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Bibi is pushing this death and destruction in a craven attempt to consolidate his coalition and get a budget passed in the Knesset by the end of the month, to preserve his own power. He is sacrificing the lives and future of Israelis and Palestinians alike. Deeply shameful.

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Proud that @partners4israel.bsky.social is one of many Jewish groups endorsing this demand answers from DHS admin-jayapal.house.gov/2025/03/14/j...

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Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem twice in a month

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While we might disagree with Mr. Khalil's views - even strongly - US citizens + Green Card holders deserve Constitutional free speech and due process protections. Indeed, Khalil hasn't even been accused of having done anything illegal! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...

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Grateful to be out this morning with CBST, @jfrejnyc.bsky.social, and a whole host of Brooklyn Jewish community to anticipate Purim and show up for trans youth today!

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Featuring @rabbiandykahn.com Rabbi KB Frazier, and with other speakers like Rabbis @mhughesrob.bsky.social, @abbystein.bsky.social, and others...

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"Alternative Pathways to Peace: A 'Shared Homeland' Paradigm in Theory and Practice". Please join our next webinar, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 11:45AM ET, with @sucharov.bsky.social & Omar Dajani, moderated by our board member Joshua Shanes. Register now at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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From the moving response that our executive director, Rabbi @mhughesrob.bsky.social, shared yesterday to the return to Israel of the bodies of Kfir and Ariel Bibas: “Every childhood is sacred.” Read the full column, "There Are No Words. Instead, We Must Act with Care", at mailchi.mp/progressivei...

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acknowledging the history and existence of black people in america is not dei; it is not diversity; it is describing what is in front of you.

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From vulgar gestures at public parades to a refusal to support a hostage deal, Israeli Diaspora minister Chikli has made it clear he doesn’t have the interests of US Jews at heart. Meeting with Eric Adams and co. without rebuke for the mayor’s antisemitism? Not a surprise. x.com/chabadlubavi...

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@thatrabbicohen.bsky.social said it best today. Heartbroken.

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Proud to join this morning with hundreds of my teachers and colleagues to make it clear: We #SayNoToEthnicCleansing You can too. ➡️ sign on to show your support at saynotoethniccleansing.org/

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This war will only end through diplomatic resolution, and resumed military action in Gaza would put both Israelis and Palestinians in grave danger. A continued ceasefire is the only way to bring the hostages safely home, and begin to take steps towards real regional stability.

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If you’ve been to a session I’ve taught on poetry and politics in Israel and Palestine in the last 5 years, you’ve benefitted from the wealth of knowledge available through the Educational Book Shop in East Jerusalem. 1/x

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Getting excited in the group chat not about football, but rather the chance to remind everyone that Harry Connick Jr is ALSO an Irish Jew with deep roots in New Orleans 👑

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Proud that @partners4israel.bsky.social is a signatory on this, and grateful to see the RA stepping up to leadership in this way!

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Our full statement condemning the U.S. president's call for expulsion and ethnic cleansing, and the Israeli prime minister's embrace of that call, can be found on our website - www.progressiveisrael.org/response-to-...

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Let’s be clear: the forced transfer of a population en masse is ethnic cleansing, whether it’s called for explicitly or couched in euphemisms like “humanitarian solutions beyond our borders,” (as many Likud members called for earlier this week). 📸: @giligetz.bsky.social

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Images from today's rally outside the Israeli Consulate in NYC, calling to continue and complete the ceasefire/hostage release deal, end the war, prevent ethnic cleansing, stop the assault in the West Bank, and prevent annexation. (Credits: @giligetz.bsky.social, @mhughesrob.bsky.social)

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Here, there, and everywhere 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #ShabbatShalom

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Trump's EO is "misdirected and will impede rather than help the struggle against antisemitism which, at its core, is a part of the larger struggle for civil rights." Our statement on Trump’s “Additional Measures to Combat Antisemitism” Executive Order is at www.progressiveisrael.org/partners-for...

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It's #HaTikvahTuesday, when you get a chance to meet one of our all-star slate members ☺️. Today we'd like to introduce you to @evanwolfson.bsky.social, founder of Freedom to Marry, who led the organization's campaign to victory! (Check out our full 120-member slate at www.hatikvahslate.net/slate)

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The ability to be in coalition is a muscle we can build— but we have to put the work in to do it!

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Israel could still be a healthy democracy, writes our ED, R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social, in our Israel Horizons e-zine. But that will require not just rolling back Netanyahu's anti-judicial coup, but ending the Occupation and repealing the Nation-State law. www.progressiveisrael.org/insights-reb...

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“My Bedouin village was destroyed so that Israel can build a Jewish village in its place” The history of the forced expulsion of Umm al-Hiran

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one of the biggest and simplest ways to both do something, and FEEL like you’re doing something, is to find a small nonprofit with a cause you care about. donate, volunteer, join a board. offer pro bono skills if you have them (tech support, accounting, legal). help them fundraise. they need you

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#NewYear2025 reading! * Our pres Paul Scham on expectations from Trump * Our ED R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social on Israel's floundering democracy * Our treasurer Mark Gold on the "logic" of Bibi's forever-war * Ari Chais on growing Kahanism * @ronskolnik.bsky.social on the danger of a "small" annexation

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After Oct. 7, Israel severely weakened protocols meant to protect civilians, @nytimes.com found, greatly expanding Israel's tolerance for "collateral damage". Even today, well after the immediate crisis, "the rules remain far more permissive" compared to pre-Oct. 7. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...

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As we begin these days of celebrating light and rededication even in the darkest season, we send you and your loved ones best wishes for a Chanukah full of celebration and joy. From all of us at Partners for Progressive Israel, #HappyChanukah. This year, may the fires of hope burn bright!

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Sadly, Israel's Knesset, with the support of coalition + even some opposition MKs, voted down @AyOdeh's bill to revoke the illiberal "Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People" law - 49 to 13. But we're glad to see that Labor/HaDemocratim MKs stood up for principle and voted for revocation.

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"Where Were You in Huwara?" In her weekly letter to supporters, our ED, R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social, ties together the police brutality being used against Israeli citizens protesting the government with Israel's failure to protect occupied Palestinians from armed settlers. mailchi.mp/progressivei...

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Three years of singing the wider Flory Jagoda catalogue to my kid, hours spent doing “chichi bunichi,” all for the local tot Shabbat to hit us with ocho kandelikas on repeat #nicheLadinoproblems

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In an age of mis/disinformation, it's more vital than ever to learn the facts from expert sources. I deeply appreciate the willingness of Mara Kronenfeld, Tania Hary, Lara Friedman to take part in tomorrow's discussion, which I organized for @partners4israel.bsky.social, and share their expertise.

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