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Head of Education & Heritage at the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR). IHRA delegate. Podcaster. Bagels/humous. Guitar/vox. US/UK. He/Him.

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Two years after the October 7 attacks: British Jewish views on antisemitism, Israel and Jewish life

www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...

10.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To paraphrase Thomas Friedman, if it requires seven paragraphs to explain why your slogan (eg. "Zionism is racism") doesn't actually mean what everybody thinks it means, then it is probably not a very good slogan.

10.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Better that than having John Edwards babysit for you.

05.03.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't/won't argue the general point, only to say 1) that back in the day you could barely find any Mexican food at all so I am thankful even for the shitty stuff (availability of ingredients in markets much improved too); 2) Next time you are in London, HMU and I'm taking you to Homies On Donkeys.

03.03.2026 10:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And here’s Charlie McAvoy β€” not exactly winning a Profile
In Courage award, but pretty good all things considered. www.instagram.com/reel/DT1v79q...

25.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

WHO NEEDS TEETH???

22.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.

22.02.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Those retro jerseys are sweet, but I can’t imagine any occasion after the closing ceremony when I’d feel comfortable wearing it.

18.02.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As a fellow Jewish Wolverine, that’s about as close as I’ll ever come to Olympic glory.

18.02.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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five seconds left in the game do you believe in miracles ? yes ! ALT: five seconds left in the game do you believe in miracles ? yes !

There's that. Also, I was eight years old when this happened and that will never leave me.

09.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Winter Olympics > Summer Olympics. Fight me.

09.02.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

kind of funny there are prob 1,000 major US musicians and every time conservatives need to put up a music artist to counter a mainstream narrative, they put up kid rock. "ok here's kid rock again" for the next 30 years, an octogenarian man in jean shorts rapping something from the 1990s

09.02.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 7668 πŸ” 812 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 50

As a New Englander (who swore off the NFL after Kaepernick got banished) I need to correct you. The only people OUTSIDE OF NEW ENGLAND who are Pats fans are Feds and cops. eg. My family of teachers are Pats fans. I wish they weren’t, but the world is complicated.

08.02.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

We won’t rid the world of antisemitism through legislation but social media platforms are publishers and need to be treated as such.

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

07.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure that the victims of US state violence, racism and kidnappings thank him for his ideological purity.

06.02.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd say anybody who values London as a great city, full stop. What's the point of living in the crossroads of humanity if you're just going to sit at home eating shitty food served out of single-use plastics?

06.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

And their French name, Les Schtroumpfs, is Belgium's greatest gift to the world since frites.

04.02.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Blogs: Sorry, Mr. Chomsky, I no longer agree: My journey out of anti-Zionism The more I learned, the more I realized I couldn’t accept the way my leftist intellectual heroes relate to Jews and Israel

This is a very well-written piece, refreshing in its calm articulation of a topic not known for calmness. I suspect we all know a few people who would benefit from reading it.

blogs.timesofisrael.com/sorry-mr-cho...

03.02.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The problem with social media is that you’re only allowed to hold opinions in batches. If you believe X and Y, you must also believe Z, which is atmospherically similar to X and Y and believed by all the same people.

If you don’t do this, everyone hates you. It makes actual thinking impossible.

03.02.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 827 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 39

Thank you, Boss.

28.01.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lest we forget that Trump also once managed to mark Holocaust Memorial Day without mentioning the Jews, in 2017.

28.01.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion, we're also capable of unspeakable brutality. And we promise never again to go down the darkest path.

JD Vance @JDVance X.com Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion, we're also capable of unspeakable brutality. And we promise never again to go down the darkest path.

Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it

28.01.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 5882 πŸ” 1266 πŸ’¬ 252 πŸ“Œ 186

Quick, you tell Squarespace. I’ll tell BetterHelp.

26.01.2026 09:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I always feel self-conscious when I order a white Americano.

22.01.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think that's probably correct on both counts. This was part of the rationale behind the creation of the British Heroes of the Holocaust medal - it has broader criteria and so people are able to be honoured *somewhere* if not at Yad Vashem.

21.01.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Markwayne is nominative determinism for a serial killer.

20.01.2026 10:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can confirm. It happened to me precisely once. An important life lesson, though.

20.01.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.

19.01.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 2899 πŸ” 641 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 12

I mean, if you want to move to America because the bagels are way better and baseball is on TV at a reasonable hour, go for it. But if you actually think you are going to be safer -- as a Jew, or as a human being -- GMAFB.

19.01.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"

17.01.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 11071 πŸ” 1934 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 272