Thinking about this midrash I learned with @sararonis.bsky.social The Roman Empire is like a pig - just as a pig covers itself in mud but shows off its hooves as if to say "look how kosher and clean I am!" Rome is prideful and violent and thieving but loves to show off its courts of justice. 1/2

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I wanted to tell a joke about Rachel, but someone said I had to tell one about Leah first

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News you can use (if you are in the Tennessee 7th)

May their memories be for a blessing. And a revolution

Paging @theradr.bsky.social!!! This needs to be somebody’s YK mincha sermon or a bonus chapter in the next edition of your book

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

I’ve been in transit all afternoon and was fried enough that for this last bit I somehow thought it was a good idea to get in a cab in midtown during rush hour on a weekday. Clearly, I’ve been in the Midwest for too long.

Did tampons in bathrooms ruin the workplace Did that cute girl from HR with the skirts ruin the workplace Did the fact I can’t call ladies “toots” ruin the workplace Did women stopping wearing pantyhose ruin the workplace Did that harpie who told me I can’t snap bras anymore ruin the workplace

This brings me joy

We celebrate the ceasefire and impending end to the war and call on all parties to uphold their agreements. There is a long path ahead to achieve true justice for Palestinians and Israelis, and we remain committed to seeking a just, negotiated political solution.

פתקא טבא! The idea of Hoshana Rabbah as the day where we slide our last little post-its of supplication through the gates before they close feels particularly resonant this year.

Sequim. Also Puyallup.

I think this is exactly the thread I needed as I get ready to head out the door for Kol Nidre (especially as someone who does not fast)

I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

The Jewish calendar is full of opportunities to begin again. This Rosh Hashanah, may we find the compassion, inner strength, and hope we need to choose the path of repentance and pursue justice in 5786. Shanah tovah from all of us at T'ruah.

The arc of the covenant.

There are two teenagers in in my kitchen, making Shabbat dinner and listening to their music. I am grateful to have entered this new life stage, but also would very much like to know what these musicians have against the concept of a melody

So much fun to visit the LiST House of Study! Thanks @theradr.bsky.social for the invitation

@titonka.bsky.social is, as always, so freaking smart

Age verification? I remember when Sleater-Kinney was just a street

There is nothing quite like the feeling of having just refilled 3 months worth of insulin and diabetes tech supplies. If the zombie apocalypse came now, I’d have a cushion. And everyone with #T1D should have access to this feeling. #insulinforall

Fascinating theory. Great thread

Jewish orgs Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Association are giving out interest-free loans to LGBTQ+ folks who need to re-locate but can’t afford it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE JEWISH. “The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”

One of the great gifts of the modern world is that we have built a world in which children do not die nearly as much. But it was, and remains, awful. Always a tragedy. Always, without reservation, a breaking of hearts all around them.

One of my favorite annual @democracynow.org traditions is that we always play this video of James Earl Jones reading Frederick Douglass's speech "What to the Slave is the 4th of July?" If you've never read or heard the speech, it's well worth your time.

Trump tonight in Des Moines, talking about the estate tax: "if you love them, or if you love somebody that you're leaving [a farm] to, think of that -- no death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowings from, in some cases a fine banker, and in some cases shylocks, bad people."

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

This isn’t a thread about the Talmud, except for how it totally is

What @amyspitalnick.bsky.social said

May every single human being on this planet be safe. May every single person be protected from harm. May we bring into being a time in which we are all free from those who do evil— together, speedily and in our days.

*taps the sign*

When you’ve lost Tom Friedman…

Let’s be really clear here because it’s VERY important. It’s *christian evangelical Zionism* that is doing this. They are currently in control of our government. And protecting Israel so all the Jews can go there to die and start the rapture is their end game. Jews are a pawn they’re hiding behind.

Apparently, it’s been 8 years. Y’all know the rules

Evergreen skeet

Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching. Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.

if you've ever wondered why -the administration keeps passing laws abusive to children -generations of christians have embraced authoritarians so fulsomely -US policy towards Israel is so weird -and more, look no further than MY BOOK bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

“Over 550 rabbis and cantors have signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration for “abusing the issue” of antisemitism, joining a growing chorus of opposition from Jewish leaders.” www.jta.org/2025/04/28/u...

wrote about the importance of ambition and political leadership

Important thread. Read it all the way down. My key takeaway, from near the end: “Do small kind things for other people. And find a group of people who are DIFFERENT than you, and join them. Listen. Work with them. Offer your skills and resources. LEARN.”

I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to do a challenging and transformative Americorps year post-college, and I am gutted by what has happened to these volunteers

A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rule of law.

When ancient texts speak directly to modern times. @miriamanzovin.bsky.social and R’Elazar bring the 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The CCAR, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, RAC, URJ, NCJW, ACC, HIAS, RA, Reconstructing Judaism, and Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association - these organizations represent the vast majority of American Jews, so people blaming us for the actions of Christian Nationalists need to shut up.

In case anyone else needs this reminder right now

Honored to have been a part of this conversation about covenantal community. Let me know what you think! evolve.reconstructingjudaism.org/covenantal-c...