Peter Fishkind

Attorney and 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇱 political activist. Lover of most things Long Island.

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

Am Yisrael Chai.

[Motti Seligson @mottiseligson]

No word.

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@DRichardsQNS @QC_News Thank you for sharing this post. Our communities have deep histories of standing beside one another through the most difficult times and that must continue long into the future 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.

[Donovan Richards Jr. @DRichardsQNS]

Andrew Goodman was one of our brothers as well. He attended Queens College and went to Mississippi to help register Black voters.

After Andrew was murdered alongside James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, Dr. King honored his courage and sacrifice at Queens College @QC_News .

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@zakmalamed And they blame him for not spending in Florida when their guy got the nom in Michigan and forced Schumer to spend tens of millions there to sure up a weaker candidate (while their favorite 85 yr old senator sat on a 23MM war chest). None of it is on the level.

[Melissa Weiss @melissaeweiss]

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[Kamel Amin Thaabet @K_AminThaabet]

Wishing a happy Veteran's Day to all who served. Appreciate you. 🇺🇸

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@ProfDBernstein @WRapfogel What about a fighter jet shooting down Iranian missiles and drones mid air? The J street position is nonsensical and dangerous.

[Todd Richman @toddrichman]

Don’t mess with Philly! Pro Israel community is out of force! Unbelievable. So proud to be Jewish. Am Yisrael Chai!!!!

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@mroctober @EgelWeiss Thank you for speaking out!

[Reggie Jackson @mroctober]

It is heartbreaking to see antisemitism in my hometown. I was born in Wyncote, near Philadelphia, and it makes me angry and ashamed to see hatred tolerated there.

The numbers show this is not an abstract concern. The Anti-Defamation League recorded 465 antisemitic incidents across Pennsylvania in 2024, an 18% increase over 2023. It tracked 189 incidents in Philadelphia and 51 in Montgomery County. These reports include harassment, vandalism, and assault; they are not all classified as crimes. (https://t.co/LNbuEF4lCN, https://t.co/VD98Hg5XEp)

Hateful expression harms more than its immediate target. In a 2025 survey of Jewish Americans, 79% said they were concerned about antisemitism, and 52% said they had worried about their personal safety because of their identity. Nearly half reported taking steps to increase their security. A research review also found that exposure to hate is associated with worse psychological well-being, more negative stereotypes, and less trust between groups. (https://t.co/VD98Hg5XEp, https://t.co/YJT6NcR4VF)

It takes me back to the racism I experienced in the 1960s: signs throughout the South declaring that Black people could be refused service, along with separate “white” and “colored” signs on bathrooms and drinking fountains,”no niggers”. I remember what that hatred looked and felt like. We cannot accept it in any form, directed at any people.

I wish I could be there to stand with those protesting HATE. I am asking elected officials and other leaders in Philadelphia: Where are the clear statements condemning antisemitism? When hateful language is excused or repeated, it can make hostility seem acceptable and deepen fear and division. Leaders should speak plainly and consistently: antisemitism and hate have no place in our communities.

What the hell? We have to speak up.

Reggie Jackson
The Mr. October Guy

[Tom Suozzi @RepTomSuozzi]

This election was a referendum on the division being sown across our country. Americans rejected the petty partisanship that has dominated our politics for too long. They want us to solve the problems they’re facing.

Read my Wall Street Journal op-ed here: https://t.co/y8h8oXLU5q

[Congressman Brad Sherman @BradSherman]

In 2016, President Obama signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide Israel with military aid through 2028 – aid that is spent right here at home and supports thousands of American jobs.

Israel faces extraordinary threats to its security and has been America's most important ally in the Middle East. Israel spends nearly four times as much on its own GDP on defense than the rest of our allies.

Donald Trump’s isolationism will only make America weaker on the world stage.

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@GenZ_Moderate @JewishWonk Yes. We need to push back on the libels of community. We also need allies bc the lies are ultimately about much more than us and will have enormous ramifications for our country if things continue to get worse.

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@dkwhite8965 @JewishWonk The initial post said pro Israel groups tried to panic voters into supporting Republicans. You are referring to the primary in NJ-11.

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@JewishWonk There was localized and ad hoc stuff going on re hochul and Blakeman but not organized national pro Israel politics by any stretch. From what I understand, the best organized voters in the Jewish community came out big for her whereas she struggled with them 4 years ago.

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@JewishWonk On 1) there was plenty of reason to do it in Michigan and I don’t think those voters needed much encouragement from outside groups.

On 2) the congressional democrats that were reelected on LI are supported by the pro Israel community. Continued…

[Noah Rothman @NoahCRothman]

There is no better heuristic for this sort of thing than the one @AbeGreenwald pioneered: Obsessing over what the Jews took from you is "comfort food for losers." We should not be losers.

[Tom Suozzi @Tom_Suozzi]

Big night!

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@GenZ_Moderate @K_AminThaabet Is el Sayed the biggest story of the night the way he would have been if the Dems won a narrow margin? It seems like an afterthought to me on a night where the Dems may end with a senate seat in Mississippi. He clearly didn’t have some secret sauce to pull out a win.

[Peter Fishkind @PeterFishkind]

@yesh222 Correct