ICE is still kidnapping people in NYC. Here's a call for rent support for families affected by an ICE abduction in Queens. Shared to me by a trusted friend. Please feel free to donate if you're moved and able.

Thank you so much for supporting our work ✊💛

In case you missed it, here is JFREJ’s Haggadah supplement for the year 5786, featuring beautiful artwork from Lena Rivkah, and fundraising for the @envfreefund.bsky.social to free immigrants from ICE captivity: jfrej.org/supplement

Powerful words of Torah from @aminsky256.bsky.social. Go read!

We’re in the final days of the state budget, and we need to make sure that leadership hears from us. If you haven’t yet, click the link below to send a letter to your legislators calling to tax the rich for care! JFREJ.org/taxtherich

On this TDOV, please visit this link and tell the Mayor to make good on his fine words, fine Mt. Sinai and Langone for denying trans kids health care, and direct NYC Hospitals + Health to provide those kids care. gregpak.net/2026/03/27/t...

“J-pilled” is not slang for “skepticism of Israeli influence”. The first clue is what the “J” in “J-pilled” stands for.

BREAKING: Governor Hochul's Budget Director ignores home care consumer and advocate, Julie Farrar, after selling her care out to private equity-backed corporation, PPL. #SaveCDPAP

It's almost as if the organizations that claim to speak on behalf of American Jews actually represent a particular donor class that is much to the right of the median American Jew.

No to fascism. No to racism and bigotry. No to apartheid and genocide. No to all those who try to divide us.

“Goldman’s record neatly illustrates a particular kind of Democrat: one who leverages credibility earned through articulate attacks on Donald Trump while declining to challenge the policies that gave Trump fodder to begin with.” NY10 deserves better. That’s why we support @bradlander.bsky.social.

Incredible turnout & energy today from our members, elected allies like @bradlander.bsky.social , @tiffanycaban.bsky.social & @shahanafrombk.bsky.social alongside all our proud @socialists.nyc leaders & organizers! TY @sanders.senate.gov for continually being a Jewish Leftist trailblazer and leader!

Join JFREJ and @bradlander.bsky.social at Seder in the Streets Monday, April 6! RSVP: jfrej.org/seder

TODAY! See you soon @sanders.senate.gov

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice praying with our feet today to say NO KINGS, NO ICE, NO BOMBS! Proud to march with the broader Jewish contingent and thousands of our fellow New Yorkers after gathering in the park for Shabbat prayers.

🚨The security perimeters embedded in the no-speech zone bills would give the NYPD broad discretion to censor speech, target protesters, and arrest dissenters. That's the last thing New Yorkers need.

There should be just as much political pressure on elected officials to condemn Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism as there is to condemn antisemitism.

This is appalling and terrifying. There's a broader climate of political violence, Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism and misogyny that have contributed to this. It's not okay. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/n...

Islamophobia and antisemitism go hand-in-hand. The work to dismantle them is inextricably bound. That's what safety in solidarity means.

Scenes from tonight’s art build! Get ready to see these gorgeous signs in the streets this spring. Even better, join us on Sunday for the next art build to help make our movements irresistible: www.jfrej.org/events/2026/... 🥰

We’re extremely disappointed that the City Council voted to pass Intros 001 and 175, bills that serve to generate headlines and convey concern, but not to materially make our city safer for all New Yorkers, including Jews. Our statement:

New Yorkers gathered on the steps of city hall today to say NO to buffer zones, NO to censorship, NO to empowering the cops to violently policing protest they disagree with. @nyclu.org @aqeny.bsky.social @nycforabortion.bsky.social @legalaidnyc.bsky.social @palestinelegal.bsky.social

These bills are not about safety - they are about criminalizing protected speech, and they will put communities at risk of police scrutiny and violence.” “In a city as dense as New York they would drastically curtail the right to protest.” Ellis Garey, @palestinelegal.bsky.social

Paula Garcia-Salazar from @legalaidnyc.bsky.social: “What we’ll see with these bills is more arrests more criminalization of Black and Brown people and more harmful interactions with police.”

“Antisemitism is not divorced from other types of hate. These bills are about restricting speech - a matter of great historical importance to Jewish New Yorkers.” “Legislation that restricts protest undermines the society we all cherish.” Rabbi Barat Ellman @jfrejnyc.bsky.social

"The rise in anti-semitism is real. But no-speech zones restricting speech and assembly are not the solution." "Understanding comes from dialogue, compassion, and connection — not criminalization. We cannot arrest our way to a climate of understanding." 🔥 @dlnyclu.bsky.social

"Right now, the City Council is voting on 2 bills that would give the NYPD free rein to establish no-speech zones – or so-called 'security perimeters' – outside of NYC's houses of worship & educational facilities." "These bills are dangerous + unnecessary." @dlnyclu.bsky.social

"We’re here today b/c the City Council is voting on 2 bills that threaten our First Amendment right to speak out, regardless of our political point of view." "This is no time for our political leaders to be pressing for legislation that could endanger our right to protest." - @dlnyclu.bsky.social

Important reporting from @nyc.streetsblog.org that shows exactly why civil liberties groups don't trust leaving buffer zone enforcement to NYPD discretion: a retired NYPD chief admitting using discretion around ticketing to let off allies & friends. Selective suppression of speech is inevitable.

"As faith leaders of 3 spiritual traditions, we oppose the City Council’s 'security perimeter' legislation around houses of worship, educational facilities and beyond." Powerful op-ed by a Reverend, Rabbi, and Imam opposing @council.nyc.gov buffer zone bills. We urge the City Council to vote NO.

Proud to be doing this with the support of my powerful comrades!

New Yorkers deserve solutions that meaningfully address hate violence — not political theater & half-measures. Instead of voting to pass unserious & anti-democratic “buffer zone” bills, @council.nyc.gov should invest $26-30 million in evidence-based non-carceral hate violence prevention. Read why:

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This Sunday. Lehman College. Bernie Sanders. You. Me. Us. TAX THE RICH.

JFREJ’s Bronx neighborhood group has been organizing know-your-rights canvasses in Kingsbridge & Riverdale to make sure New Yorkers know what to do and what our rights are if we encounter ICE. Next up: business canvasses in Brooklyn ➡️ www.jfrej.org/events/2026/...

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

Yesterday there was yet another incident of hate violence targeting a Muslim woman in NYC. This is exactly why we need to invest $26-30 million in non-carceral hate violence prevention in NYC. Grateful to @nycprogressives.bsky.social for backing the plan. We need all of @council.nyc.gov on board!

Traditional responses—primarily policing and prosecution—have not succeeded in reversing the trend of growing hate violence in our city and across the country We appreciate JFREJ’s leadership on this critical issue 🔗 Read more at nycagainsthate.org

🎉 ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Following an internal vote, we have formally adopted @jfrejnyc.bsky.social’s Hate Violence Prevention plan for FY27 JFREJ proposes over $26 million invested in hate-violence prevention initiatives grounded in research and community-based public safety approaches

We’re calling on New York to invest over $26 million in non-carceral hate violence prevention to make our city safer for everyone — no matter where we came from, when we got here, what we look like, who we love, or how we pray. #NYCAgainstHateViolence

📣 Join us at City Hall this Thursday as we fight back against the City Council’s proposed “buffer zone” bills. Make your voice heard: Demand your representatives reject these attempts to stifle free speech.

This past week 30+ JFREJers did endorsement interviews w/ @eonforassembly.bsky.social , Aber Kawas , @stevenraga.bsky.social , @brianrny.bsky.social & @david4queens.com & we’ve had great conversations about care policy, combating antisemitism, immigrant rights, & more! Join the 2nd round:

Hatred in all forms fuels violence. Direct opposition, concrete action, is needed to disarm that hate. @jfrejnyc.bsky.social and partners put forward a plan for holistic hate violence prevention, with evidence-backed solutions like relationship-building and anti‑bias education. nycagainsthate.com

Seeing ICE detaining people at airports is so sickening and so are the details about the LGA plane crash. Just a fraction of the money they’re using to brutalize families could be spent on rehiring air traffic controllers, who they fired so they could brutalize more people

Keeping dark money out of politics should be a unifying issue for Democrats. So I'm challenging my opponent to agree to the “People's Pledge” to reduce super PAC spending in NY-10. What do you say, @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co?

No ICE. No Kings. No war on Iran.

“I am political,” Ms. Rachel told me of her new effort to free kids from ICE detention. “It’s political to believe that children are worthy of love … and that our care shouldn’t stop at what we look like, our family, at our religion, at a border. Mr. Rogers was very political.”

No Kings No ICE No War

TY to the electeds who joined us Thurs to unveil the #NYCAgainstHateViolence proposal for NYC to invest $26M+ in non-carceral hate violence prevention! @jumaane.bsky.social @tiffanycaban.bsky.social @sandynurse.bsky.social @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social @cmcrystalhudson.bsky.social nycagainsthate.org