There's got to be some INN staffer doing a Ctrl-F search of "Gush Etzion" on the Nefesh b'Nefesh website in order to retroactively justify this event

The "sacred spaces" line is particularly gross

An early indicator that Mamdani's pledge that Jewish safety and belonging should not be “dependent upon what they think about Zionism” is empty talk

And given that all kinds of houses of worship host political events (including campaign events for Mamdani himself), please spare us the pearl clutching about "sacred spaces."

Ahh thank you!! It's nice to be on Bluesky too...different vibes around here lol

And here is the essay that spurred our conversation:

joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...

"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

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"

The pathologizing runs in both directions for these types of leftists, tho of course one serves to justify atrocity and the other to charge with collective guilt.

Exactly this. They just want 500 pages of "We're guilty" lol

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.

... 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.

It's hard to believe they'd issue a statement saying "many in our community have serious concerns about Donald Trump, while many others have enthusiastically supported him." Jews are rightly skeptical of his "words of encouragement" and it's his responsibility to disabuse them of their skepticism.