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Won the 2011 Prague mustache contest Jewish, Czech and Cold-War history Thinking about belonging, diaspora, antisemitism and cemeteries Views should not be attributed to employer/CHGS Books: https://tinyurl.com/yc77by39 & https://tinyurl.com/2xutcwkt
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Another media bozo.

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Thousands gathered in the center of Prague to send a strong message along with President Pavel, that Russia initiated and has sustained their three year war of imperial conquest against the people of Ukraine.

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But there’s a Presidential health commission, so don’t worry. I’m looking forward to the Kennedy Compassion Camps for people on mental health meds. With out powers combined…

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The party that has tried time and again to ensure that Americans do not have equal access to healthcare and food is concerned about our health and diet. They wonder why we lag behind other countries, the ones who provide healthcare and outlaw stuff we still feed to kids.

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it's a setup and our communal leaders are walking us right into it

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This is why JD Vance was in Europe claiming that the US values free speech. It is part of the imperial project to force Europe to allow Nazi incitement like the US allows.

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Funny. $200M is what Noem paid for the ads that she claims Trump told her to take out thanking him for closing the borders. *Aims the DOGE-signal into the night sky*

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One film, two screenings. @ramapocollegenj.bsky.social

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We didn’t like this in Lebanon. This is a scary turn.

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UVA students are gathering outside the rotunda to protest a closed meeting of the board of visitors scheduled to discuss the fate of gender affirming care at UVA hospital

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999: The Forgotten Girls Heather Dune, Director Mon, Feb 24 at 7:45 pm Cong. Agudath Israel, W. Caldwell Register: www.agudath.org/event/film-s... Tues, Feb 25 at 7:00 pm Trustees Pavilion, Ramapo College Parking: [email protected] We thank the Bruch family for their support.

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Academic colleagues, can anyone help me access this article? My library could not. Viktoriya Zhuravleva, "American and Soviet Political Cartoons in the Cold War: Theoretical and Methodological Discourses," Istoria 11, no. 145 (30 Nov. 2024).

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"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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I support Elon’s new hobby of using a lot of drugs and playing with chainsaws.

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Elon Musk is running around with Holocaust denying 20 something year olds ransacking the US gov. JD Vance endorsed the German far-right to the point where actual Jews in Germany are aghast. Nazi salutes have come back en vogue on the American right.

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I owned the Trump board game as a kid. I’m 47.

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I can’t figure out what this dude’s angle is.

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Combative does not have to be insulting to the voters. One of the reasons the Dems lost was because they ignored the anger of much of the country with the state of our country. Righteous anger calls in as it calls out. No one needs them to go meme-king…

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The past month.

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Starting a pool… How long until we get a stamp with Trump’s face on it and how long before the first prosecution for defacing it?

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The media is shirking its responsibility out of fear. The folks at CPAC have not stood up in protest because they approve of this. It’s their party. It’s their Caesar.

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I am so sick of this shit. It’s a Sieg Heil. It’s a Nazi salute. Anyone who sees it knows. It’s ridiculous that legal departments presumably won’t let media call it what it is. Bannon made “a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally”? Fuck off.

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Perhaps the time I felt both most Jewish and most included in a Christian context, thanks to our shared preservation of Aramaic.

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Only the Bic Mac and aspartame can save us now!

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He didn’t just crash the economy, he bilked the citizens out of millions in a crypto scheme, which he later likened to a Casino. Thank god our President does not do things like that!!!

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I’m the fac/staff advisor for the newly founded Syriac Orthodox Club at @ramapocollegenj.bsky.social. I’m so excited to be joining them right now for their first program, which is Bible Study. I can’t wait to learn with them! Good attendance.

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Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal. X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers. That’s extortion.

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Thoughts and prayers!

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They need to get Geraldo to open the vault!

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So many bleeps. Lol

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Today's theme is "spicy memes at a time of genocide and rising fascism." I don't choose the themes. They choose me.

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What an insight for those of us who think a lot about how ideas about Jews and Israel can reflect structures and underlying concepts that may run counter to how they are perceived among the general public.

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This is more depressing crap but there is an important concession. MAGAdoge recognized, at least, the fundamental/official limits of its power. It recognizes (though intends to undermine in practice) the President’s inability to override Congressional statutes.

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Wait? Are you telling me that one of the primary movers of fascism is fear and paranoia… that the privatization of the state’s repressive structures is part of how authoritarianism sustains and roots itself in society? My god. Someone read a book.

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And they will not even consider a thoughts-and-prayers exemption.

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Who let Elon watch “Die Hard with a Vengeance”?

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This was such a great talk! I’m looking forward to assigning this chapter in future Holocaust and genocide courses.

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I am very frustrated with the administration of my graduate Alma Mater, Washington University in St. Louis, based upon a few reports I read this morning.

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This is the point I have been trying to make. Trump isn’t caving to Putin. They are in agreement. This is the basis of America First.

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This is a concentration camp. They are describing a concentration camp.

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I actually take this to be part of why @alana-m-vincent.net makes the IMO correct point that a major failure of a lot of Shoah education is that it only ever asks students to identify with the victims.

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