This conversation between me, @peterbeinart.bsky.social @esthersperber.bsky.social & Elliot Cosgrove is tonight, in person in NYC or online. bj.org/programs/at-...

Thoughts on the burial of Jacob in this past Shabbat's Torah reading and the zero sum game around mourning Israelis and Palestinians. open.substack.com/pub/rabbijil...

A hopeful message as Mayor Mamdani promises to be a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who voted against him, including those often forgotten or ignored.

Comptroller Mark Levine celebrates a day when 3 people being inaugurated are doing so on a Quran, a Christian Bible & a Chumash (Torah). Glad to be here on this historic day.

This should be an interesting conversation-- at BJ in NYC and online: Tue January 6, 7:00–8:30 PM A Conversation with Rabbi Jill Jacobs (T’ruah), Esther Sperber (Smol Emuni), Peter Beinart, and Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove (Park Avenue Synagogue), moderated by Rabbi Irwin Kula bj.org/event/the-je...

Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.

Baruch Dayan HaEmet. We’re horrified to wake up to the news of an antisemitic shooting in Sydney that killed 11 people. Our hearts go out to the Sydney Jewish community.

Hi!👋Organization representing 2,300 rabbis and cantors here. We just wanted to stop by and say that Representative Fine does not speak for us and does not speak for the vast majority of American Jews.

"The rabbis of the Talmud ...realized that unanimity of thought is not evidence that one has arrived at the correct conclusion, but rather a warning signal that one has ignored evidence that could lead to a more robust picture of reality." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

Multifaith Mondays-- still here every Monday at 5:30, every week for more than 8 months

Amidst everything else happening... the president is putting members of Congress at risk of violence in a time when political violence is already sky high. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

It invoked one of the oldest antisemitic ideas in history: blood libel, or the idea that Jews kill non-Jews and use their blood for nefarious religious rituals (most infamously, the idea that Jews would kill Christian children in order to make use of their blood).

T'ruah works for an end to the occupation and a negotiated political solution that will protect the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians. We emphatically support freedom of speech and the rights of protesters. But protesters have certain responsibilities. 🧵 (1/3)

"Rabbi Daniel Kaiman, who leads Congregation B’nai Emunah in Tulsa, said he was surprised to discover that an application was being pursued “in the name of the Jewish community” even though, he said, no one he is aware of in the community had been consulted"

"If our group had not consisted of American and Israeli rabbis and activists, it is likely that day could have ended with serious injuries or fatalities," T'ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs wrote. (2/3)

My thoughts on why the ADL's political shift hurts Jews in the Jerusalem Post today. www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...

Looking forward to speaking at this event today. www.jtsa.edu/event/uphold...

Tomorrow

Jewish tradition doesn't just ask whether we can resist unjust state power — it tells us when we're compelled to resist and how to do so. Learn more from Rabbi Jonah Winer in this first of a new series from T'ruah, Tekiyah Gedolah: Deep Dives into Justice Torah: buff.ly/0VpuBuC

Rabbi Sarah Reines was in the West Bank with T'ruah last week when two settlers with guns approached and threatened our group.

"I want to be sure that in the maelstrom of traumatic loss occurring at the hands of ICE, I don’t become numb to those enduring these horrible experiences. I start by learning two names. It doesn’t feel like enough." (2/2) Read the full text: buff.ly/rtA6ajK

A powerful call to confront settler violence by @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social of @truahrabbis.bsky.social religionnews.com/2025/11/12/m...

Multifaith Mondays: Witness for Democracy. A steady voice for democracy every Monday 5:30, Columbus Circle in NYC

Hosted by: @truahrabbis.bsky.social @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social Combatants for Peace @newisraelfund.bsky.social @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social Interact Israelis for Peace @giligetz.bsky.social Lab Shul Partners for Progressive Israel @mhughesrob.bsky.social

Israelis for Peace weekly protest.

Full house at Brotherhood Synagogue to hear from Maoz Inon & Aziz Abu Sarah about their work building the possibility for peace & better future for Israelis & Palestinians.

‼️ ACTION ALERT ‼️ North American Jews Call For End to Atrocities in Gaza There is no solution to this conflict that depends on one group subjugating the other through violence and control. The only future for Israelis and Palestinians is a shared future. Add your name now: buff.ly/bAxDWXq

At the UN today: American Jews & Israelis calling on Netanyahu to end the war, bring home the hostages & stop the killing in Gaza. Demonstrating that one can care about the lives of both Israelis & Palestinians.

Wherever he goes, Netanyahu should be haunted by the faces of civilians killed in Gaza and the hostages he abandoned. Fri, 9/26, 8:30am Meet at Place of the Rose, 46th St & 2nd Ave

Some thoughts from me before Rosh Hashanah. truah.org/resources/ji...

Add Your Name: North American Jews Call For End to Atrocities in Gaza | @truahrabbis.bsky.social url:https://truah.org/actions/north-american-jews-call-for-end-to-atrocities-in-gaza/

Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of @truahrabbis : “Tikvah has a long history of pushing conservative ideas into American Jewish spaces, presenting them as Jewish ideas, when these are really ideas that are coming out of the either secular or Christian right-wing world,” www.jta.org/2025/09/17/u...

Israel's ground incursion into Gaza City is a disaster. Palestinians are fleeing the bombing in desperation, many on foot, without any assurance of their safety elsewhere. For what? Past and present IDF brass admit there is no meaningful military goal that can be achieved this way. (1/2)

Netanyahu and his coalition are carrying out a messianic, nihilistic plan for permanent war. Last night's ground incursion into Gaza City has already added to the unbearable death toll for Palestinians & threatens the lives of the hostages with no end in sight. www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...

Our dearest Rabbi, @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social Fearless and a light in these dark days. We love you 🕊🤍 @truahrabbis.bsky.social

"Antisemitism in schools is serious... Unfortunately Congress and this administration are taking a dangerous and wrong-headed approach that subordinates the needs of Jewish students to a political agenda." - @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social, CEO of @truahrabbis.bsky.social

There is no place for violence in our democracy — against anyone.

Multifaith Mondays-- every Monday people of faith standing for democracy.

A tsunami of protest filled central Tel Aviv last night. Demanding hostage deal and end to war. Odds are, your English-language media source failed to convey magnitude of the event. (Credit: Amir Goldstein. His videos show much larger extent of demo, which didn’t fit in frame of a still shot. )

Hundreds of thousands march in Tel Aviv demanding a hostage deal and end to the war on Gaza. (1/2)

If I couldn't be with the hundreds of thousands (or more) marching & striking in Israel today, the next best thing was being with Israelis for Peace in NYC, calling for an end to the war, return of hostages, and surge of aid, in solidarity with the Israelis in the streets today.

If I couldn't be with the hundreds of thousands (or more) marching & striking in Israel today, the next best thing was being with Israelis for Peace in NYC, calling for an end to the war, return of hostages, and surge of aid, in solidarity with the Israelis in the streets today.

Tel Aviv today, demanding an end to the war, return of hostages.

"Rabbi, how was your summer?"

In response to Arab parties uniting ahead of the elections, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a full-on Kahanist whose career is built on incitement, said: “Prosecute them, revoke their citizenship, encourage them to leave. Not voluntarily.” (1/7)

Standing up for democracy every Monday at #MultifaithMondays. The faith community is here for as long as it takes. Glad that @truahrabbis.bsky.social was one of the founders of this weekly vigil/protest.

This is a travesty. Journalists must be protected during war and certainly should not be targeted. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Really important and sobering interview with Assaf David. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

When the prophet Natan tells King David, "the sword shall never depart from your house" (II Samuel 12:10) it's a curse & punishment. Netanyahu has asserted that Israel will always live by the sword--perpetual war, against will of the Israeli people, Palestinians, & even top security experts.