Writer, editor, translator. Won some fancy awards for a book way back when. Scribbles in @nytimes @newrepublic @salon @jdforward

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This is ridiculous. Albanese is no Raoul Wallenberg. What’s more, Albanese is backed by a worldwide campaign of MILLIONS. You can say all you want about Zionist propaganda, but apples to apples, pro-Palestine activism is gargantuan, while pro-Israel activism is minuscule by comparison. What the latter do have is focus, which the Zionist movement had from the beginning, even when Zionism was fringe even among Jews. Pro-Palestine activists like yourself can learn a thing or two from that. Sappy faux-lyricism doesn’t compare to doing work on the ground for people’s actual lives. With all the millions backing her worldwide, how many lives has Albanese impacted? How many has she saved? Appearing on global TV and acting the martyr is hardly the stuff of heroes and legends.
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A perfectly reasonable view were this conflict actually about that. But it's simply not. It is and ever has been: one side wants a state for Jews, the other side wants no state for Jews ("by any means necessary"). Contrary to popular wisdom, it's not all that complicated.
"If one accepts that Jews constitute a people entitled to self-determination, how can one deny the same principle to Palestinians? If one believes Israelis deserve security, freedom and dignity, one should want the same for Palestinians." substack.com/inbox/post/1997…
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The Bund is fascinating but this review like Bund itself is a triumph of wish over reality. Bundists who werent killed by Hitler were shot by Stalin inc Alter Erlich Feffer Markish Bergelson many in the Night of Murdered Poets 1952. A dangerous world. Yet oddly the review just says: ‘Bund ceased operating in 1949.’
Jews in the diaspora who want to celebrate their heritage without tying themselves to Israel might look to the Bundist concept of “hereness”, which a new book by Molly Crabapple celebrates economist.com/culture/2026/0…
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Fun fact: most Jews who ended up in Palestine/Israel were on the spectrum of “meh” to decidedly opposed to Zionism. Whether it was assimilated German Jews fleeing the Nazis or the fiercely anti-Zionist Orthodox from Hungary/Romania, they ended up in Israel anyway. Ask why.
Jews in the diaspora who want to celebrate their heritage without tying themselves to Israel might look to the Bundist concept of “hereness”, which a new book by Molly Crabapple celebrates economist.com/culture/2026/0…
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There are more Muslims living in Israel as full-citizens than there are Jews living (as citizens or not) in the 49 Muslim majority countries put together. This should be the only argument you need to debunk the false claim that Israel is an ethnostate.
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I lost a cousin on 10/7. I didn’t go attack a mosque. Stop excusing antisemitism
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The mayor of Dearborn Heights said that the suspect involved in the shooting and vehicle-ramming attack at a Detroit-area synagogue had “lost several members of his own family … in an Israeli attack on their home in Lebanon." Read more: abcnews.link/9fv8rRf
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I first learned Ohr Hachaim on Parshat Yitro 37 years ago, but these words remained indelible: הגיע חשוק ונחשק לחושק וחשוק... All kinds of theological knots to unpack, but the raw power of the passage encapsulates the 3000-year-old story of one people.
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This is an astute take, although it’s likely a miss on predicting a split vote between Satmar and other Hasidic groups. (Although the Haredi non-Hasidic vote is a different story.) It is rare for a NYC mayor to win without the Satmar vote, and it’s usually a strong leading indicator. These are odds you can bet on. This isn’t because Satmar itself is all-powerful. But Hasidic “voting blocs” are nearly always aligned among subgroups, whose political calculus is nearly identical and 100% pragmatic. (Rare exceptions exist, eg Clinton/Lazio 2000, but they’re super anomalous.) What’s key is that Hasidic leadership endorsements reflect neither conventional left/right politics, nor where they stand on Israel, nor even nominal internal ideologies (eg LGBT views). They turn on one single question only: “will this candidate deliver for our communities’ particular needs and strengthen the survival of our chosen way of life.” Very little else matters. And elected officials in NYC-metro know and understand this.
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It is not a great surprise but it it's not about anti-Zionism at all. Satmar anti-Zionism is nominal and theological and not of the same kind of Mamdani's leftist anti-Zionism. Many other anti-Zionist Hasids sects won't back Mamdani. I don't think Israel is the main reason for their decision-making in either case
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Rock solid argument: why is she so condescending to people spreading lies instead of understanding their scornful disregard for boomer concepts like history/reality/truth/facts.
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יזכור קהילת ניר עוז / ליאת אצילי נזכור את קהילת ניר עוז בימי תפארתה, את הבתים, את הדשאים, העצים והשבילים. את הבריכה ואת הכלבו, מקומות בהם נפגשנו באקראי וניהלנו את שיחות החולין שהיו חלק כה מרכזי ברקמת החיים המשותפת שלנו. ואת הפאב עם הערקיטו, והגולדסטאר מהחבית. את בית הילדים על גלגוליו, מטפלות אהובות, מדריכים בברוש ובנעורים, את הסטודנטים והש"שינים את ארוחות ההקמה והמשחקים על הדשא בבילוי. את חדר האוכל! צ'יפס לנפש בחמישי ופלאפל בשישי. את השדות, הפרדסים והמטעים שכל אחד בעונתו סיפק לנו את הירקות והפירות הכי טעימים בעולם. את השקיעות המרהיבות. את הנווה, שמי ייתן ועוד נשוב לשמוח בו ושתהיה בו חתונה! את הדוג' ראם של הגד"ש, עם כל הכלבים בארגז מאחורה. את החגים שחגגנו יחד, את הריבים והוויכוחים שחלקם בוודאות נראים עכשיו חסרי חשיבות. את הפרח של ניר עוז. את היצירה והעשייה שהפכו את ניר עוז לפנינת תרבות בנגב, את התערוכות בבית הלבן ואת ליין ההופעות הכי שווה ever נזכור את השער הצהוב שהגן על המקום המיוחד שלנו, אך ביום פקודה, כרע תחת המתקפה הרצחנית ולא הצליח לשמור עלינו. נזכור שכולנו גיבורות וגיבורים, מהתינוקות ועד הוותיקים. כולנו! נזכור שאנחנו חזקים באלף דרכים ושכעוף החול, מתוך האפר נבנה חיים חדשים. נזכור את היום. את היום בצהריו. את השמש שעלתה על מוקד הדמים את השמים שעמדו גבוהים ומחרישים נזכור את תלי האפר אשר מתחת לגנים הפורחים. יזכור החי את מתיו יזכור בן החורין את אסוריו כי הנה הם מנגד לנו הנה ניבטות עיניים סביב סביב ואל דומי, אל דומי לנו עדי יהיו חיינו ראויים לזכרם. יזכור בית ניר עוז את לוחמי כיתת הכוננות שחרפו נפשם בקרב על ביתנו: תמיר אדר אביב אצילי דולב יהוד רביד אריה כץ יזכור בית ניר עוז את:   יצחק (איציק) אלגרט  רונן (טומי) אנגל  רבקה בן חורין  אמיתי בן צבי מיה גורן אבנר גורן יוסף (יוסיניו) גרוס  כרמלה דן  נויה דן  אלכסנדר (אלכס) דנציג  דניאל דרלינגטון  קרולין בוהל  יוסף (יוסי) והב  אריה (זלמן) זלמנוביץ'  ג'ודי ויינשטיין חגי  גדי חגי  ויטלי טרופנוב  אוהד יהלומי  יאיר יעקב  אפרת כץ    ברכה לוינסון  עודד ליפשיץ  אברהם מונדר רועי מונדר  יורם מצגר  אליהו (צ'רצ'יל) מרגלית  סעיד (דוד) משה  שפרה נוי    קרול סימן טוב  יהונתן (ג'וני) סימן טוב  תמר שרה קדם סימן טוב  ארבל סימן טוב  שחר סימן טוב  עומר פרדי סימן טוב  שירי סילברמן ביבס אריאל ביבס כפיר ביבס מרגיט סילברמן יוסף (יוסי) סילברמן גדעון פאוקר חיים פרי עמירם קופר אברהם (רמי) קציר אלעד קציר חנה קציר דוד שלו  טל שלו ירמיהו (ירמי) שפיר  נזכור את עובדינו המסורים: קְלֵמֶנְס פֶלִיקְס מַטַנְגָה פּוֹנְגְטֵפּ קוֹסְרָם טוּ סָא־לִי סַקְדָה סוּרַאקַאי גוֹסְרָאם אֲפִּיצ׳ָאר סָארִיטַט קוּאָוּ פִּיצ׳ִיט נָאג׳ָאן פִירוֹן תָּאנוֹנְפִים תַּנְקְרִיט פְּרַקְטְוַנְג פַּפּוֹנְטָאנִי פּוֹנְגְקְרוּ וּוֹטִיפַאט וִיסְטְדְּנָאוִי נַאטְפוֹנְג פִּינְטָה בֶּנְצ׳ָה דַּצ׳ְטָאוַואט יהי זכרם ברוך.
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Hard truth: @JGreenblattADL took a once widely respected organization and turned it into a transparent organ of propaganda, a laughingstock, an embarrassment to everyone who once trusted it to be a real voice against bigotry. It absolutely does NOT speak for Jewish New Yorkers.
1/ I'm absolutely blown away by the sheer brazen audacity of @ZohranKMamdani, telling all of us in the Jewish community who does and doesn’t represent us. forward.com/fast-forward/771…
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Qatar never condemned Hamas Muslim Brotherhood's October 7 massacre. On that very day, its Foreign Ministry blamed Israel instead.
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“Without affecting Yad Vashem” is the absolute pinnacle of “people love dead Jews”
What is happening in Gaza has shaken the conscience of the world. Man-made famine can never be a weapon of war. This must stop. EU aid to Gaza far outweighs that of any other partner. But of course, Europe needs to do more. Here are measures for a way forward ↓
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That time in June 1960 when the UN Security Council condemned Israel for arresting notorious N*zi and Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. History vindicated Israel, and yet the world still complains when Jews bring their tormentors/mass murderers to justice.
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Call me naive, but I don’t buy that a major global newspaper would resist a major story if it could be verified. If it can’t, that’s unfortunate, but that’s how this works. Newspapers don’t owe tipsters stories. If you’re upset that major media isn’t just taking your word for it, that’s a massive self-entitlement issue you might want to take a look at.
Please, make sure everyone sees this. Yesterday, I messaged the bureau chief in Jerusalem of a major global newspaper—one known in every corner of the world. I asked a simple question: Did you report on the beheaded fetus who was killed alongside his mother in the Shati Refugee Camp on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. local time? Their reply? “Thanks for the suggestion.” When I offered to send them the footage via WhatsApp, and even help connect them with the families, they answered: “Thank you and don’t worry. We have a great team.” But I do worry. Because it’s been 82 hours since that fetus was beheaded in his mother’s womb, and still—nothing. No coverage. No headlines. No outrage. This is not a suggestion. This is a crime. A horror. One that every journalist with a conscience should have reported the moment it happened. I followed up again, just to see if they were planning to report on it. No response. Silence. I can’t help but wonder: has there been an explicit order not to report this? I’ve scoured the mainstream media. I haven’t found a single mention. But that phrase—“Thanks for the suggestion”—still echoes painfully in my
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in a Channel 13 interview today, talked about Israeli settler terrorism in the West Bank: "In the West Bank, war crimes are being committed daily.....the IDF isn't doing what it should be doing."
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Hundreds of Israelis holding photos of Palestinian children murdered by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Palestinian peace activists in Gaza holding photos of Israeli children murdered by Hamas on October 7th. Amid unbearable grief, they carry each other’s pain.
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“Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Blame the Jews” “Why is no-one allowed to talk about the Jews?”
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