It's good that Zohran Mamdani calls AIPAC's support for the death of Palestinian children "monstrous." If you oppose the death and starvation of children, I do not understand holding a position of "It's more dangerous to call AIPAC 'monstrous' than it is to not-call AIPAC sufficiently monstrous."

For 1 month anytime somebody says they’re going to “the cape,” referring to Cape Cod or Cape May or whatever, I’m going to respond with “Oh wow, Cape Verde? Amazing! Vozinha was awesome in goal.”

It's May Day and nobody has offered me Bund cake

If all the discourse about antisemitism at Harvard had actually been about antisemitism at Harvard (as opposed to pro-Palestine protesters -- many of them Jews), it would probably matter to more people that Harvard is decimating the study of Yiddish on its campus. (1) saveharvardyiddish.org

The problem with artificial intelligence, that people don't talk enough about, is how I can no longer refer to Allen Iverson as AI without it being very confusing to people.

Hear me out hear me out. What if bundt cake, but at an event for Jewish socialists, so it's Bund cake?

I think the Heated Rivalry development I'm most thankful for is that the word "Hell" is actually less spicy than saying "H-E double hockey-stick."

A lotta people watching figure skating results and I know half of you are also thinking of Borat’s Kazakh national anthem and not wanting to admit it.

Gus Kenworthy has great penmanship. Sorry I typoed, *peenmanship*.

Deborah Lipstadt's "clarification." If you're saying "What's the problem? I referred to a white Christian 19-year-old's antisemitism as being part of 'intifada' and that's logical actually"... Maybe just take a step back from participating in conversations about antisemitism? You're not helping.

It makes Jews much less safe when we presume all antisemitism comes from Muslims, and imply it couldn’t possibly be Christians. Sincerely, A Jew who lived in Jackson, loved living there, wore a yarmulke every day, and is unsurprised a white, religious Christian man set fire to the synagogue there

Wow it’s worse than they predicted. Zohran got elected and immediately there are all these floating monsters in the New York City sky, trying to prey on our children and take their parents’ money. #Socialism #ChagTurkeySameach

Who is making the Hannah Einbinder “Go birds, F%#* ICE, Free Palestine” tote bag? The answer is not “nobody,” and I’d like to purchase 18 even though I’m meh on the birds part.

An under-discussed piece of how we're failing to clearly oppose the genocide of Palestinians (a Jewish "our" and also a broader American "our"), is how decades of knee-jerk "both-ands" and "multiple truths" in all respects have made us unable to process one group intentionally destroying another.

I did not think Cuomo would be the one to name that he might’ve lost the overall Jewish vote to Mamdani in the primary, due to all the Jews on the left who are pro-Palestine and socialist, but as someone who’s Jewish, pro-Palestine, and socialist — it’s a fun listen! forward.com/fast-forward...

Thank goodness that the ADL calmed us all down less than 6 months ago, reminding us it’s silly to presume that Elon Musk’s gesture was anything other than an “awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm,” and centrists shook their finger at us wacky leftists who thought maybe he kinda likes Nazis!

Oh sure ya the Brooklyn Nets just drafted two Jews — both Israeli citizens — with back to back 1st round picks. I’m sure New York and my fellow Jews will be very normal about this. Also, lol that this is not close to being the biggest New York story related to Jews today.

I am filled with joy about Zohran’s primary victory! Many of my grandparents and great-grandparents were Jewish Socialists — some in New York City. I think their emotion would also be joy. I’m sick of distillations of Jewishness, past and present, that make this feel surprising. It’s very common.

Just writing down a note to self to create a program someday about the history of the outrageous and frustrating organization known as the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, for the sake of the title "Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did you come from, COPMAJO?"

It's horrific that in our world "Palestinian children deserve to eat" is seen as "controversial." That Jewish orgs need to debate whether it's "mission-aligned" to sign onto that statement. Not complicated! Sign on! Individuals: www.foodaidforgaza.org Jewish Orgs: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We don't talk enough about how good "the rest is commentary, go and learn" is as a mic drop. Most arguments I'm in, I think about saying that at the end but then I remember only some people are Jewish.

"Israeli bombs do not distinguish between Hamas supporters and the thousands of Palestinians in Gaza who have turned out to protest Hamas. And the use of mass starvation as a military tactic? This is beyond inhuman. It is genocide." Important piece from @jaymichaelson.bsky.social.

Congress is pre-occupied with preserving Christian supremacists’ ability to say “the Jews killed Jesus.” We have a Jewish communal ecosystem that’s more concerned about college students calling for Palestinians to be free between 2 bodies of water. We waking up yet? forward.com/fast-forward...

As Jews say at the end of services: "Adonai li v'lo IHRA." This translates to "God is with me, No to IHRA [definition of antisemitism]."

"US Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...

Today is Tuesday. A good day for Jewish institutions, with decades of fear-mongering campaigns, to say: "We didn't realize our work to mark campus activism as antisemitic would contribute to the deportation of pro-Palestine students. We will do everything we can to undo the damage we've done."

I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do

“Pass over Pass over send Moses on over.” - Red Sea Rover (Reed Sea Rover for the nerds)

Here's a non-exhaustive list of terminated Jewish Studies NEH grants. To the rooftops: there's no sliver of a goal of "fighting antisemitism" when it comes to the decimation of higher ed. They're not "trying to fight antisemitism," but doing it inexpertly. "Combating antisemitism" is fully pretext.

As we prepare for Passover, remember that the reason Moses could never enter the promised land is that he hit Dwayne Johnson.

As we prep for Passover, remember that the company with all the foods and wine is pronounced "Man, I schvitz."

"We also share concerns over ways in which actions to combat campus antisemitism can actually fuel further antisemitism, feeding into longstanding tropes about outsized Jewish influence..." Nice quote, Hillel. Any ideas which orgs have done this fueling? www.timesofisrael.com/hillel-ceo-e...

People are talking about the attacks on higher education as potentially "leading to" a future where Jewish students will be endangered. It's now, y'all. How do you think Jewish international students feel right now? Jewish pro-Palestine students (there are tens of thousands)? Jewish Trans students?

@returnstosender.bsky.social: "Our NEH grant for 'In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union' has been terminated." This project doesn't support "the furtherance of the President’s agenda.'" Imagine believing Trump wants to "fight antisemitism."

🧵Proposed statement that I would love to see, from many Jewish institutions: "For decades, we have invested immense resources into the idea that college campuses are dangerous. That Jewish students are made unsafe by the presence of Pro-Palestine activists there..." (1/7)

Lots of "Criticism of Israel is not necessarily antisemitic" right now. True! It's also "don't think of an elephant." It still groups criticism-of-Israel with possible-antisemitism, without doing so for support-of-Israel. We should say "Support for Israel is not necessarily antisemitic" as well.

I'm gonna watch Charlie Kirk calling the 3rd section of the Tanakh "Kvetchim" every Friday afternoon as Shabbos prep from now on.

My new favorite video is Charlie Kirk trying to do a mic-drop about how much he knows about Judaism, only to break down the Tanakh as - Torah (correct) - "Nevilim" (not correct -- Prophets = "N'vi'im") and, not a joke... - "Kvetchim" (not correct -- Writings = "Ketuvim" -- but this is amazing).

This goes viral every once in a while. But the wild thing about it isn't "LOL, funny that pdf comes off as if it's a religion," but rather "No PDF starts as a PDF. So in this framework, we all have our religious-identities not because we're born that way, but because we 'convert' to them."

When people voice concern about antisemitism on campus, ask their thoughts about antisemitism toward non-Zionist Jews at UCLA, to glean if they’re interested in antisemitism…or just in squashing the voices of non-Zionists (Jews and otherwise). newvoices.org/2025/03/23/b...

Say it with me (and with @benlorber8.bsky.social, author of this great piece!): They. Don't. Care. About. Antisemitism. They're. Using us. To deport. Political. Opponents. (And, I would add, to decimate higher education as well) thehill.com/opinion/civi...

If you oppose the conflation of Zionism and Judaism, I do not understand why you would vote for any slate in the World Zionist Congress elections. This is one of the biggest projects perpetuating that conflation. It's a "Zionist" congress, without "Jewish" in its name, where only Jews can vote!

Many of us who have participated in non-violent pro-Palestine work are learning that if we were arrested tomorrow and called "a Hamas supporter" that y'all would believe it. Even if there's no evidence whatsoever. Some of you might follow with "Maybe still don't deport him." Still a wild feeling!

Opinion | We must end antisemitism at American Universities by deporting all the rootless cosmopolitans.

Gotta be one of the best things ever written. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/as-...

There don't need to be any caveats after "Free Mahmoud Khalil." There doesn't need to be a comma-but after "Mahmoud Khalil should not be deported." We can really just oppose the disappearing of political dissidents, without "even though I disagree with..." or "despite my problems with his work..."

Disgusting. ADoLatry strikes again. At some point a pro-Palestine Jew — from outside the US and attending an American university — is gonna be detained or deported. And a bunch of Jewish “legacy” institutions theoretically committed to “global Jewish peoplehood” (ADL first) will applaud that too.