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[Brad Pomerance @bradpomerance]

As I look toward America's 250th Birthday, I reflect on the tremendous pride I feel as an American.
One of many reasons I am proud to be American -
America was the first country to recognize the State of #Israel, as evidenced by this piece of history currently on display at @NLIsrael.

[Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas]

Following the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, Israeli emergency response organizations are preparing to assist local authorities with search-and-rescue efforts.

Predictably, some people will deride this as "rubble washing" or some other such nonsense.

But here's a fact: when disaster strikes - an earthquake, a tsunami, wild fires - Israel is consistently among the first countries to send doctors, rescue teams, field hospitals, and humanitarian aid.

Israel doesn't ask whether the victims share its politics. It asks who needs help. That's what decent countries do.

[Brad Pomerance @bradpomerance]

The War Over Words: How Language About Israel and Zionism Became Weaponized.
Words have power. But since October 7th, words like Zionist and Genocide are being used as slurs and to shut down conversations, rather than start them.

In this episode of "Can Jew Believe?", Brad Pomerance and Hebrew Union College President Dr. Andrew Rehfeld challenge us to step back from the emotional brink. They dive into why calling someone a "Zionist" has become a popular pejorative, how critiquing the Israeli government can be done with without delegitimizing it, and how protests about Israel and Zionism on college campuses can be navigated appropriately. @JewishLifeTV

Watch here: https://t.co/tfZpQa1O7n

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#podcast #jewishpodcast #Israel

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@bradpomerance @HilzFuld Trust no one 😢

[Elisha Wiesel @ElishaWiesel]

My father's tenth yartzeit starts tonight. I like that it begins with Maariv. He used to say the Shma with me at bedtime, then tell me fantastic stories of kabalistic angels masquerading as lions.

If you are interested in remembering him with me, please consider...

Good deeds: Listen to someone who needs to be heard; share a kind word to change someone’s life. Or learn with a friend! Study this week’s parsha, or a Chassidic tale or one of my father’s teachings. Share with us in the comments what you're reading, or ask for a recommendation.

Prayer: If you would like to pray but don’t have a regular practice of doing so, you can follow his guidance -- “If the only prayer you say throughout your life is ‘Thank You’, then that will be enough”.

Charity: Please consider following and supporting @eliewieselfdn. We are amplifying young moral voices, fighting hatred in the media, and connecting educational initiatives across the United States and Israel.

Thank you to all who continue his legacy in ways large and small.

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@NimaYamini 🤫

[Daniel Schwartz @danschwartz88]

“How could it not be Jewish?”

That was Leonard Cohen’s response when people asked whether his music was Jewish.

Of course it was.

The poetry. The questions. The resilience. The refusal to surrender hope even after seeing the darkness of the world.

Cohen never treated being Jewish as something to hide, apologize for, or water down. It was woven into everything he created because it was woven into who he was.

He believed in peace. He believed in humanity. But he also understood that peace requires confronting reality, not escaping it.

There is something beautiful about that kind of confidence. Not loud. Not performative. Just deeply rooted.

Leonard Cohen didn’t become great despite being Jewish.

He became Leonard Cohen by being unapologetically Jewish.

And that’s something worth being proud of. 🇮🇱🎶

[David Collier @mishtal]

Israel produced forensic evidence, videos, and 1000s of photos documenting the sexual violence of Oct 7.

The world stayed silent.

A handful of activists get off a boat making up sexual abuse claims against Israel.

And it becomes headline news.

Make it make sense.

[Trisha Posner @trishaposner]

Acclaimed Hungarian Jewish director László Nemes just dropped a truth bomb at Cannes: “There’s an orgy of antisemitism, an absolute, shameless orgy of antisemitism, overtaking the West.”

His 2015 masterpiece Son of Saul — a harrowing film about a Sonderkommando at Auschwitz — won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and the Cannes Grand Prix.

Today? He says it “wouldn’t even make the Oscar shortlist.” Because “of the politicization of cinemas, because anything that’s Jewish is now considered . . .nobody would touch it with a 10-foot pole.”

This is where we are. Jews are being erased from the stories of their own genocide while Hollywood and the cultural elite cheer. The entertainment industry’s antisemitic purge is real — and it’s accelerating.
We must call it out. Every single time. Thanks László Nemes for doing so at the risk of your own career.
#JewHatred #Antisemitism

[John Ondrasik @johnondrasik]

When we released the new version of "Superman for Alon and the Hostages" we all prayed that one day Alon would sit at a piano with me and together we'd perform Superman.

For all of you who fought for the hostages and their families. This video of that miracle is for you. 🇺🇸🇮🇱

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@ProfTWolf @bradpomerance @Unseen_Archive @UMich Not courageous and NOT a genocide!

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@bradpomerance @GolenbergRob @UMich 🤮

[Brad Pomerance @bradpomerance]

While we appreciate the @umich President’s words about the inappropriate rhetoric of the Faculty Senate Chair’s regarding #Israel during Commencement, there must be consequences for his indefensible actions. https://t.co/3BRO2Ykztb

[Brad Pomerance @bradpomerance]

@Unseen_Archive @UMich No amount of shame is great enough for the pain you have caused to our family.
On a day that we should have been celebrating our daughter’s graduation, you selfishly decided to inject your political views
You should be removed from the classroom immediately. @UMichPresGrasso

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@DahliaKurtz Mehdi is 🤮💩 garbage that needs to be🗑

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@hittyminny @Fashiontweet It's the Yiddish word of the day almost every day... lately

[Shabbos Kestenbaum @ShabbosK]

I was playing piano at LAX tonight when a random, crazy talented woman whipped out her violin.

America is such an awesome country!

Everyone needs to log off, touch grass, and connect with their neighbors.

🇺🇸

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@mehdirhasan @cr33pycr3ature @splcenter Mehdi, you lie for jihadist
$$$$'s. That's all you got now

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@israellove48 @AvivaKlompas It was on Zoom

[Barb B @BernaKrevitz]

@piersmorgan Where was your disgust when hamass literally cut off the head of a human worker in Israel during the genocidal massacre hamas and gazans committed on 10/7/2023 while filming it and posting it on line live?!?
You ARE what's disgusting!