Villalobos-Sharone interviews J Street Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg on the Gaza ceasefire, the anti-Zionist left and J Street’s mission.
🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/6Bzr...
🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/6Bzr...
Another grieving family waits for closure as militants hand over a coffin said to contain a hostage’s body.
All deceased hostages must come home. Commitment to human dignity is the only way forward.
All deceased hostages must come home. Commitment to human dignity is the only way forward.
Palestinian groups hand over coffin said to contain Gaza hostage's body
The remains will be transferred to Israeli forces, who will take them to Israel's forensic medicine institute for identification.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Another grieving family waits for closure as militants hand over a coffin said to contain a hostage’s body.
All deceased hostages must come home. Commitment to human dignity is the only way forward.
All deceased hostages must come home. Commitment to human dignity is the only way forward.
“When organizations claim to speak for ‘the Jewish community,’ their positions must be fair game for scrutiny,” writes @jeremybenami.bsky.social.
“Unity does not require uniformity. A healthy community can hold grief, solidarity – and disagreement.”
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/should-jew...
“Unity does not require uniformity. A healthy community can hold grief, solidarity – and disagreement.”
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/should-jew...
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“When organizations claim to speak for ‘the Jewish community,’ their positions must be fair game for scrutiny,” writes @jeremybenami.bsky.social.
“Unity does not require uniformity. A healthy community can hold grief, solidarity – and disagreement.”
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/should-jew...
“Unity does not require uniformity. A healthy community can hold grief, solidarity – and disagreement.”
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/should-jew...
Most American Jews aren’t represented by the extremes. We care about Israel’s security and oppose endless war, Netanyahu’s government, occupation and settler violence.
Disengagement only hands power to extremist voices. It’s time to mobilize the ‘conflicted majority.’
Disengagement only hands power to extremist voices. It’s time to mobilize the ‘conflicted majority.’
The ultra-hawkish right and anti-Zionist left have drowned the American Jewish majority
Every U.S. Political Pathology – on the Left and Right – Is Reproduced in American Jewish Politics, Effectively Rendering Invisible the Plurality of U.S. Jews. That's Bad for U.S. Jews, for a Democrat...
www.haaretz.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Most American Jews aren’t represented by the extremes. We care about Israel’s security and oppose endless war, Netanyahu’s government, occupation and settler violence.
Disengagement only hands power to extremist voices. It’s time to mobilize the ‘conflicted majority.’
Disengagement only hands power to extremist voices. It’s time to mobilize the ‘conflicted majority.’
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Delighted to cosponsor this end-of-Thanksgiving-weekend webinar, Sun., Nov 30, 11am ET. Our cochair, @nomicolton-max.bsky.social will be one of the speakers, as will Hatikvah delegate member + @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social president @jeremybenami.bsky.social!
Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Delighted to cosponsor this end-of-Thanksgiving-weekend webinar, Sun., Nov 30, 11am ET. Our cochair, @nomicolton-max.bsky.social will be one of the speakers, as will Hatikvah delegate member + @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social president @jeremybenami.bsky.social!
Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This is what happens when extremists set the agenda. Netanyahu and Hamas are fueling each other, undermining the ceasefire and blocking a political resolution. 1/2
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 24 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10.
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is what happens when extremists set the agenda. Netanyahu and Hamas are fueling each other, undermining the ceasefire and blocking a political resolution. 1/2
Young Jews are showing up with curiosity and questions. Our institutions should meet them there.
Creating space for debate on the actions of Israeli policy is how we build a community that feels like home to the next generation.
🗞️ From @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social:
Creating space for debate on the actions of Israeli policy is how we build a community that feels like home to the next generation.
🗞️ From @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social:
As young Jews move away from Israel, Jewish leaders are reluctant to change their approach
Widespread recognition of a generational split on Israel clashed with an unapologetic tone of support for the country at the JFNA conference.
forward.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Young Jews are showing up with curiosity and questions. Our institutions should meet them there.
Creating space for debate on the actions of Israeli policy is how we build a community that feels like home to the next generation.
🗞️ From @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social:
Creating space for debate on the actions of Israeli policy is how we build a community that feels like home to the next generation.
🗞️ From @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social:
Thirty years after Rabin’s assassination, the struggle for a democratic, peaceful Israel continues. This Sunday, @jeremybenami.bsky.social joins a global conversation about the vision ahead.
🗓️ Sunday, November 30
⏰ 8am PST / 11am EST
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ Sunday, November 30
⏰ 8am PST / 11am EST
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thirty years after Rabin’s assassination, the struggle for a democratic, peaceful Israel continues. This Sunday, @jeremybenami.bsky.social joins a global conversation about the vision ahead.
🗓️ Sunday, November 30
⏰ 8am PST / 11am EST
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ Sunday, November 30
⏰ 8am PST / 11am EST
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The stakes are too high for “don’t rock the boat.”
@jeremybenami.bsky.social on why it is in our tradition, and our community’s best interest, to have open debates around the hardest issues facing American Jews.
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/should-jew...
@jeremybenami.bsky.social on why it is in our tradition, and our community’s best interest, to have open debates around the hardest issues facing American Jews.
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/should-jew...
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The stakes are too high for “don’t rock the boat.”
@jeremybenami.bsky.social on why it is in our tradition, and our community’s best interest, to have open debates around the hardest issues facing American Jews.
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/should-jew...
@jeremybenami.bsky.social on why it is in our tradition, and our community’s best interest, to have open debates around the hardest issues facing American Jews.
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/should-jew...
🚨 The Netanyahu government is planning a massive West Bank land grab – 450 acres of a heritage site belonging to Palestinians.
This isn’t “tourism development.” It’s the ongoing seizure of Palestinian land. We have a moral obligation as American Jews to speak out.
This isn’t “tourism development.” It’s the ongoing seizure of Palestinian land. We have a moral obligation as American Jews to speak out.
Israel to expropriate hundreds of acres of Palestinian land for West Bank archaeology site
The Expropriation Order Is the Largest Ever Issued for an Archeological Project Since Israel Occupied the West Bank in 1967 and Is Sure to Affect the Residents of Nearby Palestinian Villages. Thousand...
www.haaretz.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🚨 The Netanyahu government is planning a massive West Bank land grab – 450 acres of a heritage site belonging to Palestinians.
This isn’t “tourism development.” It’s the ongoing seizure of Palestinian land. We have a moral obligation as American Jews to speak out.
This isn’t “tourism development.” It’s the ongoing seizure of Palestinian land. We have a moral obligation as American Jews to speak out.
J Street mourns the loss of Mark Mellman. For decades, we engaged in conversation, collaboration and at times debate – always with respect and a shared commitment to the community we serve.
We send our condolences to his family and colleagues. May his memory be a blessing.
We send our condolences to his family and colleagues. May his memory be a blessing.
Mark Mellman, founder of Democratic pro-Israel group and adviser to Yair Lapid, dies
American Jewish pollster founded Democratic Majority for Israel to counter growing opposition to Jewish state in the party; in Israel, he helped Lapid's Yesh Atid from its founding
www.timesofisrael.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
J Street mourns the loss of Mark Mellman. For decades, we engaged in conversation, collaboration and at times debate – always with respect and a shared commitment to the community we serve.
We send our condolences to his family and colleagues. May his memory be a blessing.
We send our condolences to his family and colleagues. May his memory be a blessing.
If you’re still running the “support Israel no matter what” script, you haven’t caught up with voters.
Ilan Goldenberg’s (@ilangoldenberg.bsky.social) new piece says it plainly: The old playbook is dead. 1/3
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/the-old-pl...
Ilan Goldenberg’s (@ilangoldenberg.bsky.social) new piece says it plainly: The old playbook is dead. 1/3
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/the-old-pl...
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you’re still running the “support Israel no matter what” script, you haven’t caught up with voters.
Ilan Goldenberg’s (@ilangoldenberg.bsky.social) new piece says it plainly: The old playbook is dead. 1/3
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/the-old-pl...
Ilan Goldenberg’s (@ilangoldenberg.bsky.social) new piece says it plainly: The old playbook is dead. 1/3
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/the-old-pl...
Migrants are human beings fleeing violence and instability, not an “existential threat.” This is nativist propaganda dressed up as policy.
Weaponizing abhorrent, isolated crimes to smear entire communities is how xenophobia is legitimized. We urge all to stand for the human rights of migrants.
Weaponizing abhorrent, isolated crimes to smear entire communities is how xenophobia is legitimized. We urge all to stand for the human rights of migrants.
Trump admin gives mass migration warning to US allies: "Existential threat"
The State Department has ordered a sweeping audit of the impacts of mass migration on its allies.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Migrants are human beings fleeing violence and instability, not an “existential threat.” This is nativist propaganda dressed up as policy.
Weaponizing abhorrent, isolated crimes to smear entire communities is how xenophobia is legitimized. We urge all to stand for the human rights of migrants.
Weaponizing abhorrent, isolated crimes to smear entire communities is how xenophobia is legitimized. We urge all to stand for the human rights of migrants.
Settlers in the West Bank beat a family in the night, assaulted an 85-year-old man on his way to pray and burned homes. Palestinians live with a fear no one should endure.
This has been made possible by years of political protection. We must speak out and demand accountability: 1/3
This has been made possible by years of political protection. We must speak out and demand accountability: 1/3
Settlers vandalized, torched Palestinian property in West Bank overnight, sources say
Palestinian Sources Also Reported That Settlers Beat an 85-year-old Man in Wadi Rahim in the South Hebron Hills, Near the Settlement of Susiya
www.haaretz.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Settlers in the West Bank beat a family in the night, assaulted an 85-year-old man on his way to pray and burned homes. Palestinians live with a fear no one should endure.
This has been made possible by years of political protection. We must speak out and demand accountability: 1/3
This has been made possible by years of political protection. We must speak out and demand accountability: 1/3
28 killed in Gaza yesterday, including women & children, after Israeli strikes responding to militant fire that caused no IDF casualties.
Extremists want to drag this ceasefire toward collapse, and civilians pay the price. The US-backed plan is on the table. It’s time to press forward.
Extremists want to drag this ceasefire toward collapse, and civilians pay the price. The US-backed plan is on the table. It’s time to press forward.
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 28, including women and children, officials say
The IDF Said That Earlier Militant Fire on Israeli Soldiers, Which Caused No Casualties, Violated the Gaza Cease-fire. A Hamas Battalion Commander in Gaza City Was Among the Targets of an IDF Strike
www.haaretz.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
28 killed in Gaza yesterday, including women & children, after Israeli strikes responding to militant fire that caused no IDF casualties.
Extremists want to drag this ceasefire toward collapse, and civilians pay the price. The US-backed plan is on the table. It’s time to press forward.
Extremists want to drag this ceasefire toward collapse, and civilians pay the price. The US-backed plan is on the table. It’s time to press forward.
Outside an NYC synagogue, protesters used intifada as a rallying cry. Words matter: In these spaces, they can amplify fear and trauma. That’s not how we build safer, stronger communities or a better city.
Anti-Zionist protesters chant ‘Death to the IDF’ at New York City synagogue
Activists gather in Manhattan to demonstrate against event promoting immigration to Israel, chanting to 'globalize the intifada' and accosting Jews
www.timesofisrael.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Outside an NYC synagogue, protesters used intifada as a rallying cry. Words matter: In these spaces, they can amplify fear and trauma. That’s not how we build safer, stronger communities or a better city.