I asked NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social to share his message to fellow New Yorkers Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who have failed to endorse Democratic primary winner @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for mayor. They should hear what he has to say:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has reached out broadly to NYC's Jewish community, says @bradlander.bsky.social, NYC's Comptroller & highest-ranking Jewish official. However, Cuomo & Sliwa are not called to account for ignoring NYC's 1-million strong Muslim population.

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I asked Rula Daood, Co-Director of @standing-together.bsky.social (a grassroots Jewish-Arab political movement fighting for peace, equality, and social justice in Israel-Palestine), how she responds when other Palestinians criticize her for working closely with Jewish Israelis. Her reply:

Prefacing his candor about convos with senior Biden Administration officials - including Jake Sullivan and VP Kamala Harris - on Gaza, @jjz1600.bsky.social said, said, "I'm going to be 80... and therefore don't give a s---."

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I'm grateful to @saribashi.bsky.social for a rich, thoughtful conversation yesterday. Here, Sari talks about how her world became smaller after October 7 -- when she discovered how “selective” the values of some people she cared about actually were.

Fmr Knesset Speaker Avrum Burg on the All Its Citizens Party, which he co-chairs. “Is it hopeful? Yes. Is it optimism? Yeah. Is it naive? Yes. But since we tested all the cynical, practical... experiences of people who know it all, who brought us to this fu**ed up reality, give me a bit of naivete.”

In our conversation today on The Debrief, @taniahary.bsky.social of Israeli human rights organization Gisha describes poignantly how the Netanyahu government’s strategy of making Palestinians desperate to leave Gaza is working.

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