Delphine Horvilleur is one of 5 women rabbis in France and a leader of the Liberal Jewish Movement of France. She has written 10 books, notably "Living With Our Dead" (2021), and relates Judaism with sexuality, feminism, and politics. She was born #ThisWeekInHistory in 1974: buff.ly/j5ltxBk

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

What the Jewish Left Is Building for Itself www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s... Gift link

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

I went to Germany to speak with both Jews and non-Jewish Germans who are doing the work of bringing memory culture to life — and to learn how Germany's commitment to remember the Holocaust is being strained by the post-Oct. 7 and far-right politics. Thanks to @boellus.bsky.social for their support.

One Bookstore, 3 Sisters and 100 Years By Corey Kilgannon "Ms. Lowry, 90, Naomi Hample, 88, Adina Cohen, 84 — still run the Argosy, New York City’s oldest independent bookstore, which is marking its 100th anniversary this year." Gift link!

At the New York City International Book Fair, or Feria Internacional del Libro NYC, PEN America’s DREAMing Out Loud students shared their writing and discussed the necessity of uplifting stories by and about immigrants. Read more at: pen.org/dreaming-out...

Proud of every rabbi who signed this letter: jewsforasharedfuture.org

Wir gratulieren Emmie Arbel und Barbara Yelin zum Demokratiepreis „Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie“. Ausgezeichnet wurde die Graphic Novel „Emmie Arbel. Die Farbe der Erinnerung“, in der die Zeichnerin Barbara Yelin das Leben der Shoah-Überlebenden erzählt. 🔗 www.boersenblatt.net/home/demokra...

Der Preis »Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie« geht in diesem Jahr an die Münchner Autorin und Zeichnerin Barbara Yelin sowie die Schoa-Überlebende Emmie Arbel für eine Graphic Novel über Arbels Leben. www.juedische-allgemeine.de/kultur/demok...

Tobi Dahmen and Akram Al Saud engaged in conversations and life writing sessions throughout 2023 and 2024. Together, they co-created a graphic narrative based on Akram’s memories detailing his life under Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship, and his survival of Syria’s imprisonment and torture system.

We should never forget that this synagogue was targeted specifically because of their work with HIAS on refugee rights. Seven years later, we should honor their legacy by fighting antisemitism, but also by continuing to do the work of supporting refugee resettlement and migrant rights.

Mamdani published an open letter in Yiddish newspapers this week. And now I finally know how to spell "Zohran Mamdani" in Yiddish.

Here's what our #ChefsForGaza teams have been up to in the past few weeks: millions of fresh meals, families returning home, communities caring for one another.

Don't miss this fascinating event @wienerlibrary.bsky.social tomorrow evening!

My favorite part of this hour-long conversation between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian Israeli woman, members of Standing Together, is at the end when both say: “Thank you for being authentic — and for triggering me.” 😅 Their deepest feelings don't always match but they are still allies.

Updating my LEGO White House

We’re always in the middle of the story. But the actions we take help determine what kind of story it turns out to be.

“Just tell me where you are, Habibi. I will come and get you.” If you read one thing today, read this by @abunour.bsky.social

“I really do think there’s a shift happening in our community... I think people who were uncomfortable speaking out a few years ago are organizing today in a way they didn’t before and willing to say things out loud that they weren’t willing to say before.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...

"Everyone always asked how we died. No one asks us how we lived." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...

#EmmieArbel: The Colour of Memory by Barbara Yelin!

➡️ Project Talk: Why Comics? Telling Survivor Stories through Graphic Novels 🗓️ 23 October, 6:30 - 8pm Join us next month as we host a talk exploring how graphic novels have proven to be a powerful medium for sharing stories of the Holocaust and other genocides and mass atrocities:

On Hannah Arendt's birthday, her timeless meditation on what forgiveness really means www.themarginalian.org/2021/07/14/h...

This just in: Today, we’re releasing our response to the weaponization of antisemitism by the Trump administration and Project Esther. The Shofar Report is a new blueprint for combating antisemitism while defending democracy.

Today in Tel Aviv, WCK and our local partner Wix served dinner to released hostages and their loved ones when they were finally able to reunite after two years. (1/2)

I talked with Miriam Libicki about But I Live and Two Roses. Her collaboration with Barbara Yelin, Gilad Seliktar, and Charlotte Schallié gives voice to Holocaust survivors through comics. Read ➡️ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

Palestinians and Jews across this land are taking a breath right now after a period of unimaginable suffering. Two years of bombing and intentional starvation. Two years of captivity and abandonment. Two years of infuriating political calculations at the expense of all of us. (1/6)

A different future here is not only possible, it’s crucial — our lives depend on it. And we won’t stop fighting until we achieve it.

2 years. Countless meals. Unshakable dedication. Chef Ibrahim & Chef Anas have been with WCK’s #ChefsForGaza team since the beginning. Families like Wafaa's—displaced from Tal-al Hawa, North Gaza—continue to find comfort in their meals. Through every challenge, our team keeps showing up.

Today marks two years since Hamas’ October 7 massacre and the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza. We asked Palestinians and Jews on our team how they felt about their home then — and how they feel now. To see the full post, click here shorturl.at/msoVq (1/4)

It's the 7th of October today. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

This Sukkot, our hope is that everyone across this land soon dismantle their temporary structures and find home again. May every single family soon live in permanent safety and peace.

Sukkot in the displaced persons camp, Amberg, Germany, October 1947.

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

"‘For the sins we have committed’: Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world" forward.com/opinion/7726...

May this Yom Kippur bring us closer to a world where all of us live with freedom, safety, and peace.

"Standing up for Jews on campus means standing up for the rights of all Jews." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This illustation appeared on the cover of suffrage activist Selina Solomons’ 1912 book "How We Won the Vote in California." In 5786, may we carry forward the commitment of Solomons and other Jewish women to protecting democracy and bringing a more just world into being. Shana tova! ⭐

Robert Munsch wrote such beloved books as “The Paper Bag Princess” and “Love You Forever” by performing them to audiences of children. Now dementia is causing his tales to slip away. nyti.ms/4mc35tT

'Emmie Arbel. El color de los recuerdos' (Garbuix Books), de Barbara Yelin, és una història narrada en primera persona a través de les converses amb l’autora al llarg d’un lustre, que van facilitar rememorar una infància terrible diarieducacio.cat/memoria-graf... ✍️@jordiojeda.bsky.social

Por cierto, en el convulso mundo en el que vivimos, no pararé de recomendaros la lectura de Emmie Arbel, el color de los recuerdos, de la artista alemana Barbara Yelin, publicado por @garbuixbooks.bsky.social y traducido por servidora.

„Eine Virtuosin der deutschen Comic-Szene“: Jugendliteratur-Preis für Zeichnerin Barbara Yelin www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comic... via @tagesspiegel.de

WCK's team in Gaza has been working to serve as many families as we can in Gaza in the face of ongoing supply shortages. With bread, stoves, and lots of hope, Response Director Wadhah tells the story of the team's resilience and adaptability as they cook for their community. #ChefsForGaza

One of the authors of the IHRA definition of antisemitism writes about why he opposes the way it is being adopted formally by universities as part of settlements with the Trump administration. knightcolumbia.org/content/a-ba...

"In Gaza, the landscape changes faster than memory can keep up ... places once familiar become unrecognizable overnight; streets you walked yesterday may not be there tomorrow." A new essay by Abdullah Hany Daher jewishcurrents.org/a-map-to-a-p...

"Whether it’s in the Soviet Union or whether it is in East Germany or in the darkest places and times, writers have managed to survive. Their work has survived." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/m...

Our book has a cover! Art by @mlibicki.bsky.social, design by Tamara Hawkins. "Two Roses" will be published with @uoftpress.bsky.social in February 2026. With gratitude to @timothysnyder.bsky.social for writing the foreword! utpdistribution.com/978148755919...