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Historian of modern Iran, Jewish communities of the Middle East.
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“Can’t you see that we’re intertwined?!” Anyone who cares for Israel and Palestine should see this speech. There’s only one future: freedom and security for both peoples! youtu.be/3gzo7PiFiaM?...

Msafer yatta in the Oscar’s, and brilliant speeches by Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham!!! A million congratulations, and may their vision lead our way. ברכות חמות ליובל אברה והצוות על הזכייה. נאומים מדהימים של באסל ויובל. הלוואי שנלך בדרך שהם מראים לנו.

The willful collaboration of institutions is far more dangerous than the directives coming from the White House.

He always believed that there are good people on both sides. #ukraine

Yep 🤬

There's actually something liberating in all those fascist jerks removing their masks.

JFC

Tonight we’re voting on a Republican budget that would destroy Medicaid and give $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires. In my district, 164,149 Minnesotans are at risk of losing their coverage all while President Musk gives tax breaks to his billionaire friends. Hell NO.

I think it’s called extortion.

The importance of independent journalism has never been clearer.

מאמר חשוב של דותן הלוי. אין עתיד לעוטף בלי עתיד לעזה. אין שיקום לעוטף בלי שיקום עזה. ללא מהלכים רציניים יתברר שרק הפכנו את שעון החול עד לפעם הבאה. www.ynet.co.il/news/article...

"I’m a Jew from Germany and I fear the AfD’s triumph is only the beginning" forward.com/opinion/6991...

The writing was on the wall. The US and Israel voted with Russia and 15 other countries against the resolution. Not surprising a bit, but still shameful and disgraceful.

Another travesty! Cancelling @ayman.msnbc.com!

He is admitting that he doesn’t want lawyers to stop him from breaking the law. No one would stop him from issuing lawful orders, so this has to be about unlawful ones.

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Also, do we all agree that if Trump were the president during WWII, the US would have joined Nazi Germany?

This is terrible. She was one of the few good anchors at MSNBC. The silencing of allies of Palestinian freedom is real, particularly for journalists of color. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

Amen to that.

Who is really driving US support for Israel? Prof. Joshua Schreier (Vassar College) traces the influence of evangelical Christians back to 19th-century Britain, showing how their theological vision - not Jewish voters - has shaped policy for centuries. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7tXBSejy7fo

Today is a good day for Nazis. I assume they’ll find a way to make a coalition without them now, but they're not going anywhere. Another piece of good news is that Die Linke got great numbers.

This is a story from today's morning edition. The comic minute is when one of the raiding policemen picks up Orwell's 1984 and doesn't know what it is. Israeli police raided Palestinian-owned bookstores in Jerusalem www.npr.org/2025/02/14/n...

For early career folks working on the MENA region during WWII, see this fantastic workshop hosted by the USHMM in Vienna. www.ushmm.org/the-middle-e...

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency

מאמר מצוין של איה ידלין על השימוש באנלוגיה של שואה כדי לתאר את מה שקורה עכשיו.

So You Bent the Knee and Were Banished Anyway: A Guide for Mainstream Media

My new essay is out in IJMES! It examines how the history of Soviet nationalities policies and their global linkages can offer fresh insights into state formation in the post-Ottoman Middle East and the history of the USSR. doi.org/10.1017/S002... [http://doi.org]

Fetterman must be primaried

This is the president declaring his intent to escalate the genocide and get the US directly in charge. Anyone who doesn't speak out NOW is responsible for this genocide. American Jews, this is your time to make a moral stand against this crime. Please speak up!

We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

Just saying.

Trump doubles down on the genocide support. This is beyond insane but totally expectable. Would Saudi Arabia respond to this thing? Continue with the normalization talks? Sounds too stupid even for them.

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Janet Afary and I wrote an article on the struggle of Iranian Jewish women for inheritance and divorce rights in the 1960s and 1970s. It will be up soon on Shofar's Muse page, but for now, you can see it (or read, if you will) on my website: sites.psu.edu/liorsternfel...

I can’t put my finger on what it reminds me.

Did you get your question answered?

הסרט המופתי הזה מועמד לאוסקר בקטגוריית הסרט הדוקומנטרי. אני ממש מקווה שהוא יזכה ויקבל חשיפה עצומה שלה הוא ראוי, ובתוך כך ימחיש הרבה ממה שאנחנו מדברים עליו. הסיפור של מסאפר יטא הוא מדגים את חוסר האונים, התקווה, ההתעמרות, השרירותיות וחוסר האכפתיות וגם את צבא הקוזאקים של ההתנחלןיות שבאים והורגים,/1

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