History from the tenements, not the White House: time.com/7320335/hone...

"Fueling Jewish studies on the fumes of the Trump administration’s attack on higher education is not a win. It’s a trap, and one we fear will bring ill consequences to our field, our universities, and American Jews." Me, @ronitstahl.bsky.social, and Kate Rosenblatt. www.chronicle.com/article/jewi...

"But fueling Jewish studies on the fumes of the Trump administration’s attack on higher education is not a win. It’s a trap, and one we fear will bring ill consequences to our field, our universities, and American Jews." From @lilacb.bsky.social, Kate Rosenblatt, and me.

A senior ICE official admitted that ICE is using Canary Mission to identify students to deport. Let's be clear: Canary Mission — and its counterpart, Betar US — are extremist groups that do not represent the interests of mainstream Jewish America.

A brilliant new book on how intimate matters structure public status and benefits. Not to be missed: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/legal-h...

It's publication day for "Marital Privilege," by my phenomenal Penn Carey Law colleague @serenamayeri.bsky.social! If you are interested in marriage, non-marital intimate relationships, family law, inequality, 20th c. legal history, law & social movements -- this book is a must-read! #LegalHistory

Courage on display: resigning from the military and writing publicly about it, no matter the consequences, to inspire others to ask "what it would take for them to disobey a lawful but unethical order." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

SCHRIER: Have you ever treated measles? RFK JR: No SCHRIER: Well I have. Let me tell you how miserable these kids is. The great thing is there's a vaccine to prevent it ... they only work if you actually give them

"What is feared is a mayor who cares no less about what Palestinians in Bay Ridge feel when they see pictures of children in Gaza killed by Israel than he does about what Jews in Riverdale felt when macabre images flooded in on October 7." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

How many more elected officials will be baselessly handcuffed, detained, arrested before the rest, no matter their party, realize they must speak out? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

Will be participating in a live Zoom tomorrow afternoon with the great @ronnieag.bsky.social, @lilacb.bsky.social, and @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social, on "Billionaires, the Academy, and American Jewish Intellectuals," if you care about one or more of those topics! zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Which quote to pull? Greenblatt comparing student protestors to terrorists; Greenblatt making unsubstantiated claim that Mahmoud Khalil has "ties to grps overseas"; Greenblatt instructing AGs to go after K-12 teachers; Greenblatt enthusing, "God bless Secretary McMahon.” forward.com/news/726133/...

Tail end of wordy article, real story emerges: dean sends disappearing Insta post to Title IX officer, who sends to Hillel dir, who sends to Israel fellow, who is "encouraged...to have one or two students file a complaint" about antisemitism. Tail wags dog. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/m...

"The lineup suggested a reunion, or perhaps a resuscitation, of an intellectual community that hasn’t properly existed in more than a decade." @jewishcurrents.bsky.social jewishcurrents.org/the-end-of-t...

Jewish communal orgs: you are being played. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...

Center for Jewish History bets its mission and devotion to scholarship on a billionaire who cares little about either. forward.com/news/720712/...

Harrowing tale of the groups that are trying to get people deported and giving cover to a government that has jettisoned due process. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Goldberg on Deborah Lipstadt's quietism or outright support for the weaponization of antisemitism: "It seems clear to me that if your presuppositions about Israel lead you to sanctify Trump, they bear rethinking." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...

Gov. Pritzker: "Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption, but I am now...These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace...we will fight their cruelty...we must castigate them on the soap box and then punish them at the ballot box.”

"If a president can violate constitutional rights with impunity, then no one — including his own supporters — is safe from tyranny." Clear-eyed analysis from @serenamayeri.bsky.social, Amanda Shanor and Alexander Volokh www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Because anger isn't the best weapon; because apathy is no option; because symbols create movements and movements create change, I introduce to you @RIBBONS FOR FREEDOM (on Insta, for now).

Beginning the late 1970s, Americans tied ribbons around trees until the hostages were set free. Today, we must do the same. Freedom is not possible without due process and respect for the Constitution. Until everyone’s freedom is restored, we tie RIBBONS FOR FREEDOM. On Insta at RibbonsforFreedom

Van Hollen says that he asked the VP of El Salvador why his government continues to hold Abrego Garcia even though he’s not charged with any crime and there’s no evidence that he’s MS-13. “His answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT”

“...we unequivocally condemn the exploitation of our community’s real concerns about antisemitism to undermine democratic norms and rights, including the rule of law, the right of due process, and/or the freedoms of speech, press, and peaceful protest." jewishpublicaffairs.org/press-releas...

You can't say you believe in rts & then stand idly by deportations w/o cause in the name of fighting antisemitism. If you're ok w these actions, then you don't care about rts. And if you don't care about rts, then laws that protect Jews & others are meaningless. www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-hi...

"'Without those kinds of rights, the pathway toward political annihilation and then just annihilation was unfortunately so perilously clear,' said @lilacb.bsky.social, who is working on a book about American Jewish citizenship." www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-hi...

Not to quote myself but "I suspect Columbia could meet every one of the administration’s new demands to restore its federal funding...and it would still be in the crosshairs...The project is not a legal one. It’s an ideological one." www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

"The fight over the future of higher education will not ultimately be settled in court. But the fight will definitely be lost if it doesn’t go there at all." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

"Jew hatred is real, but today’s anti-antisemitism isn’t a legitimate effort to fight it. It’s a cover for a wide range of agendas that have nothing to do with the welfare of Jewish people." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

An open letter to the leaders of the 60 universities under Dept of Ed investigation, insisting on leadership and solidarity in the face of attack. Consider signing. sites.google.com/view/we-must...

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

If you’re upset about the chaos and corruption Trump is inflicting on your country—whether your focus is the nihilistic dismantling of government, the economy, our foreign relations, or his threats to the rule of law—please join the nationwide marches on April 5. Learn more here 👉 handsoff2025.com

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

For @washingtonpost.com, I reviewed Schumer's new book, "Antisemitism in America: A Warning" — a warning that I fear does not live up to the moment that has already arrived. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

"The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...

In case there was any debate about the false pretense of keeping Jews safe, Title VI compliance will soon be a thing of the past: www.propublica.org/article/educ...

Jewish leaders need to stand up against unconstitutional & illegal activities that violate rights & erode democracy. @emilyctamkin.bsky.social on why none of these actions help fight antisemitism. Don't let political rulers act as if they do. newrepublic.com/article/1925...

For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about the administration is cynically using the issue of antisemitism to attack higher ed, free speech/assembly, and due process, how some Jews sincerely support this, and why they are wrong newrepublic.com/article/1925...

Anticipatory compliance=breaking the law (if the law is still enforceable). Clear-eyed analysis of the Trump administration's designs to use "DEI" to break civil rights law. thehill.com/opinion/whit...

The Anti-Defamation League, which still calls itself a civil rights organization, endorses disappearing US permanent residents with green cards. The moral stain of this will never wash off.

I call bullshit: Jewish safety is pretext. Make no mistake, the Trump administration is using antisemitism as an excuse to obliterate Title VI, undermine civil rights and incapacitate higher education. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

There have been repugnant and sometimes antisemitic protests on college campuses that must be addressed. But using them as an excuse to cut $400 million from Columbia — funds that enrich and sometimes save the lives of thousands — doesn’t make Jewish students or Jews safer.

They do not care about Jewish safety. They care about moving their cruel, anti-democratic agenda. We will not let them use real Jewish pain as an excuse to crush freedom of speech, deport people, and punish institutions they disagree with. 🧵

PA, start your calls. This is not simply embarrassing. It is dangerous. Destroying higher education and gutting democracy on the pretext of Jewish safety makes Jews and everyone else less safe. @fetterman.senate.gov how dare you?

This "immediate cancellation" violates the law. If the Admin thinks Columbia has violated Title VI by being deliberately indifferent to antisemitic harassment, it has to give Columbia a chance for a hearing first, make findings on the record, & wait 30 days. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

🔥 Meirav Solomon KILLS IT, placing responsibility for antisemitism exactly where it belongs: "it is not student protesters, but the bloody legacy of Pittsburgh and Poway, Charlottesville and the Capitol riots... Trump has highlighted and platformed neo-Nazis and white supremacists."