"Our actions are working, and they are not enough. Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters. We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously. Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul. This is how change happens." Dan Berger

Excited to preorder this important collection edited by my old brilliant friend Sam Cohen with pieces by writers, scholars, librarians, and teachers including freedom to read hero @edrabinski.bsky.social. also it has a great subtitle: www.bloomsbury.com/us/banning-b...

Excited to pre-order this book edited by my old brilliant friend Sam Cohen with essays from scholars, teachers, writers, librarians featuring book-defending hero @edrabinski.bsky.social. and it has a great subtitle! www.bloomsbury.com/us/banning-b...

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

A chorus of Jewish New York communities, including Bend the Arc, are repudiating the ADL's blatant Islamophobia in a joint statement. Read more below:

the thinness of this is clear from the start: "We" do not ignore the vengeance in Purim story or Hagar; there is a rich interpretive tradition about both. the thinness of the Zionist-centric Jewish education you got doesn't mean other things don't exist.

Need that tap the sign meme with "it has come to my attention that people have been opining on Jewish literature who have not read Jews Without Money or @blbalthaser.bsky.social's scholarship and this must be rectified"

In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.

The PSC is proud to congratulate Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and every member who helped elect him, and fired up to continue the struggle for a New York we can all afford. Read the full statement from PSC President James Davis here: psc-cuny.org/news-events/...

Never let them say you can’t be a mensch AND a hater

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

Today is the day to elect “a socialist who’s young & lives in a rent-stabilized apartment, & knows how to do social media, & has moral clarity” ❤️🗽 Thank you to JFREJers Ruth + Barbara for so clearly articulating why they are Jews for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Let’s win this thing 💪

meanwhile the words: "Every time one of these murderers dies w/o having faced consequences for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death." 🔥🔥🔥

"Do these rabbis ever think about what message that sends to the women in their own congregations who are being sexually harassed, who might look to a rabbi for pastoral care? ... It says it is much less important to you than the principle of ensuring that Israel never faces accountability..."

We watched Princess bride the other night so now my kids call him “Dr sturgis and the inconceivable guy”

The Hasidic Jewish Community Council of Williamsburg is endorsing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social today 🗽💞 Honestly happy (and slightly surprised of myself) to say: I am once again proud of the neighborhood I was raised in, the Hasidic community in Williamsburg! www.williamsburg365.com/news/brookly...

BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews. In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.

𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 This Sunday, the PSC will join NYC unions & community orgs for a citywide GOTV rally & canvass. We will gather at Sunset Park in Brooklyn, near the flagpole by 41st & 6th Ave. Join us: psc-cuny.org/calendar/peo...

A good list for people in NYC to share about how people impacted by SNAP cuts might access some food: open.substack.com/pub/eboyle/p...

I'm a nobody so I can say this outloud: Zohran is wonderful, running a positive campaign but part of the joy is that seeing Cuomo fall reminds us that all petty tyrants fall, whether from elections, prisons, revolutions or the big sleep. Bullies out of power remind us there are really are no kings.

Hope you enjoy #NoCuomo!, a pro- #Zohran "Gaston"/Beauty & the Beast #parody I produced+cowrote for @jfrejnyc.bsky.social! Share to replace hate+disinfo with humor+joy! @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got majority of Jewish primary votes. We'll do it again! #LFG #NYC #Mayor #Election2025 #Cuomo #GOTV

Listen you all, I have my share of disagreements with both of these communities. But, keep in mind: those are the most visible Jews, which means they are usually the ones who suffer a lot directly when there is a rise of antisemitism. Make of it what you wish, that they would not release such a >

Tomorrow (10/30) will be our fourth weekly fast in solidarity with Gaza. Then next Weds (11/5) will mark one month of weekly fasts! We will be joined by special guest Robin D.G. Kelley in front of the GC, and then proceed indoors for an Iftar potluck. Sign up here tinyurl.com/CUNYSolidari...

I’m no Torah scholar but last week was Noah and sometimes I understand why god gets so fed up with humans most of the time

Arturo Enamorado III, a PSC Delegate from @cunykcc.bsky.social & mber of PSC’s Legislation Comm, made our case for electing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social mayor in front of a crowd of 10,000 yesterday in Queens. Arturo was part of a group of union speakers who kicked off the NY is Not for Sale rally.

I particularly liked the @jfrejnyc.bsky.social voter guide because they don't weigh in one way or another, but lay out the terrain and provide some more useful resources for further research

Fascism comes to my home town, which I thought of as the epitome of boring white suburbia when I was a kid. In some ways it's probably harder to protect people in these more spread out places. solidarity with everyone fighting in all the places

Let’s make Rudra’s birthday wish come true. Register to vote by 11:59pm tonight! zohranfornyc.com/register

Just a few more weeks to pre-order my debut collection Dear Mother from Main Street Rag! think grief, motherhood & middle age but with jokes. thanks to @carrieconners.bsky.social @daniarajendra.bsky.social @blbalthaser.bsky.social & @jwmason.bsky.social mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/dear...

𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 PSC members are campaigning to elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for mayor and to support @cuny.edu champions running for citywide office, borough president and City Council. Learn more: psc-cuny.org/issues/endor...

Mamdani: "I want to use this moment to speak to the Muslims of NYC. I want to speak to the memory of my aunt, who stopped taking the subway after 9/11 because she did not feel safe in a hijab. I want to speak for the Muslims who work for our city ... only to see their leaders spit in their face."

𝗡𝗬 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 October 28, 6:30-8:30PM NYU Cantor Center 36 E. 8th St. (2nd floor) PSC members must RSVP here tinyurl.com/HandsOffHE-O... by TOMORROW Oct. 24 – write “PSC/CUNY” in the organization field.

Cuomo is an asshat so it's infuriating but unsurprising that he's using bigotry the way he is but it's devastating that so many so-called spiritual leaders have chosen this path. thankfully the people are ahead of them.

Wild how comfortable goyish politicians are telling diverse working class New Yorkers “The reason we have to crush the guy who’s fighting to make life more affordable for you is the Jews” while claiming to be OPPONENTS of antisemitism.

PSC members were out in force today at @laguardiacc.bsky.social (and on the bus heading there!) to welcome @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to tonight’s general election debate. We’re so proud to have a @cuny.edu champion representing us onstage at this home-turf debate.

Never even a footnote for all the Muslim students and professors on our campuses who are terrified just to go to school because fearmongers like Cuomo put a giant target on their backs every day.

61% of American Jews believe Israel has committed war crimes and 68% have a negative opinion of Netanyahu, according to a recent poll from The Washington Post. Andrew Cuomo — who joined Netanyahu's legal team and has defended Israel at every turn — does not speak for or represent the views of Jews.

We are sick and tired of the appalling, Islamophobic attacks on Zohran for daring to care about the well-being of Palestinians. It's not antisemitic to call out Israel for indiscriminate bombings, war crimes, and killing thousands upon thousands of civilians. Enough is enough.

Not gonna lie riding with zohran to the debate was even more moving an experience than I’d expected:

this jew is fucking pissed

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

I'm attending NYC Indivisible's event, “Hands Off NYC Citywide Kickoff Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nycindivisib...

Important segment w/@agounardes.bsky.social talking #NewDeal4CUNY Hope it's a topic at Wednesday's mayoral debate on my campus @laguardiacc.bsky.social. There are big differences between the candidates re CUNY investment. @katiehonan.bsky.social @errollouis.bsky.social. www.wnyc.org/story/30-iss...

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th! If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends. drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

My friend Ahmed reports: "After we rejoiced at the ceasefire, hoping for survival and life, the sky is now raining gunpowder on Gaza. The bombing continues, brutally. The agreement was merely ink on paper."

This is erasure of those of us who are both wine moms and smug internet communists but otherwise the point stands lol

Yesterday, PSC members gathered with hundreds of union siblings and community members to welcome @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to the first general election mayoral debate and cheer him on. Go Zohran!

Why no general strike? Please ask how long you are willing to strike from your current job? Are you an at-will employee? How much savings do you currently have?

so what's in the news today

On Friday, October 24th the PSC will be holding a BIPOC Networking Event from 4:30-7pm. Join us for a meaningful conversation where your voice takes center stage. Light food and drinks will be provided. RSVP: psc-cuny.org/calendar/psc...