Joseph Hillyard (He/Him)
@josephhillyard.bsky.social
Lifelong disgruntled New Yorker and History Nerd. #multiracial (Black, Jewish, etc). Writer, jazz lover, conditional Zionist and many other things. NYU 2026
National VP for Mid-Atlantic JStreetU
Opinions my own. Dialogue is welcome, bigotry is not. 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱🕊
National VP for Mid-Atlantic JStreetU
Opinions my own. Dialogue is welcome, bigotry is not. 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱🕊
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“Against the backdrop of the Trump administration's efforts to erase Black achievements, keeping these stories alive and visible takes on a renewed importance.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-second-v...
The Second Vanishing of Hazel Scott
As the Trump administration seeks to erase the history of Black achievements, we must ensure that figures like Hazel Scott are not forgotten.
www.liberalcurrents.com
As a student of history I often look back at our past to help make sense of our chaotic present. I wrote about Hazel Scott, the Blacklist and modern censorship for
@liberalcurrents.com (If you're not already familiar with Ms. Scott, please take some time to rectify that) youtu.be/RkrV30ekwv4?...
@liberalcurrents.com (If you're not already familiar with Ms. Scott, please take some time to rectify that) youtu.be/RkrV30ekwv4?...
In April I rewatched the dark comedy The Death of Stalin for my 21st birthday and was struck by how the film still manages to be so funny while holding up a dark mirror to our current moment. I wrote about it for @youngwritersforda.bsky.social. writersforda.substack.com/p/my-birthda...
My Birthday With Stalin
By Joseph Hillyard
writersforda.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In April I rewatched the dark comedy The Death of Stalin for my 21st birthday and was struck by how the film still manages to be so funny while holding up a dark mirror to our current moment. I wrote about it for @youngwritersforda.bsky.social. writersforda.substack.com/p/my-birthda...
I am so proud of my fellow @hatikvahslate.bsky.social members. Keep up the good work!!!
We just prevented the World Zionist Organization from funding any Israeli settlement in Gaza. The Meretz-backed union at the World Zionist Congress ran this resolution, and I’m beyond proud of @partners4israel.bsky.social and @hatikvahslate.bsky.social right now!
THIS is why we stay in the room.
THIS is why we stay in the room.
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I am so proud of my fellow @hatikvahslate.bsky.social members. Keep up the good work!!!
As a student of history I often look back at our past to help make sense of our chaotic present. I wrote about Hazel Scott, the Blacklist and modern censorship for
@liberalcurrents.com (If you're not already familiar with Ms. Scott, please take some time to rectify that) youtu.be/RkrV30ekwv4?...
@liberalcurrents.com (If you're not already familiar with Ms. Scott, please take some time to rectify that) youtu.be/RkrV30ekwv4?...
“Against the backdrop of the Trump administration's efforts to erase Black achievements, keeping these stories alive and visible takes on a renewed importance.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-second-v...
The Second Vanishing of Hazel Scott
As the Trump administration seeks to erase the history of Black achievements, we must ensure that figures like Hazel Scott are not forgotten.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As a student of history I often look back at our past to help make sense of our chaotic present. I wrote about Hazel Scott, the Blacklist and modern censorship for
@liberalcurrents.com (If you're not already familiar with Ms. Scott, please take some time to rectify that) youtu.be/RkrV30ekwv4?...
@liberalcurrents.com (If you're not already familiar with Ms. Scott, please take some time to rectify that) youtu.be/RkrV30ekwv4?...
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A different future here is not only possible, it’s crucial — our lives depend on it. And we won’t stop fighting until we achieve it.
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A different future here is not only possible, it’s crucial — our lives depend on it. And we won’t stop fighting until we achieve it.
Today is not an easy day for me that comes with lots of painful reminders. This is my attempt to pay tribute to the Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders who have been a source of strength to me since 10/7. @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social 📸: @giligetz.bsky.social nyunews.com/ops/guestess...
Guest Essay: On this grim anniversary, we must turn to Jewish-Arab organizations - Washington Square News
The week of the United Nations General Assembly, I found myself in a familiar place. Alongside a group of Israeli expats, I stood across the street from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hotel as we...
nyunews.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today is not an easy day for me that comes with lots of painful reminders. This is my attempt to pay tribute to the Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders who have been a source of strength to me since 10/7. @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social 📸: @giligetz.bsky.social nyunews.com/ops/guestess...
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At the Battle of Cable Street on 4 October 1936, at least 100,000 people, including Jewish residents, Irish dock workers, Communists and Labour Party members prevented a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists (BUF) from passing through the East End...
October 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
At the Battle of Cable Street on 4 October 1936, at least 100,000 people, including Jewish residents, Irish dock workers, Communists and Labour Party members prevented a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists (BUF) from passing through the East End...
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My thoughts are with everyone affected by the attack in Greater Manchester today.
October 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
My thoughts are with everyone affected by the attack in Greater Manchester today.
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Replies are fucking depressing
I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Replies are fucking depressing
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Instead we must fight for true Israeli-Palestinian peace. A Palestinian state alongside Israel. Safety, justice, and freedom for everyone and independence for both peoples. Now is the time for peace, for an end to the violence, for life. (3/3)
September 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Instead we must fight for true Israeli-Palestinian peace. A Palestinian state alongside Israel. Safety, justice, and freedom for everyone and independence for both peoples. Now is the time for peace, for an end to the violence, for life. (3/3)
Yesterday a diverse coalition of people and organizations came together to support Palestinian peace activist Mohsen Mahdawi as he continues to be targeted by ICE for exercising his right to free speech. We mustn't let up the fight. #freespeechforall @mhughesrob.bsky.social @giligetz.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Yesterday a diverse coalition of people and organizations came together to support Palestinian peace activist Mohsen Mahdawi as he continues to be targeted by ICE for exercising his right to free speech. We mustn't let up the fight. #freespeechforall @mhughesrob.bsky.social @giligetz.bsky.social
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“I just can’t bleed out onto the page as some people do.” Zadie Smith writes about her preference for impersonal essays, and the tried-and-true method she uses to write them.
The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith
In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, the rectangle is mine.
www.newyorker.com
September 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“I just can’t bleed out onto the page as some people do.” Zadie Smith writes about her preference for impersonal essays, and the tried-and-true method she uses to write them.
Another day, another opportunity to show that Bibi is a disgrace to us all. BRING THEM HOME🤝LET GAZA LIVE
🚨 Unable to ignore the horrors of hostage captivity and the war in Gaza, we, determined Israelis lined up outside Netanyahu’s NYC hotel to “unwelcome” the murderer-in-chief: traitor!!!!#PersonaNonGrata
September 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Another day, another opportunity to show that Bibi is a disgrace to us all. BRING THEM HOME🤝LET GAZA LIVE
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Rula Hardal & May Pundak are leaders w/A Land for All — a Palestinian/Israeli initiative grounded in shared human values & lived reality.
As we close out 5785, they joined us today to cry out against the destruction of Gaza, and to imagine, despite everything, a shared future.
www.2s1h.org/en
As we close out 5785, they joined us today to cry out against the destruction of Gaza, and to imagine, despite everything, a shared future.
www.2s1h.org/en
September 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Rula Hardal & May Pundak are leaders w/A Land for All — a Palestinian/Israeli initiative grounded in shared human values & lived reality.
As we close out 5785, they joined us today to cry out against the destruction of Gaza, and to imagine, despite everything, a shared future.
www.2s1h.org/en
As we close out 5785, they joined us today to cry out against the destruction of Gaza, and to imagine, despite everything, a shared future.
www.2s1h.org/en
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Most work out there argues that it doesn't pay off for center-right parties to move closer to the far-right.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Most work out there argues that it doesn't pay off for center-right parties to move closer to the far-right.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
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Opposition to Palestinian statehood "should not be presumed to be the only Zionist position," @arashtehran.bsky.social writes, as progressive Zionists "advocate for 'a diplomatic pathway ensuring freedom, security, and sovereignty for both Israelis and Palestinians'.”
HT @josephhillyard.bsky.social
HT @josephhillyard.bsky.social
On the 128th anniversary of the first Zionist Congress, I wrote about its founding moments, trajectory and contradictions -- how it's best understood as similar to other nationalist movements
Understanding Zionism
The movement for Jewish settlement of Palestine resembles other nationalisms of its era.
www.theatlantic.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Opposition to Palestinian statehood "should not be presumed to be the only Zionist position," @arashtehran.bsky.social writes, as progressive Zionists "advocate for 'a diplomatic pathway ensuring freedom, security, and sovereignty for both Israelis and Palestinians'.”
HT @josephhillyard.bsky.social
HT @josephhillyard.bsky.social
I did not watch the Emmys but congrats to Stephen Graham and thanks for giving us White passing mixed kids visibility
Stephen Graham, an Emmy award winner for his starring role in Netflix hit Adolescence, is representing the ‘mixed-race’ kids ✊🏽 > www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stephen Graham: 'I'm just a mixed-race kid from flats in Kirkby'
Stephen Graham is emotional as he accepts an Emmy award for his role in the hit series Adolescence.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I did not watch the Emmys but congrats to Stephen Graham and thanks for giving us White passing mixed kids visibility
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A ray of light amid the despair.
We partnered with hosts Hashomer Hatzair USA, as well as @newisraelfund.bsky.social & Ajyal youth movement, to produce this 8/10 Jewish-Palestinian Youth Peace Summit - devoted to dialogue and finding common ground for a shared future. campshomria.com/blogs/news/i...
We partnered with hosts Hashomer Hatzair USA, as well as @newisraelfund.bsky.social & Ajyal youth movement, to produce this 8/10 Jewish-Palestinian Youth Peace Summit - devoted to dialogue and finding common ground for a shared future. campshomria.com/blogs/news/i...
In the Shadow of War, Our Young Leaders Plant Seeds of Hope
The first ever Jewish & Palestinian Youth Peace Summit at Camp Shomria
This August, Camp Shomria hosted over 100 Jewish American, Israeli, and Palestinian citizens of Israel young leaders came togeth...
campshomria.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A ray of light amid the despair.
We partnered with hosts Hashomer Hatzair USA, as well as @newisraelfund.bsky.social & Ajyal youth movement, to produce this 8/10 Jewish-Palestinian Youth Peace Summit - devoted to dialogue and finding common ground for a shared future. campshomria.com/blogs/news/i...
We partnered with hosts Hashomer Hatzair USA, as well as @newisraelfund.bsky.social & Ajyal youth movement, to produce this 8/10 Jewish-Palestinian Youth Peace Summit - devoted to dialogue and finding common ground for a shared future. campshomria.com/blogs/news/i...
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August 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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My new op-ed in @forward.com forward.com/opinion/7638...
Following Laura Loomer's lead, the US is repeating an egregious Holocaust-era mistake
Laura Loomer may have persuaded the Trump team to pause medical-humanitarian visas for children from Gaza — future generations will weep.
forward.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My new op-ed in @forward.com forward.com/opinion/7638...
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They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
August 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say
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"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
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Now in Tel Aviv!
We’re disturbing routine everywhere today because there is nothing normal about our government starving children, bombing civilians, and letting the hostages be killed. We refuse to let them steal our future on this land. We have to end these horrors NOW.
We’re disturbing routine everywhere today because there is nothing normal about our government starving children, bombing civilians, and letting the hostages be killed. We refuse to let them steal our future on this land. We have to end these horrors NOW.
August 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Now in Tel Aviv!
We’re disturbing routine everywhere today because there is nothing normal about our government starving children, bombing civilians, and letting the hostages be killed. We refuse to let them steal our future on this land. We have to end these horrors NOW.
We’re disturbing routine everywhere today because there is nothing normal about our government starving children, bombing civilians, and letting the hostages be killed. We refuse to let them steal our future on this land. We have to end these horrors NOW.
"I am tired of listening to speakers who talk in general terms. What we are here for is to decide whether we shall strike or shall not strike. I offer a resolution that a general strike be declared now.” - Clara Lemlich
(More demo opportunities in link)
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www.newjewishnarrative.org/events
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August 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"I am tired of listening to speakers who talk in general terms. What we are here for is to decide whether we shall strike or shall not strike. I offer a resolution that a general strike be declared now.” - Clara Lemlich
(More demo opportunities in link)
🇮🇱🇵🇸🎗🍉
www.newjewishnarrative.org/events
(More demo opportunities in link)
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www.newjewishnarrative.org/events
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So cute.
The proud parents of The Gilded Age star Denée Benton wear matching T-shirts featuring the character their daughter plays.
The proud parents of The Gilded Age star Denée Benton wear matching T-shirts featuring the character their daughter plays.
August 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So cute.
The proud parents of The Gilded Age star Denée Benton wear matching T-shirts featuring the character their daughter plays.
The proud parents of The Gilded Age star Denée Benton wear matching T-shirts featuring the character their daughter plays.
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This is powerful, painful, and true. Yes the war is bad for Israel. Yes the hostages should all be released. And yes, this is fracturing Israel's democracy. But Americans, like Israelis, need to open their eyes and hearts to what is happening to Palestinians in Gaza. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
To those saying 'I'm Israeli, but I'm not Netanyahu's government': Prove it | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is powerful, painful, and true. Yes the war is bad for Israel. Yes the hostages should all be released. And yes, this is fracturing Israel's democracy. But Americans, like Israelis, need to open their eyes and hearts to what is happening to Palestinians in Gaza. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...