משה האָלעב
mishaholleb.bsky.social
משה האָלעב
@mishaholleb.bsky.social
מחבר און טראנססעקסואלער פרומער יידישער אנארכיסט (ער/אים)
Author and transsexual orthodox Jewish anarchist (he/him)

Founder of the Pink Peacock @dirozevepave.bsky.social

www.mishaholleb.com
The article doesn't note how many antizionist minyonim are popping up in Brooklyn

Some aren't so public so I won't list them, but I know of at least 3 TradEgal, 1 liberal/nondenominational, and 1 orthodox Brooklyn minyon (mine! roshpinoh.nyc) which are explicitly antizionist
Minyon Rosh Pinoh
Minyon Rōsh Pinoh is a trans-led, Covid-conscious frum antizionist minyon in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
roshpinoh.nyc
September 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm quoted but this is the best part 😂
September 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reposted by משה האָלעב
Don't forget the zines!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Get off social media and read the whole dvar and discussion!

It's paywalled at $5/mo to pay the writers, but DM me if you need the link to read it for free :)

www.mishaholleb.com/5785-ki-seyt...
Ki Seytsey and a Feminist Defense of Halakhic Egalitarianism / כי־תצא און אַ פֿעמיניסטישע פֿאַרטיידיקונג פֿון הלכישן עגאַליטאַריזם
A response piece in discourse with "A Feminist Critique of Traditional Egalitarianism"
www.mishaholleb.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Finally, an appeal:

Aseel is a Gazan refugee who needs help. She’s a med student in al-Mansura, Egypt, studying and supporting her entire surviving family. She needs help with tuition and basic expenses.

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to Palestine

www.gofundme.com/f/help-aseel...
Donate to Help Aseel’s family survive., organized by Drea Vegana
Aseel’s family is stuck in the open air prison of Rafah, Gaza where Israel is forcibly starvi… Drea Vegana needs your support for Help Aseel’s family survive.
www.gofundme.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
May we continue to argue, cite sources, and rebuke. May our Jewish communities rest on foundations of solidarity, strengthened rather than shaken by disagreement. May we live to see a Judaism free of the scourge of ethnonationalism. May we see it because we build it.
September 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I strongly disagree with some of Lexi's rebuttal but more strongly do I believe that discourse between trans Jews is vital, and I'm honored to host such a discussion.
September 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"In depriving women of our davening obligations, Misha upholds the very dynamic that forces observant women into the misogynist position of domestic laborer."
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Misha’s primary critique revolves around the misogynist dynamics of care work: 'When everyone is equally obligated in everything—in spending so much time studying and davening in shul—who does the domestic labor?'"
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"We know that there is no divinely decreed category of 'Man'.

We do not presume there to be an abstract system of theoretical concepts underlying the halakhic process. Therefore, there is no such thing as ‘halakhic gender’ or ‘halakhic sex.’ ‘Woman’ means whatever it means to be a woman."
September 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Lexi asks, "How can we, as feminists, devote our lives to a system of religious obligation like halakha, with its history of misogyny—or any system that makes claims of absolute authority upon us?"
September 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Lexi is responding to my earlier dvar, "The Feminist Case Against Traditional Egalitarianism"

www.mishaholleb.com/5785-pinkhos/
Pinkhos and the Feminist case against Traditional Egalitarianism / פּינחס און דער פֿעמיניסטער ענין קעגן טראַדיציאָנאַלע עגאַליטאַריאַניזם
Universal obligation is unsustainable and puts undue strain on the women it seeks to liberate.
www.mishaholleb.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Finally, an appeal:

My friend Kamal needs help. He is struggling to find food and pay for medical treatment for his family in Gaza, and eventually to go to Greece to search for his missing son who fled in a lifeboat.

Please share and donate what you can.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-kamal...
Donate to Help Kamal rebuild his life and search for his missing son., organized by Walid Ech chafnaje Bendourou
Help Kamal Escape Gaza to Find His Son in Greece Hello, my n… Walid Ech chafnaje Bendourou needs your support for Help Kamal rebuild his life and search for his missing son.
www.gofundme.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Get off social media and read the full drash on mishaholleb.com

It's $5/mo. DM me and I'll send you the link to read it for free :)
Misha Holleb
Jewish and queer politics from an orthodox transsexual anarchist perspective. Sometimes in Yiddish יידיש
mishaholleb.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
During Elul, we're tasked with reflecting on ourselves and our communities. What do we want from the people who cheered on the genocide and are now expressing not moral outrage but discomfort with all the death?

What is the value of "I told you so"?
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I am assuming that the majority of my followers did not become antizionists in the past 2 years. We entered this war with our eyes open and our hearts aching.
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף
"Justice, justice you shall pursue" (16:20)

It’s a nice slogan, but the words are meaningless unless we act. Rhetoric without reckoning (thanks @simonerzim.bsky.social & @jewishcurrents.bsky.social) jewishcurrents.org/rhetoric-wit...
Rhetoric Without Reckoning
A new wave of liberal Zionist criticism of the Israeli government rings hollow without accountability for the genocide.
jewishcurrents.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Gender loss (and case loss) is happening organically in Yiddish, and they're also opting for the feminine: in Contemporary Hasidic Yiddish people use די ("deh", sometimes spelled דע) for all singular nouns, and the familiar די ("di") for plural
May 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The fact that blusky and insta both flag this image of nude men tenderly, nonsexually embracing as "adult" is exactly why I'm abandoning social media for email lists

It's $5/month to subscribe, which is an important part of my income; but if you can't swing it, DM and I'll send you the free link
May 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM