Lawrence Rosenwald
@lawrencerosenwald.bsky.social
Translator, pacifist, scholar, lay cantor, husband, writer and performer of theater verse, father, grandfather. Current large project is a study of pacifism and literature, current large task is finding what John Lewis called "good trouble."
I’ve given talks on this before, but some of the material here is new, and I’ve done my best to simplify, avoid parenthetical phrases, avoid digressions.
See @lawrencerosenwald.bsky.social 's recent d'var Torah on The Feminism of the Havurah Liturgy: www.thehav.org/divrei-torah...
Divrei Torah
Divrei Torah given by members of Havurat Shalom may be reproduced, provided that no alterations are made, that the authors and Havurat Shalom are credited in writing, and that this work is not...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’ve given talks on this before, but some of the material here is new, and I’ve done my best to simplify, avoid parenthetical phrases, avoid digressions.
Yasher koach to my former student and superb journalist Sophie Hurwitz!
"It is difficult to position yourself as the voice of the sensible unheard when the “anti-wokeness” your publication feeds on is unequivocally in power" www.thenation.com/article/soci...
I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui.
At Bari Weiss’s “Cheers to the Republic” mixer, I met anti-vaxxers, was recruited for a trip to Israel, and heard the word “heterodox” more than I would have liked to.
www.thenation.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yasher koach to my former student and superb journalist Sophie Hurwitz!
Wow. All honor to her.
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wow. All honor to her.
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RIP to a real one 🫡
April 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
RIP to a real one 🫡
Cogent and mad as hell.
Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be Silenced | @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Columbia Expelled Me for My Palestine Activism, but I Won’t Be Silenced
And neither will anyone else targeted by the university. We are not afraid, we are undeterred, and we will continue to fight.
www.thenation.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Cogent and mad as hell.
Seems important even amidst the worse horrors, and not unconnected to them.
The Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW-UAW) Union is likely to begin a strike at Wellesley College this Thursday.
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WOAW Union likely to strike on Thursday
Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW-UAW) Union is likely to begin a strike this Thursday, March 27, after both parties failed to agree on key issues including compensation and workload. This f...
thewellesleynews.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Seems important even amidst the worse horrors, and not unconnected to them.
Yup
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Yup
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Look this sucks but news outlets need to start realizing there's limited journalistic value in sitting in a room and letting a person behind a podium lie to you. You're not holding anyone to account when you do that.
The White House says it will bar the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely due to the news outlet's use of Gulf of Mexico
February 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Look this sucks but news outlets need to start realizing there's limited journalistic value in sitting in a room and letting a person behind a podium lie to you. You're not holding anyone to account when you do that.
Anyone have a lift of businesses whose craven behavior means we shouldn’t spend our money on them, or conversely businesses showing courage who deserve our patronage?
January 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Anyone have a lift of businesses whose craven behavior means we shouldn’t spend our money on them, or conversely businesses showing courage who deserve our patronage?
Hallelujah, hallelnayah!
🚨 BREAKING: Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hallelujah, hallelnayah!
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DO NOT CROSS PICKET LINES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
Amazon workers on strike from Black Friday to Cyber Monday
(WFXR) – Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.
www.cbs42.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:33 PM
DO NOT CROSS PICKET LINES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
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Billy bragg is here 😭😭😍😍
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 18, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Billy bragg is here 😭😭😍😍