Phylisa Wisdom
@phylisawisdom.bsky.social
ED of New York Jewish Agenda (NYJA). Brooklyn enthusiast, here for the discourse.
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"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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“Secret police” are your words, not mine. Seems like you’ve been giving them a lot of thought.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
July 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Secret police” are your words, not mine. Seems like you’ve been giving them a lot of thought.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
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This violence does nothing to help the Palestinian cause, but will raise tensions in NY and undermine the work being done to advance peace in Israel & Palestine. This senseless, antisemitic attack contributes to growing fears in Jewish communities in NY & throughout the country. 2/4
May 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This violence does nothing to help the Palestinian cause, but will raise tensions in NY and undermine the work being done to advance peace in Israel & Palestine. This senseless, antisemitic attack contributes to growing fears in Jewish communities in NY & throughout the country. 2/4
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We are shocked by the vile, antisemitic attack last night outside the AJC event at the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. 1/4
May 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We are shocked by the vile, antisemitic attack last night outside the AJC event at the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. 1/4
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Supporting hostages & supporting 1st amendment is not either/or choice. Nor does one have to agree w/what a person says to believe they have right to say it--and to not be deported. Anyone committed to democracy & the Jewish people must reject such binaries.
jewishinsider.com/2025/05/dan-...
jewishinsider.com/2025/05/dan-...
Dan Goldman: Democrats shouldn’t make antisemitic visa holders into ‘martyrs’
The New York congressman said that his party needs to be focusing more heavily on the hostages, rather than the detentions of antisemitic campus activists
jewishinsider.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Supporting hostages & supporting 1st amendment is not either/or choice. Nor does one have to agree w/what a person says to believe they have right to say it--and to not be deported. Anyone committed to democracy & the Jewish people must reject such binaries.
jewishinsider.com/2025/05/dan-...
jewishinsider.com/2025/05/dan-...
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April 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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JFNA and Eric Fingerhut attacking a statement from the Conservative & Reform movements & others, organized by JCPA, as not “mainstream”…. tells me that JFNA in fact is outside the mainstream.
This attack inspired me to make a gift to JCPA. Join me: jewishpublicaffairs.org/donate/
This attack inspired me to make a gift to JCPA. Join me: jewishpublicaffairs.org/donate/
A minor scoop: A letter from the JFNA lays a line in the sand in what will be a battle among Jews over accommodating the Trump administration or opposing it. open.substack.com/pub/ronkampe...?
Trump’s arrests of Israel critics sets the stage for a battle for the American Jewish soul
Opposition versus accommodation
open.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
JFNA and Eric Fingerhut attacking a statement from the Conservative & Reform movements & others, organized by JCPA, as not “mainstream”…. tells me that JFNA in fact is outside the mainstream.
This attack inspired me to make a gift to JCPA. Join me: jewishpublicaffairs.org/donate/
This attack inspired me to make a gift to JCPA. Join me: jewishpublicaffairs.org/donate/
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Did the president come out with strong condemnation of this attack on a Jewish governor on the first night of Pass– what’s that? He gave a brief statement claiming the guy wasn’t a “Trump fan”? And then his admin went back to threatening students over “antisemitism”? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
April 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Did the president come out with strong condemnation of this attack on a Jewish governor on the first night of Pass– what’s that? He gave a brief statement claiming the guy wasn’t a “Trump fan”? And then his admin went back to threatening students over “antisemitism”? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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"I don't know how to read a story of deliverance from an unjust system w/o thinking of how my own country is...attempting to expel someone for their 'expected beliefs,' or of how this is being done in the name of Jewish safety"
For @forward.com on Moses & Mahmoud Khalil
forward.com/opinion/7119...
For @forward.com on Moses & Mahmoud Khalil
forward.com/opinion/7119...
Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil
As Judge Jamee Comans has ruled Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, U.S. Jews celebrating Passover must think harder about what liberty means.
forward.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"I don't know how to read a story of deliverance from an unjust system w/o thinking of how my own country is...attempting to expel someone for their 'expected beliefs,' or of how this is being done in the name of Jewish safety"
For @forward.com on Moses & Mahmoud Khalil
forward.com/opinion/7119...
For @forward.com on Moses & Mahmoud Khalil
forward.com/opinion/7119...
I hope that at every single seder, as we contemplate and celebrate our ancient liberation story, we draw connections between what is being done in our names and what was historically done to us. None of this is about Jewish safety, none of this is okay.
BREAKING: An immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. His lawyers are expected to appeal.
Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil based on the federal government’s argument that he poses a national security risk.
bit.ly
April 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I hope that at every single seder, as we contemplate and celebrate our ancient liberation story, we draw connections between what is being done in our names and what was historically done to us. None of this is about Jewish safety, none of this is okay.
NYJA was proud to join this effort. May we go into Passover thinking about liberation for all people, and each of our roles in that.
New Jewish Narrative is one of 27 Jewish organizations that have filed a request to submit an amicus brief in federal court objecting to the arrest, detention, and potential deportation of a Tufts University student because of her political speech.
www.newjewishnarrative.org/commentary/n...
www.newjewishnarrative.org/commentary/n...
April 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NYJA was proud to join this effort. May we go into Passover thinking about liberation for all people, and each of our roles in that.
April 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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(🧵1/3) DHS can now deny immigration benefits -- including applying for visas and lawful residency -- based on whether or not the current administration thinks your social media activity aligns with *their* interpretation of antisemitism.
April 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
(🧵1/3) DHS can now deny immigration benefits -- including applying for visas and lawful residency -- based on whether or not the current administration thinks your social media activity aligns with *their* interpretation of antisemitism.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration will begin screening immigrants’ social media for “antisemitism.”
This will NOT fight antisemitism.
This is simply using Jews as an excuse to move a cruel, anti-immigrant, authoritarian agenda.
We refuse to be used this way.
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
This will NOT fight antisemitism.
This is simply using Jews as an excuse to move a cruel, anti-immigrant, authoritarian agenda.
We refuse to be used this way.
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
DHS to Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for Antisemitism | USCIS
Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying imm...
www.uscis.gov
April 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration will begin screening immigrants’ social media for “antisemitism.”
This will NOT fight antisemitism.
This is simply using Jews as an excuse to move a cruel, anti-immigrant, authoritarian agenda.
We refuse to be used this way.
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
This will NOT fight antisemitism.
This is simply using Jews as an excuse to move a cruel, anti-immigrant, authoritarian agenda.
We refuse to be used this way.
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
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Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
April 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Tonight we learned that it was indeed Andry, the gay man sent to El Salvador because of his “mom” and “dad” tattoos, who an American journalist saw sobbing as guards slapped him repeatedly and shaved his head.
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
He is an innocent. And Trump sent him to a torture prison.
Bring them back!
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It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story
April 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It has been two weeks since a Georgia woman was arrested for her miscarriage, and not one major national outlet has covered the story
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I am a proud Ohioan and stick up for my state constantly. Bernie Moreno does not represent the good in the Buckeye state. The fact that he has the audacity to call the highest ranking Jewish politician ( @schumer.senate.gov) fuhrer is beyond disgusting and antisemitic. All should condemn this.
April 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I am a proud Ohioan and stick up for my state constantly. Bernie Moreno does not represent the good in the Buckeye state. The fact that he has the audacity to call the highest ranking Jewish politician ( @schumer.senate.gov) fuhrer is beyond disgusting and antisemitic. All should condemn this.
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
Real ones thought about the Stackhouse filibuster episode all day.
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April 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Real ones thought about the Stackhouse filibuster episode all day.
cc @bradleywhitford.bsky.social
cc @bradleywhitford.bsky.social
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People on here who are poo-pooing Booker underestimate the power of storytelling in politics.
April 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
People on here who are poo-pooing Booker underestimate the power of storytelling in politics.
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can not believe new york times pitchbot is on blue sky
this place is going places i can feel it
this place is going places i can feel it
April 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
can not believe new york times pitchbot is on blue sky
this place is going places i can feel it
this place is going places i can feel it
Harvard’s president is okay with the Trump admin placing our community at the tip of its authoritarian spear, making us less safe by setting us up as scapegoats. They don’t know how to combat antisemitism, and they don’t actually care about doing so.
Here’s the email that Harvard University’s president, Alan Garber, sent to members of the Harvard community in response to this news.
April 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Harvard’s president is okay with the Trump admin placing our community at the tip of its authoritarian spear, making us less safe by setting us up as scapegoats. They don’t know how to combat antisemitism, and they don’t actually care about doing so.
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Oh my god. They deported a man who an immigration judge had declared was "more likely than not" to face persecution in El Salvador ... to El Salvador, during the big March 15 AEA flights!
They outright admit it! Yet the Trump admin's response to a court is basically "oops, well, no take backsies."
They outright admit it! Yet the Trump admin's response to a court is basically "oops, well, no take backsies."
April 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Oh my god. They deported a man who an immigration judge had declared was "more likely than not" to face persecution in El Salvador ... to El Salvador, during the big March 15 AEA flights!
They outright admit it! Yet the Trump admin's response to a court is basically "oops, well, no take backsies."
They outright admit it! Yet the Trump admin's response to a court is basically "oops, well, no take backsies."