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Your wedding day should reflect your unique love story. With hundreds of ceremonies behind me, I know no two couples are alike. I'll take time to know you and share Jewish wisdom that resonates with your values. Ready to create a wedding day that truly speaks to your heart? rabbielyse.com

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I've seen this movie. It doesn't end well for humans. Musk must be stoped.

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"If you’ve been questioning whether what you’re doing matters, it does. The signs you make, the protests you go to, the letters and calls you make to elected officials, your efforts to share information with people—all of these efforts matter. It all adds up...." Joyce Vance

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What the new kind of hell is this?

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#wethepeoplewednesdays Mt. Airy rocks against tyranny every Wednesday 4pm Allen's Lane Train Station

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✅ Did you already call your Senators and Rep today? Good job! 🚀 Fire up your socials w/ customizable posts to your electeds: 👉 To vote yes/no ✊ Tell ‘em why it matters to you 👏Thank them or🔥 urge ‘em to fight! #PleaseGrowASpine #PGAS #CallYourSenator #CallYourRep app.sosha.ai/s/3iBTBaSZ

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Action 84 (April 28): Make Art! I make art to calm down, to get out of my head, to express something, to avoid something, to distract me while I am working through a problem, to add beauty in an increasingly ugly world. elysewechterman.substack.com/p/make-art

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Local friends and activists - Indivisible of Greater Jenkintown invited you for a social gathering. Join us!

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Action 83 (April 27): Its Spring - Get out in the Neighborhood! This is the season of fairs and festivals. Find the ones near you. elysewechterman.substack.com/p/its-spring...

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I'm attending Indivisible Greater Jenkintown's' Activists After Hours' event - sign up now to join me! May 21, t 6:30 pm

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Action 82 (April 25): Support Special Olympics (in honor of RFK Jr.!) Today’s action is very simple: I’m donating to the Special Olympics. And I am donating in RFK’s honor, and asking that a card be sent to notify him of this donation. elysewechterman.substack.com/p/support-sp...

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I'm attending WeThePeopleWednesdays's event, “WeThePeopleWednesdays: Singing for Sanity Resistance Rally” - sign up now to join me!

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“Cowardice is contagious — so is courage.” “That’s what we’ve been seeing month after month... Starting with some people demonstrating courage, and then other people looking around and saying I can do that, too. It’s in my power. I’m not just a victim of world events.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social

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Action 79 (April 22): Seek Joy! "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution" As my colleague and activist, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, has frequently said, “Joy is an act of resistance.” elysewechterman.substack.com/p/seek-joy

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Action 78 (April 21): Our Efforts Are Working - Keep Going! Over 1 million people took to the streets on Saturday. More small-town & local events were recorded than expected (700 at last count). And the mainstream media is starting to cover all of it! elysewechterman.substack.com/p/our-effort...

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Action 77 (April 20): Sign up for LegiScan - Learn How Laws Are Made elysewechterman.substack.com/p/sign-up-fo...

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AN Ametican citizen, born in the US, detained by ICE. I verified this story on five mainstream news sources. This is happening. Do not look away.

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Action 76 (April 18): Thank those who make your life possible (and Harvard) This week, I’m thinking about all the unsung heroes who make my life possible... elysewechterman.substack.com/p/thank-thos...

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36 Days

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Action 75 (April 17): Create a local action - Rallies of 1-100 matter! Local, sustained actions are just as - if not more - necessary in bringing people together, building strong ties, and supporting each other in building our resistance muscles. elysewechterman.substack.com/p/create-a-l...

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Action 74 (April 16): Stop the Illegal Deportations of Humans (also boycott El Salvador) elysewechterman.substack.com/p/stop-the-i...

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Read this. You'll feel better. Or at least less alone.

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I just called - did you? : 5calls.org

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The Supreme Court Got It Badly Wrong

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Do not look away. This is what is hapenning.

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Do not look away, do not avert your eyes.

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I've been clear: if President Bukele doesn't want to meet here in D.C., then I intend to go to El Salvador this week to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition and discuss his release. Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.

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Asking for a friend: Does anyone know anyone considering civil disobedience?

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Action 72 (April 14): Check Your Sources! We need to know the truth about what is happening in our country. elysewechterman.substack.com/p/check-your...

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The president was just caught in camera saying he planned to deport American citizens next.!!!!!!!!!!!

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If you are anywhere near Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, next Wednesday at 4, you have your orders...

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In addition to the usual items, I've got: tomatoes for farm workers, chocolate against modern slavery, olives for Palestinian Liberation, oranges for women and queer folk, water for voting rights, a queer rainbow flag for trans rights, a key because everyone deserves a home. What else have you got?

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How do we hold the contradictory truths of the Passovers story?

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Action 70 (April 11): So many people to thank this week! There are so many people to thank this week, it is hard to know where to start. I’m focusing on two heroes: Former Department of Justice Attorney Liz Oyer & Maine Governor Janet Mills. elysewechterman.substack.com/p/so-many-pe...

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Although we can't rely on the Supreme Court to save us from fascism and authoritarianism entirely, this is a huge win! And just before Passover, too! Redemption and liberation are always possible, if we work hard enough.

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Action 69 (April 10): Demand accurate coverage of the protests from main stream media

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Action 68 (April 9): Reclaim the Word "Freedom" As historian and author Tim Snyder says, “We know that true freedom isn’t so much freedom from as freedom to—the freedom to thrive, to take risks for futures we choose by working together.” Read more:

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Action 66 (April 7): Build a New Habit - Reject Consumerism

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My colleague, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, explores the concept of Covenantal Community in this post on Evolve. I am honored to have been asked to provide some commentary. Stay tuned for a companion piece exploring the “how to” of building covenantal community that I hope will be published shortly.

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Action 66 (April 7): Build a New Habit - Reject Consumerism

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There is not one single recorded case of an entire team "turning trans!"

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My colleague, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, explores the concept of Covenantal Community in this post on Evolve. I am honored to have been asked to provide some commentary. Stay tuned for a companion piece exploring the “how to” of building covenantal community that I hope will be published shortly.

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Action 64 (April 4): This Friday, Thank Sen. Cory Booker On Tuesday evening, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) took to the Senate floor to protest the administration's draconian and cruel policies. elysewechterman.substack.com/p/this-frida...

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Action 63 (April 3): Get your Protest Kit Together - Prepare for Saturday! Invite three more friends. We need to demonstrate massive opposition to the destruction of democracy.

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Action 62 (April 2): Defeat the "SAVE" Act - Restore Voting Rights This isn’t about stopping an imaginary epidemic of non-citizens from voting. It is an attack on the hard-won voting rights of Black Americans, women, the formerly incarcerated & others.

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"The power of the people is stronger than the people in power" -Sen. Cory Booker, April 1, 2025

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Action 61 (April 1): Fight Isolation - Look People in the Eye Fighting fascism requires, among other things, a willingness to be in connection and community with the people around us.

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Action 60 (March 31): Complain about lack of food resources - loudly! Hunger is not a weapon.

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