I post Jewish things. Sometimes other things. Like sports. But mostly Jewish things. Senior Jewish Educator for @JudaismUnbound /The UnYeshiva. he/him
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I don't know how anyone's answer in 2024 to "how can Dems win elections in the future" is any version of "they need to move in X direction ideologically."
Some folks are saying X is "a more centrist" direction, others "a more left" direction. I think that's the wrong debate.
We can respond "But practicing for a debate, or being deliberate, doesn't inherently mean you're insincere!"
True! I think Kamala Harris was sincere in her beliefs -- those I agree with and those I don't. And...I don't think that matters.
It's amazing how many people's answers to "how do we stop alienating working-class voters" begin with "we should stop caring about Trans people."
I suggest answers to this question of how to not-alienate voters that are not "we should pick a group of voters, and alienate them."
Lex Rofeberg retweeted
Utter depravity. According to exit polls 80% of American Jews voted for Harris. We are waking up horrified for our country and our communities
We congratulate President Donald J. Trump, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and all the candidates who won last night. We look forward to working with the incoming Administration, Congress and all elected officials in pursuit of our 111-year-old mission — to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all.
We remain steadfastly committed to that timeless mission as we fight the torrent of antisemitism sweeping our society along with all forms of hate and extremism — offline and online, on campuses and in schools, in the US and around the world.
adl.org/resources/press-rele…
This is the ADL, folks. Can we please stop pretending they meaningfully speak for any collective-Jewish anything, and build up alternatives?
Absolutely wild, but not very surprising, that there is no mention of racism, Islamophobia...anything other than antisemitism.
We congratulate President Donald J. Trump, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and all the candidates who won last night. We look forward to working with the incoming Administration, Congress and all elected officials in pursuit of our 111-year-old mission — to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all.
We remain steadfastly committed to that timeless mission as we fight the torrent of antisemitism sweeping our society along with all forms of hate and extremism — offline and online, on campuses and in schools, in the US and around the world.
adl.org/resources/press-rele…
First, they don't actually fight antisemitism very well. Which is evident here, given that they are "looking forward" to working with the folks most contributing to its growth in recent years.
We should really think twice before saying things like "We're gonna be okay."
A lot of people aren't gonna be okay. We probably need to hold that truth really dearly, and not comfort ourselves with "it's not so bad," if we're gonna fight for a world where more will be okay.
People, please, for the love of all that is holy stop throwing around "Shiksa" as some kind of neutral or cute term!
This is happening EVERYWHERE I look, online especially but also in offline Jewish communities. Stop!
Following up, due to @annarajagopal's sharing, to add that I should've said from the get-go that, in addition to being thrown at non-Jewish women, it's also thrown at Jewish women who are deemed to "not look Jewish" or not practice Judaism by someone's definition of "properly."
And the response of "oh lol you think blonde women are some oppressed group???"
It is possible for a group to be centered via societal beauty standards...and for that group to simultaneously be targeted by unnecessary and harmful micro-aggressions in Jewish spaces!