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Sim Kern @sim_kern

USA Today bestselling author of DEPART, DEPART! and THE FREE PEOPLE’S VILLAGE (& others), occasional enviro journalist, they/them rep:@RebeccaPodos

Joined August 2014
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Sim Kern@sim_kern
19 Dec 2025
Jews aren't blue! The association between blue & white and our community as a whole is way more recent than you think, and has always been intertwined with Zionism. Our color history is so much more diverse, rich, and fascinating. Watch the essay: youtube.com/watch?v=M6--Qzpl…
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Sim Kern@sim_kern
24 Sep 2025
We raised $30,000 this week in direct aid for 10 families in Gaza City who needed transportation south and funds for tents and essentials, due to the IOF invasion. Help us double that amount to help 10 more families evacuate, including two pregnant moms: chuffed.org/project/gaza-cit…

What's Next for Gaza

Update, February 2026: Now that the borders are open, we are switching goals to evacuating just ONE family out of Gaza. The family spoke to someone in the government who said registration will begin...

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Sim Kern@sim_kern
24 Sep 2025
This fundraiser is organized by @Amongtherubble, a grassroots mutual aid fund, with boots-on-the-ground presence in Gaza, and all funds raised go directly to the bank accounts or paypals of vetted families in Gaza.
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The Katie Halper Show@KatieHalperShow
23 Sep 2025
Replying to @sim_kern
@sim_kern cuts through Israeli propaganda talking about the inspiration of her new book, Genocide Bad live rn: youtube.com/live/eGJpCMf9WdY…
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Faisal Warraich
@FSWarraich
13 Sep 2025
You can finish this in a day. I’m sure much of it will be familiar, but the way a queer Jew tells his journey from Zionism to anti-Zionism is what makes it important.
Sim Kern@sim_kern
1 May 2025
GENOCIDE BAD is a NYT and USA TODAY Bestseller! It is basically a miracle for an indie press book to hit these lists, and y'all who have preordered it, shared it, and helped spread the word? Y'all are that miracle. I'm so honored by your trust in me and @InterlinkBooks
Shows the cover of Genocide Bad and says April 20, 2025, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "GENOCIDE BAD: NOTES ON PALESTINE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION debuted at #3 on the NYT Bestseller list. Interlink press, the US's only palestinian-owned press has had two NYT bestsellers in its 40 year history. GENOCIDE BAD is their third NYT bestseller, the first in 20 years." Around the orange and blue book cover is written "Y'all did that! Thank you for preordering! Haters, cope. And a slogan that about rivers and C's.

ALT Shows the cover of Genocide Bad and says April 20, 2025, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "GENOCIDE BAD: NOTES ON PALESTINE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION debuted at #3 on the NYT Bestseller list. Interlink press, the US's only palestinian-owned press has had two NYT bestsellers in its 40 year history. GENOCIDE BAD is their third NYT bestseller, the first in 20 years." Around the orange and blue book cover is written "Y'all did that! Thank you for preordering! Haters, cope. And a slogan that about rivers and C's.

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Amir khattak
@amirhayatkhan
14 Sep 2025
The power lies in perspective. A former Zionist turned anti-Zionist knows the arguments from within and that’s what makes the book worth reading. #read #books #bestseller #ghaza #IsraelEnemyOfHumanity
Sim Kern@sim_kern
1 May 2025
GENOCIDE BAD is a NYT and USA TODAY Bestseller! It is basically a miracle for an indie press book to hit these lists, and y'all who have preordered it, shared it, and helped spread the word? Y'all are that miracle. I'm so honored by your trust in me and @InterlinkBooks
Shows the cover of Genocide Bad and says April 20, 2025, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "GENOCIDE BAD: NOTES ON PALESTINE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION debuted at #3 on the NYT Bestseller list. Interlink press, the US's only palestinian-owned press has had two NYT bestsellers in its 40 year history. GENOCIDE BAD is their third NYT bestseller, the first in 20 years." Around the orange and blue book cover is written "Y'all did that! Thank you for preordering! Haters, cope. And a slogan that about rivers and C's.

ALT Shows the cover of Genocide Bad and says April 20, 2025, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "GENOCIDE BAD: NOTES ON PALESTINE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION debuted at #3 on the NYT Bestseller list. Interlink press, the US's only palestinian-owned press has had two NYT bestsellers in its 40 year history. GENOCIDE BAD is their third NYT bestseller, the first in 20 years." Around the orange and blue book cover is written "Y'all did that! Thank you for preordering! Haters, cope. And a slogan that about rivers and C's.

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Geo 🗣🇵🇸@CacatuaInfernal
27 Aug 2025
"If we can free Palestine, we can free the world. And if we can't free Palestine, we're all fucked." -@sim_kern
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Jacqui Gingras 🍉🇵🇸
@GingrasRochelle
4 Jul 2025
Coming to Sumud Stories book club on Wednesday at the Vernon Public Library? We are discussing @sim_kern's book, "Genocide Bad" and what we can do together to Free Palestine. From the river to the sea.
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Laura@xaanua1
1 Jul 2025
I', curreently reading this outstanding book. There is a phrase that it's constantly repeating. Every accusation is a confession. The author, a Jewish writer, explains the history of Israel and the devastation that Israel has caused in Palestinian citizens.
Sim Kern@sim_kern
1 May 2025
GENOCIDE BAD is a NYT and USA TODAY Bestseller! It is basically a miracle for an indie press book to hit these lists, and y'all who have preordered it, shared it, and helped spread the word? Y'all are that miracle. I'm so honored by your trust in me and @InterlinkBooks
Shows the cover of Genocide Bad and says April 20, 2025, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "GENOCIDE BAD: NOTES ON PALESTINE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION debuted at #3 on the NYT Bestseller list. Interlink press, the US's only palestinian-owned press has had two NYT bestsellers in its 40 year history. GENOCIDE BAD is their third NYT bestseller, the first in 20 years." Around the orange and blue book cover is written "Y'all did that! Thank you for preordering! Haters, cope. And a slogan that about rivers and C's.

ALT Shows the cover of Genocide Bad and says April 20, 2025, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "GENOCIDE BAD: NOTES ON PALESTINE, JEWISH HISTORY, AND COLLECTIVE LIBERATION debuted at #3 on the NYT Bestseller list. Interlink press, the US's only palestinian-owned press has had two NYT bestsellers in its 40 year history. GENOCIDE BAD is their third NYT bestseller, the first in 20 years." Around the orange and blue book cover is written "Y'all did that! Thank you for preordering! Haters, cope. And a slogan that about rivers and C's.

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Shalimar Books@ShalimarBooks
17 Jun 2025
Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, 'Genocide Bad' dismantles Zionist propaganda and maps a course towards collective liberation in ten unapologetic essays. 📚⚠️ @sim_kern @InterlinkBooks
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Peter Padawitz@padawitz
12 Jun 2025
Sim Kern (@sim_kern): Author of "Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation" youtube.com/watch?v=SNNyo7iY… amazon.de/Genocide-Bad-Pales…
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Sim Kern@sim_kern
12 Jun 2025
GENOCIDE BAD has gotten its first trade review, and it’s a star from PW: “A bracing account…a bold challenge to accepted American narratives about Israel” publishersweekly.com/9781623…

Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation by Sim Kern

In this bracing account, novelist Kern (The Free People’s Village) unpacks what they’ve learned as a prominent online anti-Zioni...

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Sim Kern@sim_kern
12 Jun 2025
We have just a few hundred copies of the limited edition, signed, deluxe hardcover of GENOCIDE BAD left for sale. We’ve raised over $5,000 for the Middle East Children’s Alliance thru sales of the special edition. Get yours here before they run out: interlinkbooks.com/product/g…

Genocide Bad Deluxe Edition

Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation. By Sim Kern. Hardback, 200pp

interlinkbooks.com
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Between The Lines@BTLRadioNews
24 May 2025
New Book Examines Gaza Genocide & Palestine, Israel History: Interview with @sim_kern a former teacher, journalist, novelist, and best-selling author of The Free People’s Village, conducted by Scott Harris btlonline.org/new-book-exami…
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Rep. Ellen Read 🍉@Ellen4NH
5 May 2025
Picked up @sim_kern 's amazingly well-researched, incredibly powerful book Genocide Bad, which effectively destroys with hard data every Zionist (we should just say colonialist occupier) argument you've ever heard.
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Between The Lines@BTLRadioNews
19 May 2025
Counterpoint Radio airs Mondays 8-9:30pmET WPKN.org 89.5 FM Bgpt #CT: @liaholland of @fightforthefutr on GOP Trump bill to remove tax-exempt status from nonprofits that it says support terrorism & bestselling author @sim_kern on his new book, "Genocide Bad."
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