For Asheville folks join @peterbeinart.bsky.social @ncjews4justice.bsky.social and me for a thoughtful conversation. The event is free and open to the public. www.worthamarts.org/events/belon...

When Vance says white people don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, he knows no one has ever had to do that. What white people have been asked to do is apologize for being racist. And now Vance is telling them they don’t have to apologize for that either. open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...

Conversations around Israel and Gaza inflame long-simmering tensions in the Jewish American community. Yet we know that open, inclusive dialogue is essential. Join CJJ in creating a welcoming space to explore what it means to be Jewish in America today. www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/community_an...

Hanukkah begins tonight as we remember the world needs more light. In Sydney, families gathered on a beach to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. They were met with gunfire. At least twelve are dead, twenty-nine wounded—terror aimed at joy itself.

This is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we act as though other communities have abandoned us, we retreat from relationship and coalition-building. Then, when we need support, we find ourselves isolated because relationships require ongoing commitment.

“We stood up for the LGBTQ community, for the African American community, for immigrants, and it was a real core part of our mission. And we would often do it in coalition with other civil rights groups, and that’s all gone. That respect that we had is just completely gone” shorturl.at/BkQXS

I have a new YouTube channel just for music youtube.com/shorts/pcxWb...

Is this nightmare finally coming to an end. What do you think?

We are the people who wrestle open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...

To be Am Yisrael means to be a people who wrestle. We wrestle with fear, with injustice, with the world as it is and the world as it should be. We wrestle not because the struggle is easy — but because our tradition refuses to let us walk away from each other.

Today is #GivingTuesday — and in this moment, #NorthCarolina needs a strong Jewish voice for justice. If CJJ has inspired you, challenged you, or grounded you, consider supporting our work today. www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/donate

We’re doing the work in impossible conditions—scrambling with too few resources, pivoting constantly, exhausted. And we wonder: does this even count? Can anything meaningful be built on such unstable ground? But Vayetze tells us: the sacred work happens exactly where you are. shorturl.at/7mYZj

Jacob’s Ladder is Our Theory of Change. open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...

The prophetic tradition I come from has always insisted that the measure of a nation is how it treats the vulnerable, not how fiercely its people defend its borders.

“If you’ve always had power, equity feels like a threat. Change feels threatening, not because anything is being “taken,” but because the ground is finally shifting toward balance.” open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...

“when more people gain access to what was always reserved for a few, it registers as loss rather than correction. But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...

Join us on Nov 17 3pm EST. This will be fun rabbisandra.substack.com

Join us today at Noon EST www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/november_kib...

Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police. It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Sir, Trump is at Mar-a-Lago since yesterday.

Unemployment.

Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential. www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.

This right here 👇🏾

Vayera reminds us: Abraham opened his tent to all. Today, the ADL is closing its doors to civil rights work. Our safety only exists in solidarity. “Lo ta’amod al dam re’echa” — don’t stand idly by. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...

For Jews, this is not an organizational pivot. It’s an orphaning. Many of us were raised to see the ADL as the Jewish institution that would stand beside our partners in the struggle for justice. With this change, that legacy feels abandoned.

The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...

I will not take my lessons on what is best for the Jews from Donald Trump.

Sick.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Unbelievable.

Go Fund Me for the teacher who was kidnapped in front of children in her classroom today: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Last week after spending a full work day at RDU airport and never made it to LGA. Next week I get to do it all over again. Do you think I’ll make it this time? www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...

THIS is what power looks like. Starbucks baristas are standing tall, with their shoulders back and their heads high, and they’re showing the world what it looks like to demand a fair contract. At SEIU, we see you, we back you, and we’ll be there with you @sbworkersunited.org every step of the way.

Love Gen Z @genzforchange.org please check this out. charliequotes.com

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections. buff.ly/nTvLlFI

@ncjews4justice.bsky.social is stepping into a new era. Join our Monthly Kibbitz to learn about our 5786 strategic vision, updated membership model, and how you can be part of the growing Jewish social justice movement. Nov 10, 12–1 PM ET: www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/november_kib...

The ADL has abdicated its responsibility as a civil rights organization. It’s time for us to look to @bendthearc.bsky.social

This might not surprise anyone, but the ADL has completely ceded its role as a civil rights organization. Removing “Protect Civil Rights” from their site. www.jta.org/2025/10/29/u...

A letter signed by more than 1000 rabbis and cantors is circulating, targeting New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. It’s been met with enthusiasm by some and strong disagreement by others. rabbisandra.substack.com/p/fear-is-no...

7 years ago today, 11 beloved Jewish people were murdered at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. May their memories be a blessing. May we keep fighting antisemitism — like all oppressions — in solidarity with our neighbors. Together we can build a country where all are safe and free.

Bereshit , “In the beginning…” invites us to ponder more than just the origins of heaven and earth; it invites us to consider how the world, society and human relationships can be framed around shared responsibility, mutual dignity, and the freedom that arises when no one holds unchecked power.

My parents grew up dirt poor in the Jim Crow segregated South. They knew oppression because they lived it, the water fountains they couldn’t drink from, the schools they couldn’t attend, the neighborhoods they couldn’t live in. rabbisandra.substack.com/p/the-perfor...

The Performance of Oppression My parents grew up dirt poor in the Jim Crow segregated South. I sit at the intersection of two liberation theologies. Both Judaism and the Black prophetic tradition teach the same fundamental truth: God sides with the oppressed, not the oppressor.

Let me be clear, protesting is one of the most american things one can do.

"Moses understood something we seem to have forgotten: liberation is not divisible. You cannot be free while others remain in chains. You cannot claim the legacy of Exodus while siding with Pharaoh." rabbisandra.substack.com/p/part-1-whe...

Sometimes the most radical thing we can do is simply exist - fully, openly, and unapologetically. My presence itself is resistance and hope. I’m deeply honored to share that I’ve been named to Out Magazine’s 2025 #Out100 www.out.com/out100/2025/...