MaytalKowalski
@maytalkowalski.bsky.social
Canadian-Israeli. Executive Director: JSpaceCanada. 2021 Israel Policy Forum convener. Views my own.
Absolutely wild to fight for decades for self-determination and sovereignty, for the rights and responsibilities of all other nation-states in the family of nations, and then act aghast when you're asked to uphold said responsibilities.
Jewish Federations of North America denounce ICC arrest warrants as "historically unjust"
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Man in north Israel killed in latest barrage; IDF: 10 rockets fired from Lebanon
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November 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Absolutely wild to fight for decades for self-determination and sovereignty, for the rights and responsibilities of all other nation-states in the family of nations, and then act aghast when you're asked to uphold said responsibilities.
Hey, remember that time I was fired from my job at the Jewish Federation because I said that because we love Israel, we should do more to oppose the judicial overhaul?
Gtfo with these orgs being "neutral" already.
Gtfo with these orgs being "neutral" already.
Karen Paikin Barall, the chief lobbyist for the Jewish Federations of North America said to a shocked audience at the organization's annual General Assembly last week, “We should all look forward to the day we can hope to buy townhouses in the West Bank and Gaza”
In a federation official’s remark about resettling Gaza, signs of tension among Jewish groups in the new Trump era - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
"We all left pretty offended, honestly,” one Jewish community relations council leader said after a divisive meeting the week after the election.
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November 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Hey, remember that time I was fired from my job at the Jewish Federation because I said that because we love Israel, we should do more to oppose the judicial overhaul?
Gtfo with these orgs being "neutral" already.
Gtfo with these orgs being "neutral" already.
This is partially our doing though. As many diaspora Jews realized their misalignment with the organized community, we simply walked away. Therefore, the median leader doesn't need to, and isn't trying to appeal to us, they're trying to appeal to their 6 big donors, who are also open Kahanists.
November 19, 2024 at 7:25 PM
This is partially our doing though. As many diaspora Jews realized their misalignment with the organized community, we simply walked away. Therefore, the median leader doesn't need to, and isn't trying to appeal to us, they're trying to appeal to their 6 big donors, who are also open Kahanists.
While there are certainly criticisms to be made of the diaspora pro-democracy protest movement, how it has shifted the paradigm of the israel-diaspora relationship cannot be understated.
Summed up, as always, perfectly here by @abesilbe.bsky.social
Summed up, as always, perfectly here by @abesilbe.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 7:25 PM
While there are certainly criticisms to be made of the diaspora pro-democracy protest movement, how it has shifted the paradigm of the israel-diaspora relationship cannot be understated.
Summed up, as always, perfectly here by @abesilbe.bsky.social
Summed up, as always, perfectly here by @abesilbe.bsky.social