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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 1d

"On Sukkot, radical hospitality, and the lasting effects of October 7"

by Bend the Arc CEO @jamieberan.bsky.social

Sukkot, radical hospitality, and the lasting effects of October 7

"On Sukkot, radical hospitality, and the lasting effects of October 7" by Bend the Arc CEO Jamie Beran

www.bendthearc.us

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 2d

💔 Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported, tortured, and imprisoned.

Now ICE wants to deport him again, only this time to a country where he’s never lived.

This is not immigration enforcement. It’s cruel. It’s retaliation.

Sign the #JusticeForKilmar petition: wearecasa.org/justice4kilmar

Demand Justice for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia – We Are Casa

wearecasa.org

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 5d

We are horrified at the deadly attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, UK.

No one should feel afraid at their place of worship. Not on the most holy day of the year. Not ever.

As we grieve, we’re heartened to see solidarity across faith against violence. ❤️

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d

The ADL always believed that defending the Jews meant defending democracy because Jews are only safe in free countries. Now they're betraying that legacy just as the Trump administration that opposing fascism is terrorism, including researching and naming fascists.

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

Antisemitism doesn't live in a vacuum. It can only be dismantled alongside other forms of oppression, in solidarity with all who are threatened by white nationalism.

The ADL is abandoning this truth, capitulating to a movement endangering all of us. 🧵

ADL deletes ‘Glossary of Extremism and Hate’ amid flurry of right-wing criticism
The deletion came a day after Elon Musk called the ADL a “hate group.”

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

Antisemitism doesn't live in a vacuum. It can only be dismantled alongside other forms of oppression, in solidarity with all who are threatened by white nationalism.

The ADL is abandoning this truth, capitulating to a movement endangering all of us. 🧵

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

And if you want to be part of a Jewish movement fighting to dismantle antisemitism and build a country where all of us are free and safe — no exceptions — we’re right here.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action

Be part of the Jewish resistance with Bend the Arc, a movement of tens of thousands of progressive Jews all across the country who are working to build a more just society.

www.bendthearc.us

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

And tracking extremism and hate is vital. Our safety depends on protecting each other.

Follow groups like @splcenter.org, @aclu.org, Political Research Associates, NAACP, and @westernstatescenter.org which still commit to this work.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

Getting in the good graces of those who want to destroy our democracy, attack our neighbors, and build a country only for themselves will not protect Jews.

Fascism has never been safe for Jews.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

Today, Trump’s FBI director even cut ties with the ADL.

Collaborating! Never! Keeps! You! Safe!

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Tweet from Kash Patel:
James Comey wrote “love letters” to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them - a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans.

That era is OVER. This FBI won’t partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

And for folding to authoritarians, in exchange for a false promise of Jewish safety, what does the ADL get in return?

Viciously attacked by the same people they cozied up to.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 7d

The ADL thought it could fall in line with Musk and it would stop his attacks on them. Instead, it just made them complicit, legitimized Musk, and ultimately didn’t actually change him at all.

This is how fascists work. Greenblatt tried being transactional: for fascists, it only goes one way.

Elon Musk & X @elonmusk
X.com
The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is a hate group
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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

The ADL has been yielding to the MAGA movement since Trump's inauguration, even egregiously defending Elon Musk's Nazi salute.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

Antisemitism doesn't live in a vacuum. It can only be dismantled alongside other forms of oppression, in solidarity with all who are threatened by white nationalism.

The ADL is abandoning this truth, capitulating to a movement endangering all of us. 🧵

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 6d

"Next year, our Jewish communities must resist trading our freedom and the freedom of others for false promises of safety."

Read a message from our CEO, @jamieberan.bsky.social, on Yom Kippur, atonement, and not obeying in advance.

The sin of obeying in advance: a Yom Kippur reflection on trading freedom for safety

This Yom Kippur, we must make a choice to reach for and see each other, then teshuvah becomes real.

www.bendthearc.us

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 8d

The honor is all ours, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

We're proud to endorse a candidate who knows that our multifaith, multiracial majority is our strongest tool to fight authoritarianism and build the world we want to see.

@democracynow.org

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 8d

Read more about our endorsement here:
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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

New year ✨

New mayor ✨

We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.

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Text reads: "New year. New mayor. Bend the Arc: Jewish Action endorses Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City." The graphic is colorful and features a picture of Mamdani against a rendering of buildings in New York City.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 8d

The honor is all ours, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

We're proud to endorse a candidate who knows that our multifaith, multiracial majority is our strongest tool to fight authoritarianism and build the world we want to see.

@democracynow.org

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 8d

Our hearts are heavy with the news of the violence at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan.

No one should be afraid in their place of worship.

As Jews, we know this well. Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 9d

Our greatest strength against authoritarianism is the American multifaith multiracial majority.

Trump knows this, which is why he acts to wedge us against another.

Zohran Mamdani proved he and New Yorkers know this too, which is why we are going to win and show every city how to.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11d

I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of @bendthearc.bsky.social, , their first ever in a mayoral election.

“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

New year ✨

New mayor ✨

We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.

🧵

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11d

I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of @bendthearc.bsky.social, , their first ever in a mayoral election.

“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

New year ✨

New mayor ✨

We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.

🧵

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

New year ✨

New mayor ✨

We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.

🧵

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 9d

Our greatest strength against authoritarianism is the American multifaith multiracial majority.

Trump knows this, which is why he acts to wedge us against another.

Zohran Mamdani proved he and New Yorkers know this too, which is why we are going to win and show every city how to.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11d

I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of @bendthearc.bsky.social, , their first ever in a mayoral election.

“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

New year ✨

New mayor ✨

We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.

🧵

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anxiouspepper.bsky.social @anxiouspepper.bsky.social · 10d

I had a history teacher who is Jewish back in HS who told me, the core of Judaism is to leave the world around you a better place. Thank you to @bendthearc.bsky.social for endorsing Mamdani, and believe that he will help NYC to be a better place for all and not just for the ultra rich.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11d

I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of @bendthearc.bsky.social, , their first ever in a mayoral election.

“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

New year ✨

New mayor ✨

We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.

🧵

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

Read more about our endorsement here:
www.bendthearc.us/new_year_new...

New Year, New Mayor: Zohran Mamdani

This race is about more than just New York: Zohran Mamdani's victory can reset what’s possible for how cities across the U.S. resist the Trump regime, protect immigrants, and fight antisemitism.

www.bendthearc.us

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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

"It’s because of work led by local partners like @jfrejnyc.bsky.social and leaders like @bradlander.bsky.social that we were able to see Jewish New Yorkers show up and help @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social win the Democratic nomination."

Jillian Lipman
Antisemitism Campaign Manager
Bend the Arc
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Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social · 11d

"This is more than an election, it’s a story of what’s possible when we work together to create a coalition against fascism."

— @bradlander.bsky.social on Bend The Arc: Jewish Action's endorsement of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for Mayor of NYC

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"This is more than an election, it’s a story of what’s possible when we work together to create a coalition against fascism. This multifaith, multiracial coalition is the antidote to MAGA hate. Together, we can unite and win elections and make progress across this country. Bend the Arc is an important national partner in that fight." Quote attributed to Brad Lander, New York City Comptroller

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