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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · 17d

Very proud to have this story up @literarymama.bsky.social. Editor Elizabeth Conway was wonderful to work with and made the story to much stronger. literarymama.com/articles/dep...

A Ruptured Beatitude

Joanna closes her eyes to the soothing alto tones of the midwife. “Place your hands on your belly. Imagine your fingertips sending light and love to your baby. Inhale. Exhale. See yourself easing into...

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Reminds me of the Nazis use of the term cosmopolitan as a slur against Jews claiming they have no allegiance to their country. Trump is now doing the same with anyone not fitting his profile of what an American is.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Aug 14

The NY Times has devoted a full page to the profile of a militant who is feeling hopeless that his violent actions didnt uproot Israel (His words.) Why? Are we supposed to feel sorry for him? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/w...

The Palestinian Who Led a Militia, a Theater and a Jailbreak

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Aug 1

Iran is an ethnostate. Afghanistan is. Yemen is. Most Middle East Muslim countries are. Do you object to them?

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Jul 29

It is right to condemn Israel's actions but when famine is mentioned and the only country that comes to mind is Israel I have to wonder why. Yemen, Afghanistan, Sudan, Ethiopia are all experiencing manmade famines. Where is your outrage about that?

Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yes. We should care about all children bit where is the outrage when it comes to famine in Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan. Israeli policy deserves our condemnation. But if you are only protesting them what are you really saying?

Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Jul 25

With poetry and the fine stitching of words, Yasmina Khadra (pen name of Mohammed Moulessehoul) portrays the reality of life under the Taliban. Using just a few characters, he gives us an intimate look at lost hope and devastation. #theswallowsofkabul

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Jul 9

I heard them speak at an event on Martha's Vineyard. I fell in love with them. They were funny, vulnerable, shared their faith amidst the horrors.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Jun 20

Confusing. If he turned himself in why is his lawyer saying the allegations are baseless and outrageous?

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Jun 20

Out of respect for those who may be triggered we are asked not to use words like master bedroom, tone deaf, crazy, exotic, spooky, etc. but when Jews are triggered by globalize the intifada all we hear is that it doesn't mean what we think it means. But it means exactly that. #jewsky #wordsmatter

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Jun 16

Lander. We all think we have to vote for Cuomo so Mamdani doesn't get in or Mamdani so Cuomo doesn't get in. Why don't we all just vote for Lander.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Jun 1

Congrats on the double coverage in the Times today. So well deserved.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · May 22

Not surprising that I haven't seen a single non-Jew posting about this. How will this murder help to Free Palestine?

The Forward @forward.com · May 22

Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot at close range and killed Wednesday night outside the Capital Jewish Museum, where they had just attended an American Jewish Committee event for young Jewish professionals and diplomats.

2 killed in Capital Jewish Museum shooting by suspect who shouted 'Free Palestine,' police say

A shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. has killed two Israeli Embassy staff members, according to multiple reports.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · May 19

Thank you @netflix.com for #thequilters and for @restorativejustice.bsky.social for this amazing program. Thank you for bringing humanity into conversations about incarceration.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · May 19

I use this quote all the time with my students. When I'm stuck in my own writing it's because I'm avoiding that thing I don't want to know.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · May 6

Is there a link to register?

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Apr 3

Perhaps what Schumer has to say about antisemitism is predictable and redundant because that is the history of antisemitism. It is predictable. It is now. Not every conversation on the subject has to include Palestinians who have indeed suffered at the hands of Israel AND Hamas.

Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Mar 31

Congratulations to @cavankerrypress.bsky.social author @nadiaalexis.bsky.social on the pub of BEYOND THE WATERSHED and this interview in @therumpus.net
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Poetry, Healing, and the Spirit of Survival: A Conversation with Nadia Alexis - The Rumpus

My understanding of survival has evolved. I am interested in the idea that we go through a journey of creating ourselves as humans.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Mar 14

I understand the urgency of all that you mention and frustration you might have with Schumer but antisemitism is equally urgent and history teaches us that it always rises in times of fascism and a society's dismantling.

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Roz Morris @rozmorris.bsky.social · Mar 13

I'm so used to seeing posts that compare writing to other life endeavours that this was a refreshing change. It's not like kayaking, apparently. @judithhannan.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/k... #writingtips #authorlife #writingcommunity #skywriters

Kayaking Isn’t Like Writing

By Judith Hannan I had to work to get my kayak into the water the other day. The air had warmed enough, I thought, to melt the ice. But a sheet remained where I launch my boat. Beyond, I saw calm w…

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thanks for reading and commenting Roz.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Mar 12

So honored to be featured in today's Brevity Blog. Thank you @dintywmoore.bsky.social

Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · Mar 12

"I’m not afraid of what creatures I might find down below [in my writing]. The problem is not knowing how to bring them to the surface without mangling them." ~ Judith Hannan / @judithhannan.bsky.social
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Kayaking Isn’t Like Writing

By Judith Hannan I had to work to get my kayak into the water the other day. The air had warmed enough, I thought, to melt the ice. But a sheet remained where I launch my boat. Beyond, I saw calm w…

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thank you so much for reading. Happy paddling.

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Judith Hannan @judithhannan.bsky.social · Feb 25

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

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Erika Dreifus @erikadreifus.bsky.social · Feb 20

I guess there wasn't any need for the @icrc.org to work in/delineate such "occupied" territories when Jordan and Egypt were the occupiers. (Screenshot, surprisingly enough, from a recent NYT article.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/w...

In the wars surrounding the creation of Israel in 1948, some 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from the new country — to the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria.

Jordan seized and annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Egypt took Gaza, preventing the creation of the Palestinian state envisioned in a United Nations partition plan.

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