@nnahle My maternal grandmother’s name, who arrived at Ellis Island in 1911 or so with her mother Rebecca and her siblings from a tiny shtetl outside of Odessa.
Why can’t Jalen Brunson be the face of the league?
- Big market
- In his prime
- Already a champion
- Knicks will contend next year
- American
- Great leader
- No scandals
- Steady household
- Elite scorer
- Great teammate
- Coachable
- Likeable
- Great underdog story
I seriously think, as Jews, we should stop categorising ourselves into Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Mizrahim etc.
We are Jews. We are all Jews. And to our enemies, it's that simple. So why can't it be that simple for us?
No need for separation. We all came from one place and got dispersed into the diaspora. The beautiful thing is that although we were separated, we are united once again.
Let's start acting like it.
Drop. The. Labels.
@hittyminny@ZenfinityDesign@PounderJane1 oh no, you are something! Your Yiddish word of the day posts bring a smile to my face every day and remind me of fond memories and my heritage. With all the awful happenings every day, that’s quite important!
Trump, you're right. The strike on Beirut shouldn't have happened this morning. It should have happened a long time ago.
We, the citizens of Israel, are not your puppets. We didn't vote for you. You are not our prime minister.
You do not get to decide whether we respond when we are under attack. You do not get to manage the lives of millions of Israelis.
We appreciate everything you have done for the State of Israel, but it's time for you to understand that Israel is not another star on your flag.
You have become a deeply divisive figure. Israelis should not have to sit in bomb shelters waiting to hear what you say in order to know whether they can leave. The way you speak about our prime minister, and your rush to the media after every conversation between you, has earned you a great deal of contempt here.
You asked, "What the fuck is Bibi doing?" He's doing exactly what he is expected to do: protecting the people of Israel. He is not meant to serve your interests.
The surrender deal you are eager to sign with a murderous regime that has brutally oppressed its own people for 47 years and openly seeks our destruction is, in our eyes, one of the greatest disgraces imaginable. For Israel, it is a suicide pact.
Do not expect us to sit quietly while rockets and explosive drones are fired at us. Do not expect us to embrace the weakness you are displaying.
You are normalizing attacks on Israel. You are normalizing a reality in which millions of Israelis live between bomb shelters, rockets, and explosive drones.
By your actions, you are creating a dangerous equation: the IRGC and terrorist organizations are learning that they can attack Israel while Israel is expected not to respond.
There has never been a time when Israel sat and waited to see whether it would be attacked. That is not how you defeat terrorism.
That is not strength. It is surrender.
Israel has fought terrorism for generations and defeated it. We will not surrender to terror because you choose to do business with it.
We do not bribe terrorists, and we do not sell our values to accommodate them. If a terrorist organization were firing at New York and sending explosive drones into its streets, you would decide for yourself how to respond.
We have dedicated our lives to telling the world that terrorism must never pay. You chose to yield to it. Pride and ego prevent you from admitting mistakes and correcting them.
It is time for Israel to tell you no. Without apology.
In 1929, Arab rioters massacred the Jews of Hebron — a community older than Islam. No occupation, no Israel, no settlements existed. What exactly was being "resisted" in 1929?
Yahya Sinwar had a brain tumor removed by Israeli doctors while in an Israeli prison. He repaid it by masterminding October 7. Israel literally saved the life of the man who'd murder its children — and the world still needs convincing about which side values life.