Ben Jaffe

Yankees and Rangers fan. Sometimes tweeting geopolitics. New Yorker lost in New Jersey.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

This is basically every picture I accidentally take while I drinking.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Remarkable image of black hole released in astrophysics breakthrough https://t.co/oQ0pWS2NN2

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

Insane footage.

Right after the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War anti Israel protests broke out in New York City (as well as pro Israel protest).

Does that sound familiar?

[Ronald S. Lauder @lauder_ronald]

The attack today at Temple Israel in Michigan is not an isolated event.

In recent weeks, synagogues in Canada have come under fire. A bomb was detonated outside a synagogue in Liège, Belgium. Incendiary devices were thrown outside Gracie Mansion in New York by ISIS sympathizers.

These are not random events. They are acts of terror aimed squarely at western and Judeo-Christian values. The rise of antisemitic acts targeting Jews is part of the same war on those values.

That no lives were lost in these attacks is nothing short of miraculous. But miracles and complacency will not keep our communities safe. Bondi Beach showed how deadly such attacks can be.

If leaders don’t act quickly, democracy and society as we know it are at risk of total collapse.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

Bad Bunny rocked the pro independence PR flag

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@GlobalRabbi @buildersmideast Antisemitism isn't invalidated by Jewish contributions to the world. By that argument, antisemitism becomes valid if Jews don't contribute to the world's advancement. Antisemitism is simply wrong like all forms of racism.
Tikun Olam is incumbent on Jews. Antisemitism isn't.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

The third baseman wasn't holding him on either! Terrible base running.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@NamethatYank Sterling Hitchcock

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@EliLebowicz That's so perfect.
Is his first name Yerushalmi?

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@Yankees Now I need to find a new team

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@NamethatYank Mariano Rivera. You may have heard of him.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@TheIntelFrog Here...

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@TheIntelFrog And what's this guy doing?

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@BryanHoch

[Chabad.org @Chabad]

🕯️ Baruch Dayan Haemet
With great pain we share that Rabbi Zvi Kogan, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Abu Dhabi, UAE, was murdered by terrorists after being abducted on Thursday.
His body was recovered early Sunday morning, and his family has been notified.
Please do a mitzvah in the merit and memory of Rabbi Zvi ben Alexander Hakohen, hy”d

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@DBashIdeas Wouldn't that be everyone?

[David de Bruijn @dmdebruijn]

Some background. As a Dutch Jew 🇳🇱, here's what I grew up with: football hooligans singing "we're hunting for Jews", or "Hamas Hamas, all Jews on Gas". They're classics. Our synagogues are walled 3x times over. We go nowhere without guards. I'm more concerned tourists didn't know

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

I believe that @realDonaldTrump will win in a decisive victory and potentially a landslide Electoral College outcome tomorrow. I could of course be totally wrong, but that helps elevate an important point.

Approximately half the country will be unhappy about the election outcome, potentially devastatingly so. In this context, I think it is important to remember that we are one country, and we will survive whoever is our next president.

What we must avoid, however, is a world where our fellow citizens who are disappointed raise hell or otherwise revolt about the outcome. The peaceful transfer of power is a critical feature of our democracy that must be maintained for us to succeed.

The system is stronger than any one candidate. We will thrive long term no matter the outcome of this election because the system will heal itself. That’s been a feature of our democracy for nearly 250 years and I expect it to continue.

Let’s therefore be civil and accept the collective will of our democratic process. We have many enemies that want internecine battles in America to weaken us. We cannot let this happen. The world is a dangerous place and we need to be unified to protect our country and our children.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@MaxMannis It was this or searching for voting results of Cobb County, GA.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

This is a possible scenario.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

@drorpoleg @ben_rosen @emmabgo The ON LI thing has a nuance that's often missed. NYers say something is ON LI, but it's common to say "I'm in LI" if you're there.

[Ben Jaffe @bzjaffe]

This should be required viewing tonight.