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Rabbi Ruti Regan

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Feminist rabbi. I like democracy and inclusive education. #ParshaChat

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · Feb 21

My heart broke on October 7th.

On Election Night, the broken pieces of my heart froze.

And… I’m alive, and those of us who are alive have obligations.

We have to find a way forward, somehow.

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 9h

I wouldn’t have expected that to work, but it clearly is!

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I use a different computer, apparently I need to tell Microsoft Word, yet again, that I don't want their Copilot. Because I am a writer. Who writes things.

Is there a word processor that doesn't do this crap? (I have Scrivener and love it, but sometimes you just need something basic.)

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 1d

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless.

And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 1d

You don't gotta hand it to the space laser lady, but if she's feeling the heat on this issue, it's working

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, yes, absolutely. He himself probably doesn’t even meaningfully understand what the deal is.

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

(One of many reasons that I am not cut out for issue-based advocacy.)

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

I think issue-based advocacy organizations probably do have to praise the president when they president does something that they want him to do TBH.

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

Also a lot of times “justice sense” gets used as a euphemism for things like demanding that other people follow rules and having no sense of proportion about it.

That’s… not a personality attribute to cultivate, to put it mildly.

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

Also we live in a society and we’re products of our cultures and subcultures just as much as everyone else is.

Bad things happen when people think we’re somehow above or beneath that.

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

Super weird!

Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

And also, xenophobia is still bad when it’s from the left.

Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

Zman “simchateinu”, with scare quotes.

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · 1d

I used to like those charts analyzing how “They tried to kill us. We overcame. Let’s eat.” does and doesn’t apply to various Jewish holidays, but they’re really just not funny anymore.

There’s just no place for Simchat Torah that works with that framework.