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It feels like Judaism is increasingly viewed with repugnance & distaste, unless the Jew in question self-negates through performative disdain for other Jews (especially Israel) &, frequently, is marginalized along some other axis which in effect makes their Judaism be seen as a secondary identity.
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It feels like Judaism is increasingly viewed with repugnance & distaste, unless the Jew in question self-negates through performative disdain for other Jews (especially Israel) &, frequently, is marginalized along some other axis which in effect makes their Judaism be seen as a secondary identity.
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It invoked one of the oldest antisemitic ideas in history: blood libel, or the idea that Jews kill non-Jews and use their blood for nefarious religious rituals (most infamously, the idea that Jews would kill Christian children in order to make use of their blood).
'Israel's Friendsgiving' protest at DC train station includes 'Gaza's spilled blood' on the menu - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
"Seldom have we seen such a sickening display of full-throated antisemitism," the local JCRC said.
www.jta.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It invoked one of the oldest antisemitic ideas in history: blood libel, or the idea that Jews kill non-Jews and use their blood for nefarious religious rituals (most infamously, the idea that Jews would kill Christian children in order to make use of their blood).
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Hey, so this is literally, exactly what people were warning about — worries about a certain mealy permissiveness from up top that are already bearing out.
Chanting things like “globalize the intifada” and “death to the IDF” outside a synagogue isn’t protesting Israeli policy. It’s antisemitism, and there’s no excuse. www.timesofisrael.com/we-need-to-m...
'We need to make them scared': NYC synagogue protest crosses new red lines | The Times of Israel
www.timesofisrael.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hey, so this is literally, exactly what people were warning about — worries about a certain mealy permissiveness from up top that are already bearing out.
There are actually ways to try and get the mainstream Jewish community to have a conversation about the injustice of the occupation, but I can assure you that having people who endorse the mass murder of their loved ones harass them outside their synagogue is not one of them
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
There are actually ways to try and get the mainstream Jewish community to have a conversation about the injustice of the occupation, but I can assure you that having people who endorse the mass murder of their loved ones harass them outside their synagogue is not one of them
Also you can tell Mamdani is getting all his talking points on this from IfNotNow/Peter Beinart, who have really perfected the art of the Very Sincere condemnation that is also kind of a justification
Extraordinarily weak (but very on brand) statement from Mamdani. The organizers of this protest call every Israeli a settler and a legitimate target of violence. We don't need to pretend this was about anything else, we just need to listen to what the organizers of this event are actually saying.
He failed on this one. You can be absolutely opposed to the settler movement and still oppose a grotesque effort like this. www.timesofisrael.com/after-protes...
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Also you can tell Mamdani is getting all his talking points on this from IfNotNow/Peter Beinart, who have really perfected the art of the Very Sincere condemnation that is also kind of a justification
Extraordinarily weak (but very on brand) statement from Mamdani. The organizers of this protest call every Israeli a settler and a legitimate target of violence. We don't need to pretend this was about anything else, we just need to listen to what the organizers of this event are actually saying.
He failed on this one. You can be absolutely opposed to the settler movement and still oppose a grotesque effort like this. www.timesofisrael.com/after-protes...
After protest at synagogue, Mamdani says Israel immigration event misused ‘sacred space’
NYC mayor-elect appears to suggest Nefesh B'nefesh's promotion of immigration to Jewish state is a 'violation of international law' in statement that doesn't address antisemitism
www.timesofisrael.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Extraordinarily weak (but very on brand) statement from Mamdani. The organizers of this protest call every Israeli a settler and a legitimate target of violence. We don't need to pretend this was about anything else, we just need to listen to what the organizers of this event are actually saying.
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I was so excited to see not only one of my favorite writers on this topic on TJA (A+ pick, Phoebe!) but also that @joshyunis.bsky.social is here too! This is a great episode, and you do not have to be Jewish to get something real from it.
Excellent ep (if I may say so myself) of The Jewish Angle @thecjn.bsky.social featuring @joshyunis.bsky.social thecjn.ca/opinion/jewi...
Jewish leftists understand how anti-Zionism can lead to antisemitism. Zohran Mamdani may not
Josh Yunis expands on his essay, 'The Mamdani Sting'.
thecjn.ca
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I was so excited to see not only one of my favorite writers on this topic on TJA (A+ pick, Phoebe!) but also that @joshyunis.bsky.social is here too! This is a great episode, and you do not have to be Jewish to get something real from it.
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This is a really excellent piece by @joshyunis.bsky.social, recently featured by @phoebebovy.bsky.social
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
The Mamdani Sting
Learning to see Jewish pain when you need Jewish votes is better than nothing – just don’t confuse it for leadership
joshyunis.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is a really excellent piece by @joshyunis.bsky.social, recently featured by @phoebebovy.bsky.social
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
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Excellent ep (if I may say so myself) of The Jewish Angle @thecjn.bsky.social featuring @joshyunis.bsky.social thecjn.ca/opinion/jewi...
Jewish leftists understand how anti-Zionism can lead to antisemitism. Zohran Mamdani may not
Josh Yunis expands on his essay, 'The Mamdani Sting'.
thecjn.ca
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Excellent ep (if I may say so myself) of The Jewish Angle @thecjn.bsky.social featuring @joshyunis.bsky.social thecjn.ca/opinion/jewi...
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"When you’re asked to conform to a certain kind of Judaism if you want to be accepted into society, that is anti-Semitism." Boy, do I feel this
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"When you’re asked to conform to a certain kind of Judaism if you want to be accepted into society, that is anti-Semitism." Boy, do I feel this
Had a great time chatting with @phoebebovy.bsky.social about Mamdani, the left, antisemitism, and all other things Jewishly angled. Check it out here:
Excellent ep (if I may say so myself) of The Jewish Angle @thecjn.bsky.social featuring @joshyunis.bsky.social thecjn.ca/opinion/jewi...
Jewish leftists understand how anti-Zionism can lead to antisemitism. Zohran Mamdani may not
Josh Yunis expands on his essay, 'The Mamdani Sting'.
thecjn.ca
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Had a great time chatting with @phoebebovy.bsky.social about Mamdani, the left, antisemitism, and all other things Jewishly angled. Check it out here:
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
There's a reason Col Steven Lockjaw is awarded the Nathan Bedford Forrest Medal of Honor in One Battle After Another
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
There's a reason Col Steven Lockjaw is awarded the Nathan Bedford Forrest Medal of Honor in One Battle After Another
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It absolutely was, or instead of hiding the replies pointing out they are spreading ancient lies about Jews, they would have gone "oh shit, we didn't mean to do that, let us take down this post and reframe our argument in a way that isn't hate speech against an oppressed minority"
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It absolutely was, or instead of hiding the replies pointing out they are spreading ancient lies about Jews, they would have gone "oh shit, we didn't mean to do that, let us take down this post and reframe our argument in a way that isn't hate speech against an oppressed minority"
Exactly. And in fact, this very logic is used to both rationalize Hamas atrocities *and* portray Israelis/Jews as a fallen people who failed to learn the right "lesson" of their annihilation on segments of the left (including the Jewish left)
Indeed, the very mindset that surviving an atrocity imbues one with a kind of moral purity is *exactly* what sets it up so that people who survive atrocities perpetrate them against others.
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Exactly. And in fact, this very logic is used to both rationalize Hamas atrocities *and* portray Israelis/Jews as a fallen people who failed to learn the right "lesson" of their annihilation on segments of the left (including the Jewish left)
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Also, IDK, "How can a people who survived genocide perpetrate genocide?" is the kind of question that only feels deep if your knowledge of human history has the expansiveness of a kiddie pool.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Also, IDK, "How can a people who survived genocide perpetrate genocide?" is the kind of question that only feels deep if your knowledge of human history has the expansiveness of a kiddie pool.
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Never do this. It panders and they push you around even more
Still processing my feelings about this piece but it reifies my belief that a certain portion of the "pro-Palestine" left is interested less in actively helping Palestinians than in punishing and publicly humiliating Israelis 🎁🔗
Two Israeli DJs in Berlin renounced their Israeliness. It didn't stop the boycott calls
Roi Perez and Avichai Partok Fail to Understand That Even the Complete Erasure of the State Wouldn't Satisfy Groups Like Ravers for Palestine, Writes Nissan Shor
www.haaretz.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Never do this. It panders and they push you around even more
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... in a way that still advocated for Palestinian rights, freedom, and self-determination was a much more productive one. If you get stuck in this cycle of shame over your Israeliness you will never break out; short of suicide there's nothing you can do to "unIsraeli" yourself enough.
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
... in a way that still advocated for Palestinian rights, freedom, and self-determination was a much more productive one. If you get stuck in this cycle of shame over your Israeliness you will never break out; short of suicide there's nothing you can do to "unIsraeli" yourself enough.
I tried articulating my reservations about Mamdani's candidacy in a way that is grounded in both Jewish experience and leftist principle here:
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
The Mamdani Sting
Learning to see Jewish pain when you need Jewish votes is better than nothing – just don’t confuse it for leadership
joshyunis.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I tried articulating my reservations about Mamdani's candidacy in a way that is grounded in both Jewish experience and leftist principle here:
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
This is an ok statement, but it'd be better if Nexus simply acknowledged the concerns the Jewish community has about Mamdani's views without qualification (1/2) >
The Nexus Project is deeply concerned by the divisive, hyperbolic and aggressive response that we are seeing from some corners of the Jewish community to the election of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York City.
Our full statement: nexusproject.us/press-releas...
Our full statement: nexusproject.us/press-releas...
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is an ok statement, but it'd be better if Nexus simply acknowledged the concerns the Jewish community has about Mamdani's views without qualification (1/2) >
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I would have voted for Mamdani but I do have some misgivings, well highlighted here. Excellent piece👇
I waded into the Mamdani discourse, against my better judgement:
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
The Mamdani Sting
Learning to see Jewish pain when you need Jewish votes is better than nothing – just don’t confuse it for leadership
joshyunis.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I would have voted for Mamdani but I do have some misgivings, well highlighted here. Excellent piece👇
This is how I feel about Mamdani and Bernie Sanders and the New Yorker mainstreaming Hasan Piker too
Not every idea is worth airing. Not every point of view is worth hearing. Not everything that "a lot of people believe" should be credentialed by homepage space. Would the NYT editorial board run "Did Homosexuals Ruin Culture?" or "Did Black People Get Too Big for Their Britches?" I guess we'll see.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is how I feel about Mamdani and Bernie Sanders and the New Yorker mainstreaming Hasan Piker too
There needs to be some word for Jews who hate Jews and their descendants who didn’t get on the right boat before 1924
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There needs to be some word for Jews who hate Jews and their descendants who didn’t get on the right boat before 1924
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It's like, come on now. Dude won 2 elections 8 years apart. He's touched a lot of nerves and built a cult following.
It is a vast overstatement to say he's been carried entirely by happenstance and the errors of his opponents.
It is a vast overstatement to say he's been carried entirely by happenstance and the errors of his opponents.
His charisma is fundamentally incompatible with me (and likely many of the people on Bluesky) but it’s kind of insane to say it doesn’t exist
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It's like, come on now. Dude won 2 elections 8 years apart. He's touched a lot of nerves and built a cult following.
It is a vast overstatement to say he's been carried entirely by happenstance and the errors of his opponents.
It is a vast overstatement to say he's been carried entirely by happenstance and the errors of his opponents.
I waded into the Mamdani discourse, against my better judgement:
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
The Mamdani Sting
Learning to see Jewish pain when you need Jewish votes is better than nothing – just don’t confuse it for leadership
joshyunis.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I waded into the Mamdani discourse, against my better judgement:
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...