JD Vance’s French Horn Solo Booed At Kennedy Center https://theonion.com/jd-vances-french-horn-solo-booed-at-kennedy-center/

Bigger than it seems: Israel recognized strategically located Somaliland, in breakup of Somalia. Egypt (and likely Turkey and KSA), sees this as big threat. An Egyptian commentator close to military thinking points finger at UAE role with direct warning: youtu.be/m0kLxZPJsuc?...

Geniune question- how has pro palestine twitter reacted to this? Because I seem to recall when old men decide to disregard calls for boycott, no one bats an eyelid or dog piles them. A marked difference from when a woman breaks rank....

See also academia

Magazines and newspapers I like - please stop posting "best books of the year" lists. I cannot keep up with this

The field of Holocaust education is in crisis because no one can agree on whether we are supposed to take moral lessons from learning about past genocides, and if so, what those moral lessons are supposed to be.

the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.

I'm at the age where I take my kid to the movies and fall asleep during. Really didnt think it would happen so fast.

The casual treason

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Hail to the King

I’m having a VERY Merry Christmas — that Mothers Against College Antisemitism (MACA) page that doxed and harassed so many people over the last years is shutting down over infighting. In shocking revelation these hateful people are hateful to one another too ✨

I think its actually offensive my favorite deli isnt open on Christmas. Like why???

Excellent piece by @dirkmoses.bsky.social in @thediasporist.bsky.social thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...

One day I will write something as a palestinian reflecting on zionism and the "conflict" beyond caricatures, through the lens of my family's fractures. I say one day because I really dont think there is an appetite for any of that, now that Israel committed genocide in Gaza

By the way Noam shuster's doc "coexistence my ass" is so fucking good. You can rent and stream it off kinema now

Rachel's story confirms to me nationalism is dangerous, war damages the soul, men are garbage, and mothers persist against all odds

I've been posting stream of consciousness but here's what I've found out: Rachel Halber, from a Polish/Austro-Hungarian family settled in Antwerp, is my great grandmother who immigrated to Palestine in 1933. She was a member of "apolitical" zionist youth group Zeire Ha’am.

Ive always been told about a jewish grandmother who arrived in palestine from Poland. I got a lead on a last name, & found an article about a zionist group in interwar Belgium mentioning the same name. Says she left for palestine in 1933. The picture was a shock because she looks a lot like my mom..

“It’s the new Jeffrey Epstein jet.” Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.” Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it: zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...

Anyway don't mind me screaming into the void

I'd like to point out that palestinians are having this debate. Something youre apparently not allowed to say in pro palestine spaces in the US 🙄 youtu.be/gbG2HxwLHgk?...

After more than 2 years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Al Araby TV hosted a rare on-air debate from the ruins of Al-Shifa Hospital, b/w Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem, Fatah spokesperson Munther Hayek, & veteran Palestinian writer & lawyer Mustafa Ibrahim. They discuss Oct 7, resistance...

Every one of my family members will text me like "something happened call me back" and it'll be they tried a new pie flavor These people just love sending me to an early grave

Hmm. What is this rage I feel

To the surprise of few by this point. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns." A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us. "It's a war!" wapo.st/4s6YnC5

My first tarot reading and it was terrifying??? This is shirk for a reason

Bari Weiss got her start in public life as a pro-censorship activist, and that is how she’s conducting herself in her newfound position of power. That she ever acquired a reputation as a champion of free speech is simply a testament to the power of the grift.

Jewish Currents is looking for a new editor in chief. I learned so much from Arielle and thankfully, she's not leaving. But whoever takes on the role of editor in chief will be leading the magazine in a very exciting time of expansion. Apply here: jewishcurrents.org/careers?toke...

i’ll just say that this isn’t the behavior of people who think their allies are on the verge of establishing a thousand year reich, much less holding control of the national legislature next year

Details from the Bari’d CECOT story: I’m sure a Stephen Miller interview where he hears these details and slaps his hands gleefully would have added much more perspective

It was great to talk with @danaelkurd.bsky.social on It Could Happen Here about rising MAGA antisemitism, conspiracy theories and white Christian nationalism; where Israel fits in; and how our progressive Palestine solidarity politics can avoid allying with the Right

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

Arielle Angel has had an amazing run. Just saw the email this morning that she’s shifting into a different role. Thanks Arielle for all you’ve done! - a JC reader and listener

🚨BIG JOURNALISM JOB ALERT🚨 @jewishcurrents.bsky.social is looking for a new editor-in-chief (now that the LEGENDARY Arielle Angel is stepping back to be an editor-at-large):

Who has a good diaspora politics syllabus theyre willing to share (grad level preferred)

Green Card holder, living in the U.S. since she was 11, put in ICE detention for 5 months because she bounced a check decades ago.

I spoke with @benlorber8.bsky.social on antisemitism, the antizionist right wing, and how we can understand this moment. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D

Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to let critical aid into Gaza as children freeze to death. "At least 13 people, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

For eid I lay out all the gifts artistically so that my kid sees everything as soon as they come downstairs. Youre telling me I have to wrap everything for Christmas? Smh

Any idiot can use AI tools

Great news from Egypt where the Prosecutor General has agreed to remove Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah from the travel ban list. Hope that this is the last step before Alaa is finally able to reunite with his son Khaled. 🤲🏼🤍

The Israel Prison Service: "We are not aware of the claims described, and to the best of our knowledge, no such incidents have occurred under IPS responsibility." When asked whether an investigation had been initiated into the alleged rape, BBC got no response. This silence is telling.

Zohran Mamdani scares the ADL more than these guys and I think it's fair to ask why

Thought provoking www.972mag.com/standing-tog...

Lol at people claiming being white hurt them on the job market. A professor on my committee told me palestine was better off occupied. Then wrote me a sabotage letter of recommendation.