Dan Altschuler

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[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. 🇮🇱🎶

[Joel M. Petlin @Joelmpetlin]

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Manhattan today with:

No face masks.
No terrorist flags.
No chants threatening violence.

In case you're confused by the images of pro Palestinian gatherings in New York City, the Israel Day Parade is what a peaceful rally looks like.

[Dan Altschuler @daltschuler]

Am Israel Chai

[Captain Allen @CptAllenHistory]

Four days before Israel declared independence, Golda Meir made a desperate secret trip to Amman. Disguised as an Arab woman, she met with King Abdullah of Transjordan — an Arab leader who acknowledged Jewish rights to the Land & who many hoped may choose peace.

Abdullah had long kept private contacts with Zionist leaders. He dreamed of a Greater Syria under Hashemite rule and saw cooperation with the Jews as strategically useful.

In their November 1947 meeting, he had hinted at possible accommodation.

But by May 1948, the Arab world was locked in rejection. Abdullah told Golda he was now “one of several” — no longer free to act alone. Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon were all committed to destroying the Jewish state the moment it was born.

He still wanted peace with his Jewish neighbors. But he felt trapped.

Before they parted, the King looked at Golda and said these remarkable words:

“I believe with all my heart that divine providence has brought you back here, restoring you to the Semitic East which needs your knowledge and initiative. Conditions are now difficult, but be patient.”

It was a poignant, almost prophetic farewell.

King Abdullah paid for his pragmatism with his life. On July 20, 1951, while visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, he was assassinated by a local Arab gunman acting on orders from the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem and Nazi war criminal, Amin al-Husseini. Peace with Jews was considered treason.

This became a tragic pattern: moderate Arab leaders who dared acknowledge Jewish rights or seek accommodation were sidelined, exiled, or killed.

From 1948 onward, maximalist rejectionism has been rewarded while moderation has been punished.

Yet the Jewish state survived — and thrived anyway.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but dead Hamas leaders are better for Palestinians, Gaza, the region and world.

[Dan Altschuler @daltschuler]

@ChrisVanHollen given the naiveté expressed, allow me to explain, Iran has directly/ indirectly attacked Israel for years. Any country, the US included, would defend itself. If you are ignorant, please educate yourself on the history. Otherwise, be open about being an Anti-Semite

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

The illegal war that Trump and Netanyahu started against Iran has been one disaster after the next. When you're digging yourself into a hole, the best way out is to stop digging.

[Jew in a Canoe ✡️🇨🇦 memoir now available! @WillieHandler]

People believe that because 700,000 Palestinians were displaced in an Arab war 80 years ago that today they're entitled to wage massacres, bomb busses, hijack planes, and recruit activists for a global intifada.

People also believe that because 9 million Jews were displaced in WW2 and 6 million of them were exterminated and nearly another million were ethnically cleansed by Arabs, that they're entitled to no self defense or sovereignty and that “their victim card expired."

This is the confluence of the racism of low expectations and raw antisemitism.

[Eric Adams @ericadamsfornyc]

This Sunday, Fifth Avenue will once again become a sea of blue and white as proud New Yorkers come together to celebrate the unbreakable bond between New York and Israel.

As mayor, I proudly marched in this parade every year I was in office, and this year will be no different. Join me Sunday as we stand against antisemitism and stand with NYC’s Jewish community.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

Thank u, next @IDF 🇺🇸 🇮🇱

[Mazelit Airaksinen 🎗🇺🇸 🇮🇱 @Mazelit_]

My first year at Barnard College I had roomates in SJP who brutally harrassed me, stalked me, and tried to get me fired from my work-study job.

Why?

Because I refused to sign a BDS petition.

I didn't even know much about Israel at the time.

This was before I converted.

But after all that harassment, I posted on Facebook about all the trouble I was having at school and Jews from all political backgrounds called me, thinking I was a fellow Jew in distress.

"I'm not Jewish" I'd say.

"That's ok, we want to help anyways" was always the response.

They never forced their religion on me.
They never disparaged me for my (at the time) atheism.
They didn't even treat me like an outsider.

What they did do? They showed me what family, mishpacha, is.

I was a "gifted and talented" student from a broken home. I grew up struggling with homelessness. I had no family to turn to for help, in K-12 or college.

But I will say that the Jewish community's propensity to help one in need — especially in my case, helping someone who wasn't Jewish — is something I'll forever be deeply appreciative of.

I was scared to go to class because of the harrassment in college. One UES mom bought me pepper spray so I'd feel safer in case someone started to stalk me again.

When I posted about not having family over the holidays, someone from Columbia Hillel sent me a care-package.

Rinse and repeat 100x over my four years in college.

Jews taught me what family is and I'll never forget🧡

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

One of the few declassified IDF drone videos from high altitude over Gaza.

First 5-7 seconds: Watch Hamas rockets launching from right in the middle of civilian areas. The IDF then tracks the exact launch sites in real time and destroys them with precision strikes.

This is the reality behind the “indiscriminate bombing” lie.

Hamas hides among civilians, IDF targets the terrorists.

Share this. The truth needs to be seen. 🇮🇱

[aijamayrock @aijamayrock]

I went to a Muslim country to find the most isolated Jews in the world.

These are the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan.

2,500 years ago, they left Ancient Persia and went to the mountains of Azerbaijan where they have stayed ever since.

They created a language you can't find anywhere else in the world called Juuri: it's a combination of ancient Hebrew and ancient Persian.

Their synagogue floors are covered in carpet and you have to wear slippers to enter. Women must wear a scarf over their head to enter.

There are 30,000 Jews in Azerbaijan today. Some of them are even half Muslim and have Jewish. They are living examples of coexistence.

Even though these Jews have been separated for thousands of years, it is incredible how similar we are.

We have the same Shabbat dinners, we pray the same way, we have the same Jewish mothers. Even after 2,500 years, we are one family.

[Trisha Posner @trishaposner]

It took a non-Jewish host on CNBC this morning to say in 20 seconds what so many are afraid to: “Anti-Zionism gives the left an out to be antisemitic.”

@JoeSquawk nailed it, Anti-Zionism “gives them an excuse” — a shield for the Jew-hatred we’re watching explode across campuses, media, and culture.

The 2.1M impressions on my pinned “orgy of antisemitism” post — and the nonstop “it’s not antisemitism, it’s anti-Zionism” replies — prove him right.

Stop hiding behind the label. Stop pretending this is a distinction with a difference. It isn’t. Call it what it is: antisemitism.

We document it all at @AntisemitismWatch. #JewHatred

[NizNellie3 @NizNellie3]

🚨 Day 12 of the geniuses at NYU not knowing who hoisted a swastika flag over an academic building as students and their families attended a graduation event.

See this woman with Chelsea Hubbell? I mean, CLINTON, Chelsea Clinton...my apologies. That's Linda G. Mills, the President of NYU.

Despite President Linda making a cool $1.5 million and perks that would make you vomit, she can't figure out what mysterious person or group did this. She's totally stumped.

There are over 3,500 security cameras at NYU. 7 floors are inside of the building that hoisted the Nazi flag. Each floor has cameras, specifically the roof, which normally is only accessible by maintenance.

NYU is on track to receive $732 MILLION in taxpayer federal funding for 2026-2027.

YOU, the American taxpayer, are about to be fleeced for a campus that displays a Nazi flag.

[David Jacobs @DrJacobsRad]

Esti is a 14-year-old autistic child who has been missing for a week in Toronto.

Someone has decided to treat the signs meant to help find her the same way they treated the October 7th signs.

Why? Because Esti is Jewish.

The Canada of my youth has been swallowed whole by hate.

Please click on the third image, download it, and post it. Let's do something good. Let's find Esti.

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

Rabbi Nechemia Schusterman, Chabad rabbi in @CityofPeabodyMA , Massachusetts writes:

"Over the past few weeks, a series of deeply disturbing incidents have taken place in our otherwise peaceful community of Peabody, and I feel compelled to share them and ask for the awareness and partnership of both my Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors.

Last weekend, my brother-in-law was walking to synagogue when someone in a passing car shouted “Heil Hitler” at him. A few days later, (yesterday and today) during the holiday of Shavuot—a time of joy and unity celebrating the receiving of the Torah—a car drove by and yelled “Free Palestine.” I was then told to “go f*** yourself,” followed by “f***ing Jews,” and then something even more vile—that I should “r*pe my daughters.”

I don’t repeat this lightly, but it is important to be honest about what is being said out loud, on our streets, in our town.

Today, my 15-year-old son was also targeted—spat at from a passing car and called “dirty Jew.” What was especially disturbing was that it was not just a reckless teenager, but the adult—(the father?) who shouted it over the crouching and squirming teen beside him. These are not isolated incidents. They are happening with increasing frequency, and they are affecting our families and our sense of safety."
@MassAGO

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Please share.

[Jews Fight Back 🇺🇸🇮🇱 @JewsFightBack]

🚨TORONTO: STOP SCROLLING.

A 14-year-old Jewish girl is missing.

Her name is Esther. Her family and friends call her Esti.

She has been missing since Friday night, May 15.

She was last seen after midnight near Bathurst and Hotspur.

She had no shoes.

If you know anything, even something that feels small, call it in now.

Do not wait.

Do not assume someone else called.

Toronto Police: 647-355-4148
Shomrim Toronto: 647-557-6735

Someone knows something. Make sure they see this.

[Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz @BlumencranzJake]

The line between activism and hatred has been blurred for too long — and silence is surrender. I refuse to accept a future where Jewish Americans are told to be quiet, afraid, or apologize for who they are.

I’m running for the New York State Senate because hate deserves opposition, moral clarity matters, and New Yorkers need leaders willing to confront dangerous ideas before they become dangerous realities. I will continue to meet this venom with an antivenom. @FoxNews @foxnewsnight @kevincorke @EndJewHatred @RJC

[Karen Ievers @karenievers]

🚨 JUST IN:

Israeli couple harassed and filmed by pro-Pal resort employee in Cambria, California. Judging from the interior, it appears to be the Cambria Pines Lodge.

The Jewish woman tells her partner in Hebrew that she doesn’t want to stay at the resort as she is afraid the employee might break into their room…

The employee should be fired immediately‼️ I have enhanced his image using AI.

@StopAntisemites @HenMazzig