Question: does anyone have a birth year for sephardic rabbi Rachmiel Ezra Travitz? It's for citation purposes.

And now you know. Anyhoo, Shabbat Shalom, and, as usual, the links: paypal.com/paypalme/MaNishtana venmo.com/u/MaNishtana www.patreon.com/rabbishaisri...

Make it make sense

We lost an amazing JOC voice this weekend.There was not a more fiery, compassionate, or stubborn co-conspirator in the work of holding our community accountable to authentic Jewish values and morals than Ziggy. BDE. His family is asking that any donations be given here givebutter.com/gaza-soup-ki...

Parashat D'varim: On Giving and Receiving Constructive Criticism And, usual, the links: paypal.com/paypalme/MaNishtana venmo.com/u/MaNishtana www.patreon.com/rabbishaisri...

Shabbat Rosh Chodesh this week, kicking off the 9 Days of the 3 Weeks. The 3 Weeks of course being the period of time on the Jewish calendar we are currently in when, twice, historically, we were under an active siege by the Babylonians and Romans,being denied aid and slowly dying of starvation. 1/1

I have to say it's wild for Jews to be enacting precisely what we were historically experiencing--*twice*--during this exact same period of the Three Weeks.

Hey gang! Newsletter and video for this week up soon. Meanwhile, I'm looking to revisit some of my past videos. Hop on over and join the Patreon to join me on Zoom and give your input this Monday at 1:30. Should be fun! Anyhoo, Shabbat shalom and Chodesh tov! www.patreon.com/rabbishaisri...

Wow, this really *is*...I was gonna say "non-evil Twitter", then I remembered some..."bleeks" i guess they're called here, so I guess here is just "pre-Musk" Twitter lol

There is no version of the story in which collusion with white supremacy & dominant power is anything but a devil’s bargain for which you will pay … everything that matters like your heart, soul, heritage, culture, tradition CC: white Jews who haven’t figured this out yet.

Gentle reminder that things get awful after this Shabbat lol: youtu.be/A9S3GruSLPw?...

Parashat Balaq: The Dangers of False Alliances and the True Path to Safety

Something terrible this way comes... youtu.be/A9S3GruSLPw

Exciting things happening over on the Patreon...Go check it out, fam: www.patreon.com/rabbishaisri...

Today is the 10th day of the Omer #sfirathaomer

Today is the 9th day of the Omer #sfirathaomer

Today is the 5th day of the Omer #sfirathaomer

Today is the 4th day of the Omer #sfirathaomer

Today is the 3rd day of the Omer #sfirathaomer

Today is the 2nd day of the Omer #sfirathaomer

I was hoping to have more time to write a more meaningful post, but Shabbat creeps ever near, so I'll just leave you with news of my birthday present to all of you: a new unannounced book@ I'll be back after Shabbat to talk more about it, Shabbat Shalom! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX7G3CG...

Oh. Oh NOW the ADL wants to show up. This isn't just more "ill-advised" autism we should "take a breath" on? Didn't he "visit Auschwitz" and "wore hostage dogtags"? Big empathy, such ally! Mans playing in your faces and making you look like clowns. Smh. Anyhoo, Shabbat shalom.

I'm just tryna see something: By a show of hands, how many of y'all out there hemming and hawing about "Roman salutes" are up in Nazis DM's and on their posts. Because *they* TOTALLY believe it was a Seig Heil. And I gather it's a lot more problematic if *they* think so than any of us non-Nazis...

Lol, not even two days in and already the Jews who voted him in (and obviously those who didn't) are unsafe. Smh

Um...YEAH, dude. Just like the majority of Zionists in America are Evangelical [more often than not antisemitic] Xtians. But y'all not ready for that conversation. Anyhoo... Exhibit A: Tweet from a 2025 Zionist Nazi Exhibit B: Newspaper quote from a 1935 Zionist Nazi

Jews: So, um...that "Never Forget" thing...? ADL: Fam, no, we know what this looks like, but trust us, we TOTALLY didn't forget...when Elon Musk blamed and threatened to sue us for his 60% loss of ad revenue on X that time we accidentally kinda did our job. Anyway, do you like Brazilian music?

ADL party over, fam

and that’s all I gotta say bout that.

This feels like a scene from "Independence Day" enough already, CNN. I don't need the sweeping Jerry Goldsmith-esque score, thank you.

How it started v How it's going Hey gang, after a pandemic, rewrites, a rollercoaster of life events, rewrites, Oct 7th, and SO many rewrites, B'Esh Sh'chorah/In Black Fire: Parashat B'reshit Vol 1 & Vol 2. We just need that last little bump over the finish line! [1 of 2] tinyurl.com/4n4t8ha7

So there's a series of Instagram posts circulating the interwebs on Gaza/Israel/Palestine that chafes my soul so much that I had to break it down and respond. Because we have GOT to be better than this: www.facebook.com/share/p/24a2...

Hey gang. Organizing a gofundme for a family in a pretty rough patch. Anonymous-ish by request bc they dont wont their business out there like that, but feel free to DM me for deets. They're also in need of mezuzot if you know of any hookups. Amplify, pleasely. Tizku l'mitzvot. gofund.me/5c081a8a

I'm not staying home for Shabbat because of #DayofJihad. I'm staying home because I can almost guarantee that 90% of every drasha this week will be on Rashi's commentary on Gen 1.1 and twisting it into a festering miasma of warmongering, and I'm not interested in that energy. 1/x

Amplifying this request from Rav Mordechai ben Avraham on the ground in Israel for general disaster, relief, food, medicine, and clothing. Cashapp: Mordechai1242. Please spread far and wide in your circles

So THIS guy is back in Crown Heights for chag. Last time he was around, I was proud enough to have been part of a seudah table that harassed him out of the apartment. But #herewegoagain

Shana tovah umetukah, y'all!

Millennials being the "kool" rabbi: "Tochacha Bechuqotai remix, ft DJ Tavo!" https://youtu.be/vw7xEXCYcYQ?si=BG6xR2bEkr8zaOgD

Guilty 🤣🤣🤣

Apparently I've officially arrived on Bluesky lol. #ShabbatShalom

Alright. So Jamie Foxx. By this point you've prolly seen his post and apology, and here we are in yet another "black antisemitism crisis (TM)" moment. 1/x

As Tisha B'Av begins tonight, we're reminded of the resilience of our people in the face of adversity. As we commemorate the Temples' destruction, let's also remember that from the fragments of the past, we build our future. #TishaBAv #JewishResilience #BuildingFromLoss

If you’re planning to fast for Tisha b’Av, HYDRATE BIG TODAY 💧 💧 💧 💧 💧💧💧💧

So Twitter is gonna be "X" now. Kool. Kool kool kool. Welp, time to start actually moving in around here lol

I'd definitely post here more if the icon shortcut didn't look like options to change my phone background lol

Alright wtf does skeet mean in this context. Bc it can't possibly in the same context I'm familiar with. I mean, unless it is. Lol

Bc I'm annoyed I can't get the full pic in my header lol:

Welp. Here I am. Blame @theradr.bsky.social