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“[Dan Goldman] is a fighter for working men and women of his district. We need Dan Goldman.” Thank you @KathyHochul for the kind words of support. And to the 31 NYCHA TA presidents, 20 labor unions, and community leaders in Chinatown, the LES, Sunset Park and Red Hook who are supporting this campaign. New Yorkers, tomorrow is the big day - make sure you have a plan to vote so we can keep delivering results for the working class and immigrant communities that are the backbone of our city. Head to vote.nyc to make a plan to vote. Every vote matters!

@TaliGoldsheft I guess I wont be going there.

Poetica Coffee in Park Slope is gross for all sorts of reasons. Avoid at all costs!

@StopAntisemites Holocaust lit teacher here. This is not an apology for teaching about the Holocaust. This is about apologizing for not teaching and including all students in a diverse community and addressing their concerns. Better explanations need to be offered to help students understand.

Boston (Lexington), MA: William Diamond Middle School Principal Johnny Cole sent an email apologizing to Arab, Muslim, Palestinian, and Lebanese students who were offended by a mandatory Holocaust lesson. Since when is teaching historical fact something that requires an apology? And why is a school principal validating outrage over Holocaust education instead of defending it?

@academic_la @freejewess Define Zionism.

@freejewess Zionism is cooked. Judaism is doing fine. Learn the difference.

I'm going to be honest with you guys. I'm fucking terrified. I don't see any light coming over the horizon. I feel like I'm looking square at a tsunami with absolutely no escape path away from it. Any other Jews here feeling the same way?

@HenMazzig @hahussain Is this really really true? Scary.

The US Department of Health and Human Services is investigating the American Psychological Association after increasing complaints of antisemitism within the organization. According to those within the American Psychological Association, Zionism has been classified as a mental illness and "psychotic" within mandatory courses. These courses also suggested introducing "‘Palestinian liberation struggle’ into the clinical practice of mental health care." This is, of course, in addition to Jews and Israelis being outright harassed at conferences, including one Jewish therapist who was harassed to the point that security assured her the harasser would be removed. He was not, and is allegedly going to be a speaker at the next conference. You don't expect this kind of open disregard from a field that should be filled with empathy.

What I appreciate about Dan Goldman is that he's focused on representing his district. He's introduced legislation to protect students, voting rights, LGBTQ+ New Yorkers, Jewish communities, immigrants at court appearances and due process. And he shows up in the district to do oversight and hold agencies accountable. No hero cosplay. No performance designed to go viral. Just a dedicated public servant doing the work.

Will the Democratic Party Shift Course? Last night, I addressed a group of Democratic elected officials, philanthropists, voters, and activists in New York about Gaza, the broader Israel and Palestine conflict, and the troubling trends emerging inside the Democratic Party. I focused on the growing normalization of Hamas, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the wider “resistance” narrative, an ideology that has migrated from campuses into the streets and now into electoral politics. This shift has produced a new class of candidates eager to cater to these destructive sentiments. Even individuals who are not explicit Hamas supporters have adopted inflammatory language and absolutist postures that shut down debate and weaponize accusations instead of fostering democratic discourse. I emphasized to the audience, including local, state, and national officials, that these views do not reflect the diversity of Palestinian experiences, particularly those inside the Gaza Strip. Worse, they actively undermine the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people, who have suffered from the collapse of political life, the erosion of public freedoms, the absence of a viable peace process, and the empowerment of extremists. Allowing Hamas’s ideology and the rhetoric of its backers and apologists to masquerade as “pro‑Palestine” within the Democratic Party would harm the party, hurt Palestinians, and distract from the real needs of American constituents whose lives are shaped by far more than oversimplified foreign‑policy slogans. Without hesitation, I made clear that the future of the Democratic Party cannot rest with DSA‑aligned candidates whose positions on Palestine, governance, and economic policy would be disastrous. Nor can it rest with influencers like Hasan Piker, the radical “left,” the misguided “progressives,” the clueless “liberals,” or the wave of prospective candidates in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and elsewhere who are building platforms on outrage rather than solutions, leveraging Gaza and the Palestinians for political and electoral gains. At the same time, I spoke candidly about Israeli policy choices in Gaza and beyond, many of which have been deadly, counterproductive, and strategically incoherent. Tactical gains have not translated into a sustainable endgame, prolonging the crisis and deepening human suffering. I urged decisive action against violent settler extremism in the West Bank, which is enabled by elements of the Israeli government and must be confronted directly. It is entirely possible to criticize Israeli policies without denying Israeli humanity or indulging fantasies about dismantling the Jewish state – just as it is entirely possible to support Palestinians while rejecting Hamas, terrorism, decades of failed leadership, and a long list of destructive allies.

@lauferlaw @Mpolymer You think we may need to paint our doorposts?

@Mpolymer paschal lamb for when this “agreement” goes down the tubes.

Vance is a public relations apocalypse…

@AlexMLeo Hoe do we kne he changed. Like last September?

Some people are mad about this but his supporters should embrace it. The women who had bad experiences with him mostly did in the five years after he returned from working for Blackwater. He was obviously highly troubled then. They need to make a case that he’s better now.

@adam_louis52328 When?

The West, so long burdened by Holocaust guilt, having—so it seemed—gone through its reckoning with millennia of Jew-hatred, will have to do it all again. At the very moment it thought it had finally shed that guilt, it did it again. The entire hate narrative against Israel after October 7 will not last. It will falter. The truth will prevail, as it always does. The West will be plunged again into shame. And those who stood in their convictions will triumph. They will reap the glory, not of power and mob rule, but of truth and justice.

@RabbiPoupko Somehow in his bones.

This story made me cry. Going through hundreds of photos of the Hagana/Palmach archives, this young man's face stood out to me and made me decide I have to stop and see what his story was, but I did not realize how much this story would mean to me. Jules-Gerhard Weil, son of Auto and Hilda Maria, was a Swiss Christian member of the Swiss army. He came from a Swiss military-class family that has served in the Swiss Armed Forces for generation. During WWII, Jules helped members of the French resistance smuggle Jews and Christians from France to Switzerland. Appalled by the horrors of the Holocaust, Jules decided to go to Israel in 1946 and helped found Kibbutz Gilad. Fulfilling his obligations to the Swiss Army, he returned to Switzerland and then came back to the land of Israel in 1948. When asked why he is going, Jules said: " I love the Land of Israel, and I think that I am still needed there for another ten years. After that, I will return home". Jules joined the Hagana intelligence service and traveled to Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. In January 1948, Jules was asked to dismantle an enemy landmine near Kibbutz Ayelet Hashachar. The landmine exploded and killed Jules. The Hagana called his mother in Switzerland, who then came to the land of Israel to see where her son was buried and pay him final respects. Upon visiting, his mother revealed to members of the Hagana: she was Jewish and so was Jules, but she never told her son. May his memory be a blessing. source palmach.org.il/archive/galler…

@RoKhanna @mehdirhasan @grahamformaine But no redemption foe Cuomo or Franken?

I unequivocally condemn misogyny and toxicity against women. I believe in redemption. @grahamformaine opposes the war in Iran that Collins supported. Platner supports taxing the billionaires who Collins gave breaks to. Platner believes in Medicare for All, while Collins believes in cutting Medicaid. @FaceTheNation

@RabbiPoupko And because we know survivors of the camps who found refuge in the Jewish homeland.

Because they were not raised by a Beijing algorithm.

@SirDenzington @EYakoby You mean you can’t find a Better candidate?

@EYakoby Moderate democrat Mainer here, we cannot let the establishment bully Graham out of the race!

Chris Hayes: “How is it that your ex-girlfriend was texting people that you had a Nazi tattoo in August but you didn't know until October?” Graham Platner: “They didn't tell me that.” Who didn’t tell you that you had a literal Nazi tattoo? It’s your tattoo!

@LisaTalmadge @TheRickWilson So he’s only reformed himself in the last couple years?

@TheRickWilson Offs. We all know the dude is trash. He tells us all about his sociopathic thoughts on Reddit. Everything Fifiled said is mirrored in Reddit posts. Including the fantasy of killing burglars. And “not in a gay way”

I ran more than a few GOP smear campaigns in my past. I know one when I see one.

@mehdirhasan You apparently do not understand whence we come.

An insane thing for a leading American government leader to say to a minority community in the US.

The Park Slope Food co-op just voted to boycott Israeli products including Israel's Al Arz Tahini, here's the biography of the company's owner Julia Zahr: "Julia Zaher is an Israeli Arab businessperson, philanthropist, and former schoolteacher. She is owner and CEO of Al Arz Tahini, a tahini manufacturing company. She is known for her philanthropic actions to benefit women's rights, people with disabilities, and LGBT health." Doesn't sound very progressive of them to boycott. Cc @CUNY_Prof

@blamsamran @bradlander Vote for the guy who led the Trump impeachment. Goldman.

There is no contact info on @bradlander’s website so let me publicly say I am extremely disappointed that 13 products at a private Co-op you are not a member of are more important than even basic solidarity with Palestinians and I do not know if I can vote for you anymore.

@atrupar @JuliaDavisNews Bonwit Teller dejavue?

Trump: "Oman will behave just like everyone else, or we'll have to blow them up"