Julia Kaye

Philly girl by birth, Nashvillian by choice

[Julia Kaye @LOLJayKaye]

Today a black guy asked me how I could have such curly hair (implying “for a white girl”):

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, I have some thoughts on why Holocaust education hasn’t been as effective as we might’ve hoped.

Much of the western world was taught the “what” of the Holocaust (what happened), but not the “why” (why it happened).

They were taught about Hitler’s rise to power on antisemitism, but they weren’t taught that Hitler didn’t invent antisemitism and that it was lying dormant in Germany, as it always does, waiting to be excited back to life again.

They were taught about Auschwitz, but they weren’t taught about millennia long antisemitism that needed only shapeshift to the grievance of the time to make Auschwitz happen.

They were taught numbers and statistics, but they weren’t taught about how blaming the Jews for every evil was the precursor to persecution, from blaming Jews for the crucification of Jesus during the 1st century, to poisoning the wells during the Black Death in Medieval times, to the blood libel of drinking children’s blood in the 12th century, to economic manipulation during the Farhud.

They were taught about concentration camps, but they weren’t taught that what preceded the concentration camps were accusations of secret Jewish council’s controlling the world, “Jewish supremacy” plaguing society, Jews “controlling banks and manipulating the economy,” and tracing all contemporary evils and social ills backs to Jews.

They were taught about the genocide of Jews, but not the history of scapegoating Jews as the catalyst to their genocide.

Had they been taught the “why” of the Holocaust, they may have been much savvier at identifying today’s persecution of Jews as the “greatest evil of our time,” as another iteration of identical pre-Holocaust antisemitism.

Because they weren’t taught the “why,” these patterns have reemerged as they do on estimate every 2-4 generations.

Holocaust education should’ve taught the world about Nazi Germany as the horrifying end, not the covert beginning of Jewish persecution.

[Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe]

I need people to understand how difficult it is to get an NIH grant. You spend months writing a proposal, following strict guidelines that include a detailed multiyear budget, bios of everyone on your team, plans for participant safety & ethical conduct. Then you send it off -1/n

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

Hi friends, former criminal attorney here to explain to you how crime works.

The elements of kidnap are as follows: 1) abduction of the victim, 2) using force, fear, or intimidation, 3) without consent.

If these elements are satisfied, the defendant is guilty of the crime of kidnapping.

The following is not a legal defense to kidnap: “the victim was given food.”

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

It actually doesn’t matter if you think the deal is terrible or if you think it’s perfect.

What matters is we have a chance to bring human beings home to their families, and we can’t afford to miss it.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

BREAKING: Israeli TV reports that on the first day of the ceasefire, Hamas will release the 3 female civilian hostages, then the Bibas children, then the female soldiers: Naama Levy, Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, and Daniella Gilboa.

Hamas’s final answer on the ceasefire is still to come.

[Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff]

not saying things are tense, but all the characters from Les Miserables are gradually gathering out side my window to sing a song

[Julia Kaye @LOLJayKaye]

@Dannyjokes I hope to the lord no one thinks this is real

[Julia Kaye @LOLJayKaye]

@HenMazzig The angle of his spine gives loser, not hero lol

[Christopher C. Cuomo @ChrisCuomo]

Is America becoming radicalized?

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Where all of the commentators who were angry all day about Israel “invading a sovereign country” when Iran launches hundreds of missiles at Israeli civilians and sending their men to slaughter us in our streets?

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Israel has no border with the Islamic Republic in Iran, they don’t hate us because of “occupation” they hate us for existing as Jewish people.

[Dow @mark_dow]

Harris rn killing a baby in his 78th year

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Ismail Haniyeh was born in Egypt, lived in Qatar, and died in Iran.

The only Palestinian thing about him is the money he stole from Palestinians.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

To clarify: “Preemptive” doesn’t mean “unprovoked.”

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Dear friends in the media,

Your headlines are, once again, extremely misleading, so here is exactly what happened so you don’t have to work too hard (I know you hate it):

- On October 8, Hezbollah, a terror group, a proxy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and based in Lebanon, began launching barrage of rockets onto Israeli civilians.

- Since October, they have launched more than 8,000 rockets, killing 43 Israelis and injuring 272, including children.

- Due to the constant rocket fire, 62,000 Israelis are de facto refugees and unable to return to their homes in northern Israel, and 250,000 acres of nature have been burned.

- On July 27, Hezbollah crossed the line by sending a rocket into Majdal Shams’ soccer field, killing 12 children.

- On July 30, Israel eliminated Fuad Shukar, Hezbollah’s most senior commander and Nasrallah’s right-hand man, who was responsible for all of Hezbollah’s attacks since October 8, including the one that killed the 12 Israeli children.

- After weeks of threats of retaliation, this morning—on August 25—Hezbollah planned to launch 6,000 rockets toward Israel at 5 a.m.

- Thanks to Israeli intelligence, the air force thwarted this attack around 4:30 a.m. by destroying hundreds of rocket launchers in Lebanon.

- Despite this, Hezbollah still managed to launch 320 missiles into Israel at that time. This is clearly a confirmation of the terror group’s intention of a larger scale attack on Israel. Even though they claim that the rockets were aimed at military targets, they all hit civilian areas.

Without Israel’s preemptive attack on the launchers this morning, thousands of Israelis would be dead right now.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

"Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire Proposals" is trending, even though it's a total lie.

Netanyahu ACCEPTED Blinken's proposal.

These misinformation accounts are using a quote that's unrelated to the proposal actually being negotiated, which doesn't include an unconditional end to the war.

[AMAC @AMACtn]

Earlier this week the Our State, Our Languages coalition submitted a formal complaint against the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and its Driver Services Division. We're streaming on IG, Thurs Aug 15, to discuss further.

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[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

If you believe in Israel and Palestine existing side by side, then you are a Zionist.

Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to their own homeland, not that anyone else doesn’t.

That’s why anti-Zionism is not “criticism of Israel” but a call for an actual genocide.

[Julia Kaye @LOLJayKaye]

@HenMazzig They should kill the campaign altogether bc it’s horrible

[Julia Kaye @LOLJayKaye]

@NashSevereWx Danger + damage = damager. Seems fitting