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Joseph A Marchal @jamarchal.bsky.social · 3h

Check out this amazing looking special issue of @therevealer.bsky.social, on religion, activism, and action — a stellar lineup of folks including @gillianfrank.bsky.social, @thislynne.bsky.social, and Rebecca Alpert!!

The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 1d

Our special issue on "Religion, Activism, & Community Action" is here!

Articles on religious leaders supporting immigrants, clergy paying for abortions, multifaith organizing, the Catholic Worker, queer religious activism, pro-Palestinian rabbis, a new TV series on religion & more! therevealer.org

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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 4h

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social · 8h

The Program in Jewish Studies at Smith College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor with expertise in Jews of the Islamic World.

Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies - Northampton, Massachusetts (US) job with Success Advertising/Cherenson Group - Smith College | 37897363

tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor with expertise in Jews of the Islamic World, to begin July 1, 2026

jobs.chronicle.com

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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 7h

Horrendous

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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 12h

This morning, our colleague Mary was abducted by Israeli Forces in international waters while sailing to break the illegal siege on Gaza. She was on the boat Conscience with mostly journalists & medical workers. We call for the immediate release of the crew & end to the genocide!

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 11h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Stellar Quines @stellarquines.bsky.social · 11h

We are LIVE! Time to hit the donate button 💜

Help us get the ball rolling & your donation will be DOUBLED 💰

We have 1 week to meet our target of £5000 to ensure we keep producing work that puts the voices of Scotland's women, trans & non-binary people centre stage 🎭

Donate now: buff.ly/PFzAqne

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Dr Sonia @soniaahhh.bsky.social · 15h

Do I know anyone who reads Persian well enough to help resolve a machine translation of a health research article from Persian to English and would be willing to have a look? The researchers have no funding but we could do some kind of skills barter perhaps.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16h

There is something deeply broken in the UK and it has absolutely nothing to do with migrants, especially with 1 in 25 properties being vacant.
This should be the number one priority for the government. Instead more and more homeless individuals are dying.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high

Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazines increasingly deadly.

www.bbc.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23h

BREAKING: Israeli forces have opened fire on a young Palestinian man near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, reports our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/72upo8

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 1d

Poverty, underfunded healthcare, poor services, and a lack of jobs. That's what damages communities.

Blaming immigrants is a distraction.

I say that as an immigrant. Kemi described herself as "to all intents and purposes a first-generation immigrant" (Politico, 2022)

www.bbc.com/news/article...

High immigration levels damage communities, Kemi Badenoch warns

The Conservative leader says society is in danger of fragmenting unless concerns are acted on.

www.bbc.com

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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 1d

Really excellently made and with so much care. Thank you!

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Thiu Elias KC @rathiulung.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking on my project on Indigenous religiosity & digitality at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social (15 Oct). Curious how it lands among those working across the humanities, beyond my usual circles at @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social & @uoedivinity.bsky.social. Hybrid event. Feedback valued!
edin.ac/3VTueHu

Dr Thiu Elias: "Infrastructure, Knowledge, and Nature in Digitality: Ethical Interventions from the Digital Frontier of Tribal India" | IASH

edin.ac

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 1d

Both Israelis & Palestinians have suffered terribly. All deserve compassion & concern. And…one can’t ignore (although many of today’s 2-yr commemorations will try) the history, diff in scale, or power dynamics at work, nor the disastrously failed leadership which brought us & keeps us here.

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 1d

Decades of occupation & failed/sabotaged “peace processes”, a divide/rule policy which helped create/support H*mas, the horrors of Oct 7 itself, & the now 2-yrs-running genocidal obliteration of Gaza (& further tightening of deadly grip on WB) since - all deserve historically truthful commemoration.

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 1d

The horror of Oct 7, 2023 was an unspeakable tragedy. And…we must beware of “commemorations” which decontextualize that horrific day and/or ignore the catastrophic, exponential magnitudes of death and destruction unleashed since.

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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 1d

Appreciate NHS Scotland providing extra support and provision for those of us (like me) who have respiratory issues to ensure we get our flu jabs early.

Definitely worth all that extra £ I've given the NHS over many years

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Gaza’s education system has collapsed under the weight of war. Nearly 658,000 school-aged children and 87,000 university students have been left without access to learning as classrooms and campuses lie in ruins.

🔗: aje.io/r00cl2

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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful BBC sounds documentary narrated by Rev Azariah Williams on Viraj Mendis and sanctuary at Ascension church: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 1d

David Adler, a coordinator at @progintl.bsky.social is still being led by the Israeli government even while other members of the Global Sumud Flotilla were released. Please consider signing this petition demanding his release.

actionnetwork.org/letters/free...

Free David Adler

Please take this action with us to demand the release of David Adler. He is a beloved friend, community member, and Angeleno. David bravely joined over 450 volunteers to sail to Gaza with the sumud fl...

actionnetwork.org

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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · 1d

New research from Oxfam and Care shows how rich countries are profiting from the climate crisis

🌍 2/3 of climate finance to the Global South comes as loans
💸 For every $5 received, $7 is paid back – a 42% profit for creditors

www.oxfamamerica.org/press/two-th...

Two-thirds of climate funding for Global South is loans as rich countries profiteer from escalating climate crisis

New research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Center, <a href="https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/climate-finance-shado

www.oxfamamerica.org

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Talitha Kearey @talithakearey.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see the Herald has published our letter (from the Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network) in today's paper:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2552...

Archived version (no paywall): archive.ph/BRTCY

SUJSN: www.jewishstaffnetwork.co.uk

Prominent Scottish Jews issue plea over reaction to Manchester attack

As Jews we absolutely reject the weaponisation of the Manchester attack to suppress protests against the genocide in Gaza

www.heraldscotland.com

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SCM Press @scmpress.bsky.social · Sep 1

3. The DARE Primer on Global Queer Theologies ed Lisa Isherwood and Hugo Córdova Quero

Scholars from around the world illuminate the transformative impact of queer theologies on traditional religious frameworks.

20% off pre-orders this month:
scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

A rainbow cloth is the top half of the image, with the title at the bottom: The DARE Primer on Global Queer Theologies

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

The consistent attempts to demonise, stigmatise and other the anti-genocide movement ("unBritish") is a form of political collusion with the genocide. It directly echoes and amplifies the propaganda of the state committing the genocide, and seeks to alleviate political pressure on its accomplices.

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