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Lior Sternfeld
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Historian of modern Iran, Jewish communities of the Middle East.
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How do you neutralise all the background noise to tell Israelis the real story of Iran? Prof. @liorsternfeld.bsky.social , author of the Hebrew book "Iran: Life Itself" explains in this subscribers-only episode. Sign up to listen.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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ספרי, ״איראן: החיים עצמם״ כעת במכירה מוקדמת ומשתלמת בהדסטארט. הספר מבקש לספר את ההיסטוריה המודרנית של איראן לקהל הרחב בצורה שמעגנת בהקשר את ההתפתחויות הפוליטיות, חברתיות ותרבותיות בעיקר ב-200 שנים האחרונות.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
liorsternfeld.bsky.social
I have the utmost respect for @peterbeinart.bsky.social for this remarkable interview. He makes so many excellent points. It is highly recommended.

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Peter Beinart - "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning" | The Daily Show
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July 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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When you lost Bari Weiss…
hunterw.bsky.social Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · Jul 24
In *May* Bari Weiss published an article titled "The Gaza Famine Myth." Just over two months later, her outlet is admitting there's a "hunger crisis."
=FP SIGN IN SUBSCRIBE THE PRICE OF FLOUR SHOWS THE HUNGER CRISIS IN GAZA There have been tremendous lies told about Israel's war. That doesn't mean the threat of starvation isn't real. It is. 39 20 Amit Segal - 07.24.25
July 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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yairwallach.bsky.social
בלחיצה קלה גמרנו

על אנשים שלא הכרנו

הרגנו בטח כמה בטעות

יצאתי חי יכולתי גם למות

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July 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
liorsternfeld.bsky.social
אני לא בטוח מה קורה עם הפלטפורמה הזו והאם היא ממריאה או לא, אבל ננסה שוב. אני ממש מקווה שהרשימה המשותפת תחזור עם ארבעת מרכיביה. כמו שמצוין בכתבה- הדרך עוד ארוכה. יש חילוקי דעות משמעותיים. אבל כל מי שרוצה לראות שינוי אמיתי בארץ חייב לרצות בזה.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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May 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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borowitzreport.bsky.social
The Qatari plane thing shows just how low Trump’s price is, so I’m gonna try bribing him with a Panasonic VCR
May 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
liorsternfeld.bsky.social
The moron is doing two good things (so credit goes where credit is due). The engagement with Iran towards an agreement that he broke in 2018, and lifting sanctions from Syria, which would allow the new regime to have a clean slate and rebuild the country.
May 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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How is it possible that it’s been only 100 days?
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 28
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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We are happy to share the newly published articles in Palestine Israel/Review (PIR):
April 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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A new article on @pir1948.bsky.social
Arie Dubnov with a must-read. Check it out.
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pir1948.bsky.social Palestine/Israel Review @pir1948.bsky.social · Apr 25
NEW ARTICLE ALERT: "The Three Languages of Right-Wing Zionist Radicalism: Politics of a Comparative Gaze."
In this article, Arie Dubnov examines the radicalization of “maximalist” Revisionist Zionists from the late 1920s to the 1940s, /1
April 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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michaelchabon.bsky.social ℳ¡¢₶⩜ℇ𝕃 ☾∯⩓ℬ⦿⧑ @michaelchabon.bsky.social · Apr 19
So it turns out the whole “shithole countries” thing was *aspirational*.
April 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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How did Iran's environment shape histories of labour, revolution, and empire? Listen to the latest
@ajammc.bsky.social podcast, featuring James Gustafson discussing his new I.B. Tauris book 'The Lion and the Sun'. 👇
April 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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We had a packed house yesterday at the fascinating lecture with Lior Sternfeld, discussing the Iranian Jewish diaspora! Please join us for our next big event, coming up this thursday, our annual conference on the "Global Middle East", click here for details: shorturl.at/OQr9T
April 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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And how do the other 27 percent think tariffs work?
April 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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There is an old joke in Turkey about Adnan Menderes, who won the election in 1950, but turned autocratic and was deposed in a coup in 1960, which then led to the country’s best constitution. “He was the father of Turkish democracy.” “Why?” “Because he screwed the mother of Turkish democracy.”
April 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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While Big Oil raked in profits, they ignored the risks of wildfires fueled by their emissions. Californians now face devastating losses and soaring insurance costs.

SB 222 offers a solution: holding oil companies responsible for the damage they caused. #SB222

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April 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Love it
socalmom.bsky.social Donna Schwartz Mills @socalmom.bsky.social · Apr 5
This may be the most beautiful sign I have seen at one of these (even though the subject matter is so ugly). The artist who painted it said she started it feeling angry and it was therapeutic. Especially love the bling. #HandsOffLA
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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This may be the most beautiful sign I have seen at one of these (even though the subject matter is so ugly). The artist who painted it said she started it feeling angry and it was therapeutic. Especially love the bling. #HandsOffLA
April 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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It will be interesting if Trump will be the one to end Capitalism as we know it
April 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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yairwallach.bsky.social
Professor Avi Rubin of Ben Gurion University, on Harvard's shameful removal of Professor Cemal Kafadar from his role as head of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. (Statement from Facebook).
This morning, I was shocked to read the news from Harvard—the university where I completed my doctorate and which once felt like home. The director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies was removed from his position amidst a political purge led by the Trump administration. That director is one of my doctoral advisors, Professor Cemal Kafadar. Professor Kafadar is a distinguished scholar, a true intellectual, and a kind and generous person. As his former student and a current colleague, I can say that I never once heard him say anything that made me feel uncomfortable as an Israeli—quite the opposite. He always spoke with great respect about his Israeli colleagues and consistently made sure to avoid engaging in “sensitive” political topics, both in class and in personal meetings. Three years ago, the Israeli Historical Society invited Professor Kafadar to deliver a lecture series at the prestigious Stern Forum in Jerusalem, and I had the privilege of interviewing him for History, the journal of the Israeli Historical Society. I’ve been familiar with the vile crusades led by some Jewish and Israeli individuals against anyone who dares utter a word of criticism about Israel. In my Harvard years I first encountered the cynical manipulation of the term “antisemitism,” stripped of all meaning and weaponized for right-wing agendas. Now some group of Harvard alumni (I have no idea who they are) published a report that cites an anonymous student who claimed Professor Kafadar expressed a pro-Palestinian sentiment. In the twisted conceptual universe of these antisemitism hunters, most of my posts and opinions would earn me the label of “antisemite.” This is how autocracies—and autocracies in the making—operate. Everyone is a target, even those who think they’re safe because they’ve always made sure to stay outside the danger zone.
March 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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joelhs.bsky.social
If Trump had been president in the 1950's, when the moral panic du jour was Communism and not DEI, he would absolutely have gone after Eastern European Jews for deportation. And the Jewish organizations getting behind deportations in the name of "fighting antisemitism" do not seem to realize this.
March 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM