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"For 259 days, these hostages have felt so horribly far away. Their distance at the root of our despair. And here I was, standing next to one of them! She was home! Alive! With her mother!" Ariele Mortkowitz on meeting Amit Soussana. buff.ly/4crDHwj

What are the anti-Semitic roots of the current anti-abortion rhetoric? We may have more to lose than our right to choose. Read this classic Lilith from Summer 1990: buff.ly/3xA2Nd5

"This week, two Israeli women who were abducted on Oct. 7 and held captive by Hamas shared their painful stories of experiencing sexual violence in excruciating detail, only to be doubted and denounced online." buff.ly/43DGj6H

“Things happened here that I have never seen before. The world outside cannot understand the magnitude of the event. It’s impossible to contain it” The United Nation’s Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, was shocked by her visit to Israel hearing the testimonies and meeting victims.

For those wondering, the sign language translator at tonight’s Lewiston press conference is incredibly important for these briefings. Four members of Maine’s deaf community were killed, so their family especially needs this form of communication. While the faces she is making might look like funny, emoting is an important part of ASL sign language.

A dear German friend who truly loves Israel wrote to me that the leaders of Germany and many of its citizens support us and feel our pain, *but* Israel must not conduct ground war with Hamas, lest many more innocent people be harmed. I asked him what would have happened if the Allies had decided to avoid a ground war in Nazi Germany, lest many more innocent people be harmed. And I told him that Israel still haven't identified all its murdered civilians, while the world has moved on and considers the dead Jews to be old news. A huge and dangerous dissonance.

Imagine if within days of the Al-Qaeda attack on 9/11 which killed nearly 3,000 American citizens or the ISIS mass terror attack in Paris in 2015, that murdered 130 innocent people, a group of students on American campuses were holding rallies in support of that terror attack, and harassing anyone who speaks against them. That is exactly what is happening on campuses in America right now. After the October 7 massacre when Hamas butchered over 1400 Israelis in a single day pro-Hamas rallies popped up all over the US. The organizer, which caused itself Students for Justice in Palestine, called the assault a “historic win” and shared promotional material featuring a Hamas terrorist on a paraglider, an instrument of death. SJP has a stated goal of dismantling Zionism on campus. This means the targeting of mainstream Jewish campus life and standing against anything that’s American. In supporting a barbaric, brutal, sadistic terrorist assault on thousands of innocent civilians, SJP has shown us all who they really are, Hamas on campus.

203 empty seats: Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza erect symbolic installation haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

This interview with Yair Golan made me feel a little bit hopeful, no small thing in these terrifying and difficult times. I would be glad to vote for him as the next Israeli prime minister. And the sooner the better. youtube.com/watch?v=JILhJ-…

Vivian Silver, an Israeli-Candian peace activist, is among the estimated 150 Israelis believed to have been taken hostage. Heartbroken, we pray for her safe return and all those seized. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

My sister and nieces and nephews are there. They’ve been protesting BIBI for months. Fight for a two state solution. Israelis are Jews and Arabs and all colors. There is so much complexity to this. But make NO MISTAKE Hamas is a terror organization who’s mission statement is kill all Jews. This fucking world breaks my heart

"After countless feedings and diaper changings, the translator-turned-mother can only marvel, “all this doing and no poetry?”—and we, her appreciative readers, can only beg to differ." Read Ilana Kurshan's review in our summer issue! lilith.org/articles/new-m…

High praise for a poignant and powerful article in @LilithMagazine's new issue!

Curious what we are listening to at Lilith this summer? Find out at Lilith Online! lilith.org/2023/06/lilith…

@LilithMagazine Awww thanks so much for sharing @LilithMagazine 🙏🙏❤️❤️

Picker Neiss’s son got to shake the president’s hand, and said he is not worried, right now, about what awaits him in Missouri. Besides, he said, “I have to pack for camp.” via ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023…

After the most miserable and anti-LGBTQ+ leg session in #moleg it was a true gift to hear @POTUS not only speak out boldly in support of LGBTQ+ population & especially our trans youth, but take the time to actually speak to them. What an honor for my son to have this moment.

A one-night only screening of a film celebrating the life of rabbi and musician Shlomo Carlebach is under fire from critics concerned about his legacy of sexual assault. @esensten reports: jweekly.com/2023/06/09/cri…