Roger

See how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when love once comes to bend them...Melville

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

BREAKING: Ilana Gritzewsky, who was held hostage by Hamas, just took the floor at the United Nations to confront Reem Alsalem, the UN rapporteur on violence against women. Her dramatic testimony:

Special Rapporteur, your report speaks about violence against women. Why is there no mention of Hamas?

On October 7, terrorists stormed our Kibbutz — murdering, kidnapping, and burning.

I was beaten and mutilated before blacking out.

I woke up half naked with seven terrorists standing over me, not knowing what happened to me in those lost moments.

I went through days of pain and horror in captivity, and even now the feeling of being powerless and violated still lingers.

I came back with a broken hip, a broken jaw and a shattered soul.

People see my face and think I’m free. But freedom is not a switch. Trauma doesn’t vanish once you are released.

Now, every air-raid siren, and every rocket from Iran, throws me back into that hell.

On October 7, and in captivity, Jewish women were raped, abused, and humiliated.

And you, Special Rapporteur, you chose silence and denial.

Ms. Alsalem, you said there was no evidence of sexual violence on October 7.

I am standing here today — not as a report, not as a statistic.

I am a woman who survived. I am the living proof of sexual violence by Hamas.

When I and other Israeli women begged not to be raped, why were you silent?

Please look at me. Do you believe us now?

Will you apologize?

[Roger @Naaman76]

@NancyRPearcey So sorry for your loss, Nancy.
Praying for peace and comfort 🙏

[Roger @Naaman76]

@AriLamm Nor the Hebraic spirit in which she is rooted.

[Roger @Naaman76]

@yechielleiter @POTUS @ABC God bless you, Ambassador Leiter!🇮🇱🇺🇸

[Roger @Naaman76]

@YossiGoldstein8 @RachelBaribeau ♥️

[Roger @Naaman76]

@elicalebon Praying for #EfranSoltani

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

Urgent: how to help save a young protester’s life.

I cannot believe how many years we’ve had to recycle this dystopian practice. God, when will it end? #ErfanSoltani

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

23-year-old Kurdish student Robina Aminian was shot in the head from behind by regime forces after they opened fire on protesters in Tehran.

No one in the international community seems to care— please share if you do!

[Roger @Naaman76]

@megbasham @lee_ritz Praying for you, Megan

[Roger @Naaman76]

@d3bach I just finished it! Wonderful book, Daniel!

[Roger @Naaman76]

@AriLamm 🥹

[Roger @Naaman76]

@AriLamm This is awesome! Thank you for sharing. I'll be checking out that podcast! I've learned so much from your other podcasts, from Haivry to Bunker, and many more on the influence of the Hebrew Bible and Judiasm on Western political thought and our founding. Many blessings!

[Roger @Naaman76]

@AriLamm @zenahitz @CatherineProj @gfaitheffort @zugzwanged Awesome thread, Ari!
I completely agree with your assessment of man.
What is your take on the use of "gods" in most English translations of Psalm 82? Is it an incorrect translation of "elohim"?
Appreciate your thoughts!

[Roger @Naaman76]

@AriLamm @ldub1981 Wow!

[Roger @Naaman76]

@jennfrey Grateful for both of you!
Loved the conversation!
Modeling intellectual friendship at it's best.

[Jennifer A. Frey @jennfrey]

Just in time for Thanksgiving! I am grateful to Ari for having me! 😍

[Roger @Naaman76]

@AlaskanKate @BiblicalBeauty So, so sorry to hear. Heartbreaking. AF vet and former aircraft maintainer, here, but more importantly a fellow believer... I'm praying for you guys

[Good Faith Effort @gfaitheffort]

Listen to @AriLamm and @wrmead this week to dive deeply into topics like:

- the American interest in Israel
- under-appreciation of Herzl in the world of state-craft
- what antisemitisim in the US can teach about the health of the republic

https://t.co/p0ljNPrtq0

[Roger @Naaman76]

@AriLamm @gfaitheffort Oh, wow....looking forward to it!!

[Roger @Naaman76]

@AriLamm @gfaitheffort Loved this episode! As well as the one with Ofir Haivry, on "John Seldon and the Western Political Tradition"
I'm currently halfway through the book, and as you would say "mind blowing"! Thanks so much Rabbi Lamm!