barefoot rabbi

rabbi, runner, podcaster, explorer, adventurer, dad, partner, reader, curious traveler.

[Hillel Fuld @HilzFuld]

Seeing this name on the list of terrorists about to be released shattered my heart. Again. He murdered Ari, my older brother. And now he’s getting out.

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

The fact that much of the world legitimized Hamas, never stood up for these women or any of the hostages, and forced Israel’s hand to hand over terrorists and murderers in exchange for their return will never be forgotten or forgiven.

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

Maybe when we stop
we’ll see that the world
is one great big mirror
and those we’re fighting
are actually just ourselves
disguised as our enemies
and all they really need
is some love and a good cry
to lay the pathway to peace.

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

@NoaMagid Me!

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

@persianjewess So unfunny

[Bari Weiss @bariweiss]

In March, someone posted in a private Facebook group for Chicago therapists asking whether anyone would be willing to work with a Zionist client.

What happened next? Those who replied yes were added to a Bad List: Zionist therapists that was shared in a group called “Chicago Anti-Racist Therapists.”

Excellent reporting here from @GSDeutch:

https://t.co/ujnoGIxEpR

[Eden Yadegar @edenyadegar]

For months, people have spoken in our name.

Now, Jewish students at Columbia speak for ourselves. Listen to what we have to say ⤵️

https://t.co/v9jIgKZore

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

tonight i
understood
why our
scrolls

have no
commas
or periods

for our
story
is
one loooooong run on sentence

each letter
a life
a song
a generation
a blessing

punctuated
only
by love
and
light

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

If a homicidal, Iranian-funded, terrorism proxy wants to pick up your college education tab, you really, really might want to reevaluate things.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

New York City is so proud to be home to the largest Jewish population anywhere outside of Israel, and we take our work in protecting that community seriously.

Today, we welcomed the new Consul General of Israel, Ofir Akunis, to New York City to redouble our efforts to fight antisemitism at home and abroad.

[Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט @naftalibennett]

What is it about the Gaza war that’s causing all these riots around the world?

During the past 50 years the world has seen HUNDREDS of terrible wars. None of them caused the massive anti-Israel riots we’re seeing now in the universities.

So what’s unique about this particular war?

Are there more civilian losses in Gaza (10,000-14,000) than in other wars?

Not at all.
The war in Congo killed MILLIONS ;
The Syrian civil war almost a million;
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan killed hundreds of thousands each.

Was it that Israel initiated this war?
Nope.
This war started ONLY because of the savage October 7th massacre that Hamas executed against innocent babies, women and men.

So why?
What’s is it about this war that gets these intellectuals and students out there burning and breaking into buildings?
Why is the ICC singling out Israel?

You know the answer:
Because it’s Israel, the only Jewish State on earth.
It’s the Jews.

It’s the same reason Jews were singled out for the past 2000 years.

Jews were accused of being lazy or too ambitious;
of behaving differently or trying to assimilate;
of being weaklings or being too strong;
of being an economic burden on society or succeeding too much in business.

The true reason was none of these.

It was because they were Jews.

This wave of Israel-hate is simply a new incarnation of good old antisemitism.

Well, we won’t apologize for being Jewish or loving the Jewish State.

Get over it.

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

Boston GMs are making a habit of trading away or not residing beloved players.

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

@rabbimarkiz For sure. This is essentially the Adam 1 / Adam 2 tension in Lonely Man of Faith. I appreciate the question you raised.

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

@rabbimarkiz I appreciate your question- to me at the end of the day if we measure in terms of benefit most will eventually leave when they determine they don’t use it anymore or doesn’t serve their individual needs. It has to be about a larger purpose to me that people can believe in.

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

@rabbimarkiz Also I truly believe that the purpose of our synagogues is yes, in part to serve the needs of our congregants, but not only that. I believe we have a firm obligation to the city and world around us to do good.

[barefoot rabbi @evanschultz6]

@rabbimarkiz Sorry I respectfully disagree that synagogues always need to flow with the prevailing zeitgeist. Sometimes our role is to act as counter to that and offer something entirely different from the yoga studio.