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Jonathan Freirich
@freirich.bsky.social
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Always listening and learning.
Irrationally believing in a shared human future.

Sustained by my amazing family.

Check out current projects at:
www.jewish-and.com

Coalition builder, conversation facilitator, runner, rabbi, EMPA, DD, occasional DM
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#NoKings Buffalo
#NoKings in Buffalo, NY #NoKings in Buffalo, NY
October 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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www.robertjacksonbennett.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup, p. 340

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April 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Day 13 of the Omer
Day 6, a firm grounding, in
Week 2, strength, rigor, and justice.

“Civilization is often a task that is only barely managed.
But harden your heart and slow your blood.
The towers of justice are built one brick at a time.
We have more to build yet.”

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The cover of the book, The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
April 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Day 8 of the Omer
Compassion in justice and rigor.
#CountingtheOmer
Justice without compassion isn’t justice; it’s an abattoir. - Amos Oz
April 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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More Finding Freedom Together

Tomorrow evening

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Tacking the politics of inevitability

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March 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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@pkrugman.bsky.social thanks for offering this clarification of why Heilon is talking about 150 year old people. Turns out he is ignorant of the way something works.
More DOGE hijinks: In yesterday’s post I noted that the whole condoms-for-Hamas thing came from DOGE staffers who confused Gaza province in Mozambique with the Gaza Strip. Well, as one commenter pointed out, the thing about 150-year-old Social Security beneficiaries may be another comical error. Apparently in COBOL — obsolete in the business world but still used in government — a missing date of birth is registered as 1875. Commenters on X and Threads say the same. So the only “fraud” here is the pretense that Musk’s child programmers have any idea what they’re doing.
February 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Please join us for the first in a five-part series tonight - live virtually and in person:

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#BlackHistoryMonth

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Finding Freedom Together Accomplices for Justice Tuesdays 2/12, 2/25, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25 5:30 - 6:30 PM Buffalo History Museum 1 Museum Ct Buffalo 14216 Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate a series of five discussions about being “free to” instead of “free from” informed by Timothy Snyder’s insights from “On Freedom” paired with African American thinkers. www.opendoorjudaism.org Supported by a grant from Humanities New York
February 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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This happened this week:
This happened this week: On Tuesday night, just 24 hours before a deadly collision between a military helicopter and a regional jet at Reagan National Airport, a different passenger jet coming in for a landing at the airport alerted the tower it had to abort. The reason: risk of possible collision with a helicopter.
January 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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From the Daily Beast:
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- The Shadow President forced out the FAA director. Via the Daily Beast: "The FAA's leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit... Whitaker's departure came after he clased with Musk, who is now in charge not just of SpaceX but has been named by Trump as the head of the new Dept. of Gov't Efficiency, which is not technically a real government department. In September Whitaker had proposed fines of more then $600,000 for SpaceX, prompting Musk to demand his resignation and promise to sue.
January 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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The US has not had a fatal air crash in 12 years. This happened last week: Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard, and guts key aviation safety advisory committee.
January 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Join Rev. Dr. Wylie Hughes and me:
Finding Freedom Together
In person at the Buffalo History Museum
Live on FB Live and Zoom.
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Finding Freedom Together Accomplices for Justice Rev. Wylie Hughes and Rabbi Jonathan Freirich facilitate a series of five discussions about being "free to" instead of "free from" informed by Timothy Snyder's insights from “On Freedom" paired with African American thinkers. Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 PM 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 3/18, and 3/25 at the Buffalo History Museum and on FB Live and Zoom
January 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM