Rabbi Benjamin David
@rabbibpd.bsky.social
Reform rabbi, Philly sports fan, 23x marathoner, cancer survivor, lover of burritos and irony
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Boston Marathon weekend is the best of us - unified, friendly, positive, honoring a longstanding American tradition and the will to overcome
April 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Boston Marathon weekend is the best of us - unified, friendly, positive, honoring a longstanding American tradition and the will to overcome
Boston Marathon weekend is the best of us - unified, friendly, positive, honoring a longstanding American tradition and the will to overcome
April 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Boston Marathon weekend is the best of us - unified, friendly, positive, honoring a longstanding American tradition and the will to overcome
Protest comes in many forms
April 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Protest comes in many forms
Shoutout to the guy who’s always been on the side of justice and moral clarity @booker.senate.gov
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Shoutout to the guy who’s always been on the side of justice and moral clarity @booker.senate.gov
It cannot be overstated how dangerous this is, especially for kids in states that want to wash away history and undo the stories of minority peoples in this country and/or kids in states that use the bible as a guidepost when it comes to public education.
Trump on the Department of Education: "We're gonna shut it down and shut it down as quickly as possible. It's doing us no good. We want to return our students to the states."
March 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It cannot be overstated how dangerous this is, especially for kids in states that want to wash away history and undo the stories of minority peoples in this country and/or kids in states that use the bible as a guidepost when it comes to public education.
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Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites to comply with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s order to scrub “diversity” content from its platforms.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the...
www.cnn.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites to comply with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s order to scrub “diversity” content from its platforms.
Shameful;
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites to comply with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s order to scrub “diversity” content from its platforms.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the...
www.cnn.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Shameful;
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It isn’t American, it isn’t democratic, it isn’t constitutional, it isn’t leading anywhere good
Tommy Tuberville: "When it comes to protesters, we gotta make sure we treat all of them the same: send them to jail."
March 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It isn’t American, it isn’t democratic, it isn’t constitutional, it isn’t leading anywhere good
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Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
This is disgusting, antisemitic and wrong
Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I'm concerned. He's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian."
March 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is disgusting, antisemitic and wrong
Once again, imagine if Obama, Biden...
President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Tesla facing a backlash over Elon Musk’s role in his administration, the president said he wanted to buy one of the company’s cars. It was an extraordinary scene of a president using the backdrop of the White House to boost sales.
Trump Poses With a Tesla, a Move Aimed Solely at Helping Musk
President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Elon Musk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Once again, imagine if Obama, Biden...
Tell that to the queer kids about to be erased by their school district changing a curriculum or the places that will no longer lean into America's long history of slavery. Tell that to Jewish kids who will be written out of the American story.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon delivered a stark message on Friday about the future of her agency. Asked on Fox News whether the U.S. “needs this department,” She answered: “No, we don’t.”
Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon Says We Don’t Need the Agency
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that President Trump intended to sign an executive order aimed at closing her department. The agency cannot be closed without approval from Congress.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Tell that to the queer kids about to be erased by their school district changing a curriculum or the places that will no longer lean into America's long history of slavery. Tell that to Jewish kids who will be written out of the American story.
The Shabbat before Purim is called Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Memory. More than ever we need to remember the strength within each of us, the strength our ancestors had to overcome hardship in their own time and we need to remember the sheer power of living with hope. #ShabbatShalom
March 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Shabbat before Purim is called Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Memory. More than ever we need to remember the strength within each of us, the strength our ancestors had to overcome hardship in their own time and we need to remember the sheer power of living with hope. #ShabbatShalom
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Chris Murphy: "Everyone who signs up to work for Donald Trump is signing up for one single project, and that is the transition of American democracy to a kind of kleptocratic oligarchy in which the billionaires rule and get to steal from regular Americans."
March 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Chris Murphy: "Everyone who signs up to work for Donald Trump is signing up for one single project, and that is the transition of American democracy to a kind of kleptocratic oligarchy in which the billionaires rule and get to steal from regular Americans."
(for those with a few million to spare)
The "gold card" President Trump has described would be a new visa granting lawful permanent resident status in the US and a pathway to citizenship. But a president alone can’t create a pathway to citizenship: cnn.it/4koXFfm
Why Trump’s ‘gold card’ proposal is more complicated than it sounds | CNN Politics
Immigration law experts say the “gold card” proposal is far more complicated and uncertain than President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made it sound when they announced it last w...
cnn.it
March 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
(for those with a few million to spare)
FINALLY someone has the courage to stand up to Zalensky, that selfish Ukrainian president trying to safeguard his people and fend off a neighboring dictator. FINALLY someone has the good sense to push back hard: Who exactly does that honest, modest, untiring Jew think he is after all??!
March 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
FINALLY someone has the courage to stand up to Zalensky, that selfish Ukrainian president trying to safeguard his people and fend off a neighboring dictator. FINALLY someone has the good sense to push back hard: Who exactly does that honest, modest, untiring Jew think he is after all??!
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Shabbat Shalom to the weary, exhausted Jewish people. We are - very much so - still here.
February 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Shabbat Shalom to the weary, exhausted Jewish people. We are - very much so - still here.
Shabbat Shalom to the weary, exhausted Jewish people. We are - very much so - still here.
February 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Shabbat Shalom to the weary, exhausted Jewish people. We are - very much so - still here.
How about this NY Times "Hamas violates ceasefire with terror attacks in Israel"??
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...
Multiple Bus Explosions in Israel Put Country on Terrorism Alert
The attempted attacks on Thursday, which injured no one but shut down buses and trains across the country, came amid Israel’s ongoing raids in the West Bank and as its cease-fire with Hamas in Gaza ne...
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How about this NY Times "Hamas violates ceasefire with terror attacks in Israel"??
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/w...
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@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."
February 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."
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Hamas to release 6 living hostages on Saturday, after returning 4 bodies Thursday https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-to-release-6-living-hostages-on-saturday-after-returning-4-bodies-thursday/
Hamas to release 6 living hostages on Saturday, after returning 4 bodies Thursday
Only 3 living hostages were to go free on Sat., but Hamas will instead free all 6 of phase 1's remaining living hostages; families updated; FM says phase 2 talks to start this week
www.timesofisrael.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hamas to release 6 living hostages on Saturday, after returning 4 bodies Thursday https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-to-release-6-living-hostages-on-saturday-after-returning-4-bodies-thursday/
in our backyard - very scary
A large fire broke out at a manufacturing site for aviation products in Pennsylvania on Monday night, engulfing the building in flames and closing nearby schools over fears of hazardous air pollution, officials said.
Large Fire Erupts at Industrial Complex in Pennsylvania, Closing Schools
The building was evacuated and nobody was injured, the police said, but heavy smoke and the possibility of burning chemicals led officials to close local schools.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
in our backyard - very scary