"If progressive...Jews could once protest the Amer Jewish establishment for its hypocrisy in espousing liberalism at home & lockstep nationalism in Israel, this is no longer the case. The Am J establishment today is liberal neither at home nor abroad. @abesilbe.bsky.social arcmag.org/whatever-hap...
That tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved the deportation of five student activists last year after receiving memos describing their participation in pro-Palestinian protests and their writings about the war in Gaza, according to government documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday.
2 resolute people: a Black woman and a white man on a Zoom
Ok people we have our marching orders. @ashdashlee.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social announce a weekend of Mass Protests THIS WEEKEND across the USA: ICE OUT FOR GOOD.
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”
yes, one hopes there might be some soul-searching on that count.
