Ezra Oliff-Lieberman

I'm a young Jewish climate organizer. This week I saw firsthand how @AIPAC is trying to stop our movements. I wrote about why we need to fight back. thenation.com/article/politi…

@Daroff Serious question - what's your response to at least a third of Jewish voters and half of young Jewish voters voting for Zohran?

Last night’s election in New York City marks a grim milestone. The city with the United States’ largest Jewish population will now be led by a man whose record and rhetoric reflect hostility toward Israel and the Jewish people. Zohran Mamdani’s elevation to Gracie Mansion reminds us that antisemitism remains a clear and present danger, even in the places where American Jews have long felt most secure. There can be no compromise with an ideology that demonizes or ostracizes Jews and Israelis. We remain unwavering in our commitment to the safety and dignity of the Jewish community. Our response to this ominous moment will be to strengthen activism, advocacy, and coordination across New York’s Jewish communities, ensuring that every institution and family feels supported and protected. We will demand moral clarity and decisive action from every level of government, mobilizing Jewish leadership and civic partners to ensure that New York remains a place of safety, strength, and solidarity for our people.

This is so embarrassing. What "cherished values" do you disagree with Zohran on? That all people should be equal? That apartheid is wrong? That genocidal tyrants should be arrested? A shanda of a statement from an out of touch organization that doesn't represent actual NY Jews

The @ADL is a hateful organization that cozies up to fascists and exists solely to defend Israeli apartheid. They endanger Jews everywhere, and they certainly don't represent the thousands upon thousands of Jews who helped Zohran win tonight

We did it Zo

@EYakoby bro, that's a shofar...

BREAKING: Two unhinged terror supporters let off a beastly scream, in order to disrupt Mike Huckabee’s confirmation hearing. These people are truly the worst.

It didn’t have to be this way. It still doesn’t. On October 7th, join an Every Life a Universe gathering to mourn the dead, fight for the living, and say loudly and clearly: Not Another Bomb. In grief, in solidarity, and in commitment to a better future. Everylifeauniverse.org

BREAKING: Dozens of Reform Jews are praying with their feet today in DC, advocating for an end to US weapons to Israel and inviting @ReformJudaism leadership to join them in saying: #NotAnotherBomb

Very curious what @JonahPesner and @URJPresident of @ReformJudaism are going to do about one of their movement's rabbis spewing vile racism about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio jta.org/2024/09/19/uni…

Every Life, A Universe: An Offering to Our Jewish Community On Oct 7, amidst the Days of Awe, Jews across the U.S. will come together in community & in grief. Our tears are abundant enough, & our hearts are big enough, to grieve for every life taken– every universe destroyed– whether Palestinian or Israeli. It is not either, or. We need one another: Jews cannot be safe if Palestinians are not safe and free. We will mark one year since the Hamas-led attack in which over 1,100 Israelis were killed and hundreds more were taken hostage. We will mark one year of the Israeli government’s ongoing massacres and starvation in Gaza, which has killed over 42,000 – and likely tens of thousands more – Palestinians.  It didn’t have to be this way.  It still doesn’t.  The massacre of October 7th tragically revealed what many have been saying for decades: that decades of occupation, apartheid, and siege that has subjugated Palestinians will never keep Israelis safe. State oppression of Palestinians has only created an ever-escalating cycle of violence, grief and trauma.  We honor the memories of the dead by fighting for the living. We call for an end to the Israeli government’s genocidal assault on Gaza, and to our own government’s enabling of it. We grieve for the hostages who didn’t and won’t make it out of Gaza alive and who have been abandoned by their government, and we pray for the release of all Israelis and Palestinians who are being held captive and we know that only an end to Israel’s assault on Gaza will give them a chance of freedom. And we know that even when the bombs stop falling and the captives are returned to their families, the only way to truly end the violence is by ending decades of occupation, apartheid and siege. Jewish safety is inextricably linked to freedom, safety, and justice for Palestinians. Let us forge a new future together, grounded in equality, justice, and safety for all. It is time for us all to stand before corrupt, racist leaders — here and in Israel— who are exploiting grief to advance their violent agenda. In our sorrow, anger, and fear, we say clearly: Your endless violence and bombs have wrought destruction upon Palestinians and endangered Israelis and Jews around the world. We must bring about an end to the decades of oppression, dispossession, and violence that the Israeli military has inflicted on the Palestinians. We reject the lie that decades of subjecting Palestinians to occupation and apartheid protects Jews – in Israel or anywhere in the world. We know there is another way. Join us on October 7– in grief, in solidarity, and in commitment to a better future. everylifeauniverse.org

@SaraHirschhorn1 Dr Hirschhorn, thousands have been injured and children have died in what is clearly a violation of international law and a dangerous regional escalation. Maybe don’t joke about this?

Look, if you were beeper-ized while being Hezbollah, that's because you were a terrorist.

Elmo makes a good point

The 60 delegates of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the 1964 Democratic Convention showed how inside/outside grassroots organizing can challenge entrenched systems, even without immediate wins.

Good morning from Chicago, a city with 85,000 Palestinians, none of whom are welcome on the DNC stage

@SaraHirschhorn1 But I am glad that you aren’t opposed

@SaraHirschhorn1 It’s quite upsetting that you’d call what they’re doing - in my view, fully engaging with the democratic process and now desperately trying to get a yes on an extremely reasonable request - hostage taking.

Sounds like the Uncommitted's are also holding the DNC hostage to their demands:

@BurtonJM Agreed! And I think hand in hand with this is giving space for a Palestinian to speak from the stage, as the Uncommitted delegates who did things the "right way" are reasonably asking for. Curious what you think?

We need Democratic leaders to clearly & specifically denounce the protesters who are explicitly supporting the Oct. 7 attacks. What we dont need are the efforts to coddle or normalize them. People like this dont belong in ANY majority coalition building the future of our nation.

.@RepTroyCarter Why won't the DNC #LetPalestineSpeak? We need Palestinians to speak for themselves about the direct impact of US policy. Let @demconvention know Palestinian voices matter

I attended the Uncommitted session on Monday. You can hear these wrenching stories of Palestinians in Gaza and not agree with a single one of the speakers’ political conclusions. The DNC could’ve vetted the remarks. A Palestinian speaking would have conveyed compassion.

No is not an acceptable answer. Please reconsider. We’re being extremely reasonable. I’m waiting for the call from the Vice President’s team. I can’t go anywhere until the Vice President agrees to having a Palestinian American speak from the stage. I’m waiting for the call.

@AvivaKlompas Important to note that John King is Jewish

Can you imagine this being said about someone from any other minority group?