A different future here is not only possible, it’s crucial — our lives depend on it. And we won’t stop fighting until we achieve it.

2 years.
Countless meals.
Unshakable dedication.
Chef Ibrahim & Chef Anas have been with WCK’s #ChefsForGaza team since the beginning. Families like Wafaa's—displaced from Tal-al Hawa, North Gaza—continue to find comfort in their meals. Through every challenge, our team keeps showing up.

Today marks two years since Hamas’ October 7 massacre and the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza. We asked Palestinians and Jews on our team how they felt about their home then — and how they feel now. To see the full post, click here shorturl.at/msoVq
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It's the 7th of October today. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

This Sukkot, our hope is that everyone across this land soon dismantle their temporary structures and find home again. May every single family soon live in permanent safety and peace.

Sukkot in the displaced persons camp, Amberg, Germany, October 1947.

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

"‘For the sins we have committed’: Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world" forward.com/opinion/7726...

May this Yom Kippur bring us closer to a world where all of us live with freedom, safety, and peace.

"Standing up for Jews on campus means standing up for the rights of all Jews." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This illustation appeared on the cover of suffrage activist Selina Solomons’ 1912 book "How We Won the Vote in California."

In 5786, may we carry forward the commitment of Solomons and other Jewish women to protecting democracy and bringing a more just world into being.

Shana tova! ⭐

Robert Munsch wrote such beloved books as “The Paper Bag Princess” and “Love You Forever” by performing them to audiences of children. Now dementia is causing his tales to slip away. nyti.ms/4mc35tT

'Emmie Arbel. El color de los recuerdos' (Garbuix Books), de Barbara Yelin, és una història narrada en primera persona a través de les converses amb l’autora al llarg d’un lustre, que van facilitar rememorar una infància terrible

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Por cierto, en el convulso mundo en el que vivimos, no pararé de recomendaros la lectura de Emmie Arbel, el color de los recuerdos, de la artista alemana Barbara Yelin, publicado por @garbuixbooks.bsky.social y traducido por servidora.

„Eine Virtuosin der deutschen Comic-Szene“: Jugendliteratur-Preis für Zeichnerin Barbara Yelin www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/comic... via @tagesspiegel.de

WCK's team in Gaza has been working to serve as many families as we can in Gaza in the face of ongoing supply shortages. With bread, stoves, and lots of hope, Response Director Wadhah tells the story of the team's resilience and adaptability as they cook for their community. #ChefsForGaza

One of the authors of the IHRA definition of antisemitism writes about why he opposes the way it is being adopted formally by universities as part of settlements with the Trump administration. knightcolumbia.org/content/a-ba...

"In Gaza, the landscape changes faster than memory can keep up ... places once familiar become unrecognizable overnight; streets you walked yesterday may not be there tomorrow."

A new essay by Abdullah Hany Daher
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"Whether it’s in the Soviet Union or whether it is in East Germany or in the darkest places and times, writers have managed to survive. Their work has survived." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/m...

Our book has a cover!

Art by @mlibicki.bsky.social, design by Tamara Hawkins.

"Two Roses" will be published with @uoftpress.bsky.social in February 2026.

With gratitude to @timothysnyder.bsky.social for writing the foreword!

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“Being a journalist in Gaza is not just a job. There are no safe areas. For many, it is a balance between professional duty and the need to protect their families, knowing that each report is vital for the world to understand the reality on the ground.”

The latest from my friend Hasan Jaber in Gaza

"The extraordinary actions that the government has taken in the name of fighting antisemitism, including punishing entire universities... may actually be feeding these conspiratorial, anti-Jewish beliefs." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

As Israel’s tactics in Gaza have increasingly provoked international condemnation, rabbis across the world are speaking out against the Israeli government’s conduct in the war, on moral and religious grounds.

And you can read the article at: theconversation.com/the-right-ha...