Feel like I am losing my mind with “Israel made him do it.” Is he the president of the US - and specifically the guy who said he is ruthless and beholden to no one - or is he a tiny lil bean 🫘

you know, this is why you should not elect people who have never once learned anything about anything

It goes right justified might to might makes right to might makes …might.

I respectfully disagree with this. Leaving Platner aside: That there are people who are antisemitic and criticize Israel doesn’t make criticism of Israel inherently antisemitic.

The word "Purim" comes from "pur," or "lot." Haman drew lots to decide when he would kill the Jews. Esther cast her lot with the Jewish people. This Purim, we are being asked how we'll choose to cast ours. At Nexus, our answer is with Jews and all who are on the side of democracy. 5/

Proximity to power is not, in and of itself, a good. It will not help, save, or improve things by itself. That part is up to you. 4/

Mordecai had this message delivered to Esther: 3/

At first, she resists. Speaking up against power comes with great risk. If she does this, the king could turn on her. But Mordecai reminds her that this self interest is short-sighted. 2/

On Purim, we read the story of Esther, who, at her cousin Mordecai's bidding, used her position of favor with the king to save Jews from a plot by the king's evil advisor, Haman, to kill them all. 1/

criterion channel rn has a collection called YEARNING and a collection called STUNTS! and between them exits the entire spectrum of human art and emotion

Your life can have no more value than the value that you attach to the lives of all others.

"For someone who likes to brand himself the “peace president,” this is merely the latest blitz in Trump’s already lengthy record of waging war over the past year." Read the latest by @swin24.bsky.social, @andrewperez.bsky.social, and @premthakker.bsky.social here: zeteo.com/p/trump-was-...

Half a billion dollars gambling on death and destruction. We are a diseased society. bsky.app/profile/bloo...

It is actually offensive to our object permanence to have this administration say they are going to war to defend protesters and human dignity

only 21% of voters support attacking iran. i'll remind you that jewish support of the iran nuclear deal far outpaced that of non-jews. which would suggest to me that american jews are likely not as enthusiastic for this war as our establishment institutions would like everyone to believe

Probably been posted already

I’m sure that the families of Reneé Good and Alex Pretti appreciate that President Trump has justified this action as accountability for those who kill peaceful protestors.

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say reut.rs/4l9SCAs

After horse escapes, Congress must weigh whether to close barn door. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

A better future, you say www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...

And it's both true that the president and defense sec (and secretary of state, and) are not Jewish and most American Jews did not vote for Trump and that some Jews *did* want this (including the PM of the Jewish state) and explaining all that takes less time than "the Jews got us into war"

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I used to think that I was a determined person but I realize now that I have never shown the kind of commitment to anything that my baby is showing to crawling down the hallway so as to dump the contents of the dog’s water bowl on the floor.

Shaul’s new translation book is out and Open Access—making accessible selections from the writings of the Satmar Rebbe (i.e. Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum) w/focus on recovering his significance as a political thinker @ucpress.bsky.social www.ucpress.edu/books/jewish...

A major shift, via Gallup. More from @joshuakeating.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/480...

It's true that other social media platforms have "system not a bug" features that encourage bigotry but also I had people on here telling me Hitler had a point earlier this week because I wrote a piece saying that Jews should fight antisemitism by building solidarity and investing in media literacy

Norman Jewison said when they talked to him about making the movie that he wasn't Jewish and they were like "ahaha yeah ...yeah we knew that..."

I reread Esther today, very moving ("Mordecai had this message delivered to Esther: “Do not imagine that you, of all the Jews, will escape with your life by being in the king’s palace") but also so funny that she demands a wine feast and he's like okay what do you want Esther and she says this

One family is about to control CBS, CNN, HBO, and TikTok. They’ll buy Warner Brothers with $24 billion from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi. To win over Trump, they canceled Colbert, blocked a 60 Minutes CECOT investigation, and blocked Talarico. Much more will follow. Block this rotten deal.

At the end of the day, Andrea, is this not the most human thing about the man

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The us women’s hockey team got to hang out with my favorite fictional cardinal from conclave

Last week, my mother took me and my kids to see the school where, 60 years ago, she was among the first wave of Black students to integrate a previously all-White school. We wanted to remind my kids that Black history is not just famous people in textbooks, it is often the people right next to you.

Calling the claim of genocide a “blood libel” dilutes the meaning of one of the most dangerous antisemitic tropes in history. Weaponizing this term makes it harder to identify when actual blood libel is directed at Jews and weakens the very language we need to protect ourselves.

A must read

Was called hysterical in 2021 when I said Bennett was in many ways to the right of Netanyahu on the Palestinian issue because Bennett was actually on the record for far longer as being in favor of annexation without integration.

In fact if you just quote these politicians you are deemed as somehow smearing Israel, which is incredible given that they are the leaders of the country and this is what they are saying repeatedly and in public

BREAKING: Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard during campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

When I was pregnant, which I v much wanted to be, I had gestational diabetes, which means I'm now at greater risk of having diabetes in regular life. Also, during an unplanned c-section, my bladder was cut. And all things considered that was a pretty easy pregnancy.

“They have adopted this mindset where there’s an almost sacred sense that Poles during World War II were either victims or heroes... Any story that anyone tells that contradicts that, or that adds that some Poles were perpetrators, is anathema to that.” www.timesofisrael.com/poland-inves...

In a new WaPo-ABC poll, 79% of Democrats say they are certain to vote in November, compared to 65% of Republicans. The largest gap in that question since 2006. (You're basically seeing exactly this in special election after special election.) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

On Tucker... This is about an interview by Tucker Carlson of Mike Huckabee, by @emilyctamkin.bsky.social. substack.com/app-link/pos...

This is just a great piece

I am not watching but I did just take a moment to think about how [redacted] it is that Trump is president so it's *like* I watched.

President Trump just said, “We lifted 2.4 million Americans off of food stamps.” A reminder of what happened to those 2.4 million Americans:

Honestly it's better this way

The state of our union

What do you want me to do with this, Del.

FBI Director Kash Patel is under fire over videos of him celebrating with the men’s U.S. hockey team. The FBI had said Patel’s trip to Italy was for official travel, but critics are now questioning that amid broader questions about his leadership. https://to.pbs.org/40vRZY8

You asked a question about antisemitism and genocide in response to an article about antisemitism so the idea that Jews are irrelevant to your question is most confounding to me but we all see things differently on this rock hurtling through space. I wish you the best.