Lihi Yona
@lihiyona.bsky.social
Law & Criminology Professor, University of Haifa.
Critical Race Theory, Antidiscrimination, Prisons, Mizrahi Legal Theory (it's a thing).
Critical Race Theory, Antidiscrimination, Prisons, Mizrahi Legal Theory (it's a thing).
A crucial, timely report on the weaponization of antisemitism. @itamann.bsky.social and I contributed an essay exploring its legal dimensions, reflecting on Jewish plurality and the knotty relationship between Jewish and Israeli identities. Grateful for @emilyctamkin.bsky.social brilliant guidance.
This just in: Today, we’re releasing our response to the weaponization of antisemitism by the Trump administration and Project Esther.
The Shofar Report is a new blueprint for combating antisemitism while defending democracy.
The Shofar Report is a new blueprint for combating antisemitism while defending democracy.
Project Esther created a blueprint for Trump to fight antisemitism. The ‘Shofar Report’ is a liberal response.
Sign up for Antisemitism Decoded, the Forward’s guide through the news and noise about Jewish safety, brought to you biweekly by investigative journalist Arno Rosenfeld.Most American Jews have taken a...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A crucial, timely report on the weaponization of antisemitism. @itamann.bsky.social and I contributed an essay exploring its legal dimensions, reflecting on Jewish plurality and the knotty relationship between Jewish and Israeli identities. Grateful for @emilyctamkin.bsky.social brilliant guidance.
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This sounds oddly....."familiar" 🤔
June 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This sounds oddly....."familiar" 🤔
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Don't let all the news distract you from the ongoing starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
June 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Don't let all the news distract you from the ongoing starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
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Harvard appears to think all Jews support Israel. That is discriminatory | Barry Trachtenberg, Victor Silverman, Atalia Omer, Raz Segal, Rebecca T Alpert
Harvard appears to think all Jews support Israel. That is discriminatory | Barry Trachtenberg, Victor Silverman, Atalia Omer, Raz Segal, Rebecca T Alpert
We are Jewish scholars who filed an amicus brief with the US supreme court on Harvard’s discriminatory assumption that being Jewish means supporting Israel
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Harvard appears to think all Jews support Israel. That is discriminatory | Barry Trachtenberg, Victor Silverman, Atalia Omer, Raz Segal, Rebecca T Alpert
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My collaborator and overall bestie Maayan Sudai and I wrote for the Harvard Law Review Blog about Title VII's identity problem, and how to (hopefully, maybe) solve it. Check it out: harvardlawreview.org/blog/2025/06...
Beyond Classification and Subordination: A Case for Anti-Essentialism - Harvard Law Review
Employment antidiscrimination law has been steadily eroding, the result of a dilemma it has never fully resolved: its relationship with identity. I. From Ricci...
harvardlawreview.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My collaborator and overall bestie Maayan Sudai and I wrote for the Harvard Law Review Blog about Title VII's identity problem, and how to (hopefully, maybe) solve it. Check it out: harvardlawreview.org/blog/2025/06...
My collaborator and overall bestie Maayan Sudai and I wrote for the Harvard Law Review Blog about Title VII's identity problem, and how to (hopefully, maybe) solve it. Check it out: harvardlawreview.org/blog/2025/06...
Beyond Classification and Subordination: A Case for Anti-Essentialism - Harvard Law Review
Employment antidiscrimination law has been steadily eroding, the result of a dilemma it has never fully resolved: its relationship with identity. I. From Ricci...
harvardlawreview.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My collaborator and overall bestie Maayan Sudai and I wrote for the Harvard Law Review Blog about Title VII's identity problem, and how to (hopefully, maybe) solve it. Check it out: harvardlawreview.org/blog/2025/06...
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70 days of Israeli blockade on Gaza, using starvation as a weapon of war.
May 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
70 days of Israeli blockade on Gaza, using starvation as a weapon of war.
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Asks to Universities/colleges are 3-fold: (1) daily check to see if visas have been revoked (2) provide immigration counsel upon visa revocation, & (3) keep students enrolled.
@aaup.bsky.social
@aaup.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Asks to Universities/colleges are 3-fold: (1) daily check to see if visas have been revoked (2) provide immigration counsel upon visa revocation, & (3) keep students enrolled.
@aaup.bsky.social
@aaup.bsky.social
Finally out! Maayan Sudai & Ido Katri wrote for YLJ on the irrationality of gender affirming care bans, illuminated most vividly via the pov of intersex people. This is such a powerful intervention because it manages to expose something deep in the ideological apparatus of the state. Must read!
Intersex, Trans, and the Irrationality of Gender-Affirming-Care Bans
This Article provides a comprehensive legal analysis of gender-affirming-care bans, concluding that their internally inconsistent treatment of trans-affirming care and coercive intersex-normalizing in...
www.yalelawjournal.org
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Finally out! Maayan Sudai & Ido Katri wrote for YLJ on the irrationality of gender affirming care bans, illuminated most vividly via the pov of intersex people. This is such a powerful intervention because it manages to expose something deep in the ideological apparatus of the state. Must read!
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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
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April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Merit!
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Merit!
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Danger: Six women, ages from 18 to 38, in a circle, eating hummus and bread sticks.
March 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Danger: Six women, ages from 18 to 38, in a circle, eating hummus and bread sticks.
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"By legally enshrining support for Israel as a defining characteristic of Jewish identity, the new definition of antisemitism imposes a straitjacket of Zionist identity on American Jews, in effect telling them that certain political positions are incompatible with being authentically Jewish."
@itamann.bsky.social and I wrote for the @theguardian.com about the new definition of antisemitism, and how it has never been about protecting Jews, but rather a part of a larger attempt to silence dissent, entrench Christian nationalism, and undermine democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"By legally enshrining support for Israel as a defining characteristic of Jewish identity, the new definition of antisemitism imposes a straitjacket of Zionist identity on American Jews, in effect telling them that certain political positions are incompatible with being authentically Jewish."
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not mincing words: @itamann.bsky.social and @lihiyona.bsky.social on the instrumentalization of the #IHRA Working Definition
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
March 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
not mincing words: @itamann.bsky.social and @lihiyona.bsky.social on the instrumentalization of the #IHRA Working Definition
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The new definition of antisemitism imposes a straitjacket of Zionist identity on American Jews.
Must read from Israeli scholars @itamann.bsky.social & @lihiyona.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Must read from Israeli scholars @itamann.bsky.social & @lihiyona.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new definition of antisemitism imposes a straitjacket of Zionist identity on American Jews.
Must read from Israeli scholars @itamann.bsky.social & @lihiyona.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Must read from Israeli scholars @itamann.bsky.social & @lihiyona.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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A brilliant essay by @lihiyona.bsky.social and @itamann.bsky.social on what the project to redefine antisemitism is doing to America
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A brilliant essay by @lihiyona.bsky.social and @itamann.bsky.social on what the project to redefine antisemitism is doing to America
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
@itamann.bsky.social and I wrote for the @theguardian.com about the new definition of antisemitism, and how it has never been about protecting Jews, but rather a part of a larger attempt to silence dissent, entrench Christian nationalism, and undermine democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@itamann.bsky.social and I wrote for the @theguardian.com about the new definition of antisemitism, and how it has never been about protecting Jews, but rather a part of a larger attempt to silence dissent, entrench Christian nationalism, and undermine democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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New by @lihiyona.bsky.social and me, on how the redefinition antisemitism is transforming American democracy in the service of Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
March 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New by @lihiyona.bsky.social and me, on how the redefinition antisemitism is transforming American democracy in the service of Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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"Identity politics can turn on us through the right’s new grammar that casts white men as a subordinate group ... We saw it with white farmers in South Africa, and we see it in the U.S. with this imagined idea that society accepts racism as long as it’s against white people" - Lihi Yona
🔥 Interview with the amazing
@lihiyona.bsky.social, on our co-authored article and beyond
myemail.constantcontact.com/A-new-approa...
@lihiyona.bsky.social, on our co-authored article and beyond
myemail.constantcontact.com/A-new-approa...
March 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Identity politics can turn on us through the right’s new grammar that casts white men as a subordinate group ... We saw it with white farmers in South Africa, and we see it in the U.S. with this imagined idea that society accepts racism as long as it’s against white people" - Lihi Yona
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🔥 Interview with the amazing
@lihiyona.bsky.social, on our co-authored article and beyond
myemail.constantcontact.com/A-new-approa...
@lihiyona.bsky.social, on our co-authored article and beyond
myemail.constantcontact.com/A-new-approa...
March 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🔥 Interview with the amazing
@lihiyona.bsky.social, on our co-authored article and beyond
myemail.constantcontact.com/A-new-approa...
@lihiyona.bsky.social, on our co-authored article and beyond
myemail.constantcontact.com/A-new-approa...
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One of the most horrifying stories to come out of this war of extermination. I posted the Hebrew reporting a few days ago, here it is in English.
www.972mag.com/gaza-human-s...
www.972mag.com/gaza-human-s...
Israeli soldiers used 80-year-old Gazan as human shield, then killed him
Soldiers put an explosive cord around the man's neck and forced him to scout buildings for eight hours. After his release, another division shot him dead.
www.972mag.com
February 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
One of the most horrifying stories to come out of this war of extermination. I posted the Hebrew reporting a few days ago, here it is in English.
www.972mag.com/gaza-human-s...
www.972mag.com/gaza-human-s...
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You guys need to wise up, you’re not dealing with conservatives or libertarians trying to implement conservative or libertarian policies. You are dealing with fascists trying to destroy the idea of the truth and replace it with the exercise of power.
February 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
You guys need to wise up, you’re not dealing with conservatives or libertarians trying to implement conservative or libertarian policies. You are dealing with fascists trying to destroy the idea of the truth and replace it with the exercise of power.
Happy to see this in print! Thanks to the dedicated team at UCLA Law Rev. For their amazing work. @itamann.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Happy to see this in print! Thanks to the dedicated team at UCLA Law Rev. For their amazing work. @itamann.bsky.social
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Trump is showing us who's on our side. Pretty much everyone.
“They have built our coalition for us by virtue of the wide range of attacks by race, class, gender, legal status and more."
From @lfelizleon.bsky.social @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
“They have built our coalition for us by virtue of the wide range of attacks by race, class, gender, legal status and more."
From @lfelizleon.bsky.social @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
It’s Time for a United Front to Take on Billionaire Rule
The super rich are in command, as Donald Trump and Elon Musk run a rampage on the working class. To stop them, the labor movement needs to lead.
inthesetimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Trump is showing us who's on our side. Pretty much everyone.
“They have built our coalition for us by virtue of the wide range of attacks by race, class, gender, legal status and more."
From @lfelizleon.bsky.social @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
“They have built our coalition for us by virtue of the wide range of attacks by race, class, gender, legal status and more."
From @lfelizleon.bsky.social @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social
inthesetimes.com/article/labo...
Thank you so much!
I only came across this piece today but I can't recommend it highly enough.
new UCLA Law Leview argues that laws conflating criticism of israel with antisemitism harm Jews - particularly Jews who link such critiques to their religious identity. from @itamann.bsky.social & @lihiyona.bsky.social.
worth a read.
www.uclalawreview.org/defending-je...
worth a read.
www.uclalawreview.org/defending-je...
January 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Thank you so much!