Rabbi Sandra
@rabbisandra.bsky.social
Rabbi • Exececutive Director @ncjews4justice.bsky.social aka
Carolina Jews for Justice | Activist • Writer • Musician • Speaker
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Carolina Jews for Justice | Activist • Writer • Musician • Speaker
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Rabbi Sandra
@rabbisandra.bsky.social
· Jun 18
Long thread please read:
Many of you have asked me to leave Substack. I understand why. I really do. There are valid concerns with the platform, and I take them seriously. At the same time, Substack is currently the best option for me.
Many of you have asked me to leave Substack. I understand why. I really do. There are valid concerns with the platform, and I take them seriously. At the same time, Substack is currently the best option for me.
Federal agents are executing American citizens in the streets.
This is state terror. The federal government wants you to not believe your own eyes.
No community in America should have to deal with this.
This is state terror. The federal government wants you to not believe your own eyes.
No community in America should have to deal with this.
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Federal agents are executing American citizens in the streets.
This is state terror. The federal government wants you to not believe your own eyes.
No community in America should have to deal with this.
This is state terror. The federal government wants you to not believe your own eyes.
No community in America should have to deal with this.
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Fighting for justice is Jewish tradition.
MAGA counts on violence to make us afraid. To turn us against our neighbors. To distract from their failures to address affordability, healthcare, and other crises.
We refuse to look away or be divided.
We reject ICE.
Art by @jasonadamk.bsky.social
MAGA counts on violence to make us afraid. To turn us against our neighbors. To distract from their failures to address affordability, healthcare, and other crises.
We refuse to look away or be divided.
We reject ICE.
Art by @jasonadamk.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Fighting for justice is Jewish tradition.
MAGA counts on violence to make us afraid. To turn us against our neighbors. To distract from their failures to address affordability, healthcare, and other crises.
We refuse to look away or be divided.
We reject ICE.
Art by @jasonadamk.bsky.social
MAGA counts on violence to make us afraid. To turn us against our neighbors. To distract from their failures to address affordability, healthcare, and other crises.
We refuse to look away or be divided.
We reject ICE.
Art by @jasonadamk.bsky.social
Thank you for illustrating the point. Saying 'Israel is fueling antisemitism' still places responsibility for bigotry on its targets rather than on those who choose hate. Antisemites are responsible for antisemitism. Criticize Israel all you want - antisemitism is still just hate
To an extent. Though we are responsible for our actions and the consequences thereof.
But generalising 'the jews' is exactly the problem of bias and prejudice.
I think Israel is fuelling anti-semitism. Not Jews.
But generalising 'the jews' is exactly the problem of bias and prejudice.
I think Israel is fuelling anti-semitism. Not Jews.
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Thank you for illustrating the point. Saying 'Israel is fueling antisemitism' still places responsibility for bigotry on its targets rather than on those who choose hate. Antisemites are responsible for antisemitism. Criticize Israel all you want - antisemitism is still just hate
Blaming Jews for antisemitism is victim-blaming. We are each responsible for our own bias and hate.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Blaming Jews for antisemitism is victim-blaming. We are each responsible for our own bias and hate.
Martin Luther King Jr. Would Be Getting Arrested at ICE Facilities
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Martin Luther King Jr. Would Be Getting Arrested at ICE Facilities
Kotzer ruach is what happens when trauma settles into the body. It’s the tightness in the chest when we learn a synagogue has been destroyed by fire. It’s the shallow breathing that comes with shock, grief, fear, and anger compressed together.
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Parashat Va’era: When Breath is Short
This week’s Torah portion, Va’era, opens in the midst of pain.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Kotzer ruach is what happens when trauma settles into the body. It’s the tightness in the chest when we learn a synagogue has been destroyed by fire. It’s the shallow breathing that comes with shock, grief, fear, and anger compressed together.
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
Waking up to devastating news: Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi - the city’s only synagogue - was attacked by an arsonist and suffered heavy fire damage.
Sending love to the congregation and community. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Sending love to the congregation and community. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Waking up to devastating news: Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi - the city’s only synagogue - was attacked by an arsonist and suffered heavy fire damage.
Sending love to the congregation and community. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Sending love to the congregation and community. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
When power refuses to know: Shemot and State Violence youtu.be/uakw474ZIVs?...
When Power Refuses to Know: Shemot and State Violence Parashat Shemot
YouTube video by Rabbi Sandra
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January 10, 2026 at 12:25 PM
When power refuses to know: Shemot and State Violence youtu.be/uakw474ZIVs?...
Big tent Judaism was always aspirational and we were moving in that direction but is this era now over or is it something worth fighting for?
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Big tent Judaism was always aspirational and we were moving in that direction but is this era now over or is it something worth fighting for?
Shemot as Liberation Theology
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Shemot as Liberation Theology
What does it mean for God to take sides?
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January 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Shemot as Liberation Theology
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“Clarity builds community faster than caution ever will.” open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
Clarity Over Caution
I’ve been musing over this phrase:
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January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
“Clarity builds community faster than caution ever will.” open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
Remember when Trump said he knew nothing about Project 2025? Now he’s bombing countries to enact it.
This operation is the direct implementation of what Project 2025 explicitly called “re-hemisphering” - capturing Latin American supply chains and resources as a requirement of US economic security.
This operation is the direct implementation of what Project 2025 explicitly called “re-hemisphering” - capturing Latin American supply chains and resources as a requirement of US economic security.
January 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Remember when Trump said he knew nothing about Project 2025? Now he’s bombing countries to enact it.
This operation is the direct implementation of what Project 2025 explicitly called “re-hemisphering” - capturing Latin American supply chains and resources as a requirement of US economic security.
This operation is the direct implementation of what Project 2025 explicitly called “re-hemisphering” - capturing Latin American supply chains and resources as a requirement of US economic security.
Are we really doing this again? Another Republican president launching an illegal war of choice?
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Are we really doing this again? Another Republican president launching an illegal war of choice?
I thought Trump was trying to get rid of all the immigrants and foreigners, so why is he bringing one in?
January 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I thought Trump was trying to get rid of all the immigrants and foreigners, so why is he bringing one in?
It’s almost midnight, and I’ve spent all day trying to write an end-of-year reflection, only to remember I’m an internal processor.
So this is it: Happy New Year, my friends. I love you. Thank you for all the support in 2025.
So this is it: Happy New Year, my friends. I love you. Thank you for all the support in 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 2:58 AM
It’s almost midnight, and I’ve spent all day trying to write an end-of-year reflection, only to remember I’m an internal processor.
So this is it: Happy New Year, my friends. I love you. Thank you for all the support in 2025.
So this is it: Happy New Year, my friends. I love you. Thank you for all the support in 2025.
"Every time we've thrown a group under the bus to appeal to some imagined 'middle,' movements have gotten weaker, not stronger." open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
I Am the Coalition They Say Can’t Work
First off, I don’t consider myself a Democrat.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Every time we've thrown a group under the bus to appeal to some imagined 'middle,' movements have gotten weaker, not stronger." open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
Habari Gani?
Kwanzaa invites us to honor community, shared responsibility, and hope. May these days strengthen our bonds, renew our purpose, and remind us that liberation is something we build together.
Joyous Kwanzaa.
Harambee.
Kwanzaa invites us to honor community, shared responsibility, and hope. May these days strengthen our bonds, renew our purpose, and remind us that liberation is something we build together.
Joyous Kwanzaa.
Harambee.
December 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Habari Gani?
Kwanzaa invites us to honor community, shared responsibility, and hope. May these days strengthen our bonds, renew our purpose, and remind us that liberation is something we build together.
Joyous Kwanzaa.
Harambee.
Kwanzaa invites us to honor community, shared responsibility, and hope. May these days strengthen our bonds, renew our purpose, and remind us that liberation is something we build together.
Joyous Kwanzaa.
Harambee.
For Asheville folks join @peterbeinart.bsky.social @ncjews4justice.bsky.social and me for a thoughtful conversation. The event is free and open to the public. www.worthamarts.org/events/belon...
December 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For Asheville folks join @peterbeinart.bsky.social @ncjews4justice.bsky.social and me for a thoughtful conversation. The event is free and open to the public. www.worthamarts.org/events/belon...
When Vance says white people don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, he knows no one has ever had to do that. What white people have been asked to do is apologize for being racist. And now Vance is telling them they don’t have to apologize for that either. open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
Nobody’s Asking You to Apologize: Confusing Equity with Oppression
I didn’t watch Vice President JD Vance’s full speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest yesterday—I can only take so much.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When Vance says white people don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, he knows no one has ever had to do that. What white people have been asked to do is apologize for being racist. And now Vance is telling them they don’t have to apologize for that either. open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
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Conversations around Israel and Gaza inflame long-simmering tensions in the Jewish American community. Yet we know that open, inclusive dialogue is essential. Join CJJ in creating a welcoming space to explore what it means to be Jewish in America today. www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/community_an...
December 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Conversations around Israel and Gaza inflame long-simmering tensions in the Jewish American community. Yet we know that open, inclusive dialogue is essential. Join CJJ in creating a welcoming space to explore what it means to be Jewish in America today. www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/community_an...
Hanukkah begins tonight as we remember the world needs more light.
In Sydney, families gathered on a beach to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. They were met with gunfire. At least twelve are dead, twenty-nine wounded—terror aimed at joy itself.
In Sydney, families gathered on a beach to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. They were met with gunfire. At least twelve are dead, twenty-nine wounded—terror aimed at joy itself.
December 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hanukkah begins tonight as we remember the world needs more light.
In Sydney, families gathered on a beach to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. They were met with gunfire. At least twelve are dead, twenty-nine wounded—terror aimed at joy itself.
In Sydney, families gathered on a beach to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. They were met with gunfire. At least twelve are dead, twenty-nine wounded—terror aimed at joy itself.