Abby Chava Stein
@abbystein.bsky.social
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parent, activist, speaker, author (Becoming Eve), ordained rabbi, woman of trans experience. Linktr.ee/abbystein (She/Her)
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Um, you don't know anything about me it sounds 🤷‍♀️

Free Palestine!!!
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May this moment of relief be the inspiration to recommit to the holy work of ensuring justice and freedom for all who live between the river and the sea.

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We await the world that the Talmudic blessing refers to: The world to come, when all people will enjoy a world with no war, no starvation, no illness; when swords are beaten into ploughshares, and the nations of the world will study war no more. It is on us to work for and realize that world.

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abbystein.bsky.social
As Israeli and Palestinian captives are released, we witness reunions that feel like resurrection. Every life returned is a blessing. And we remember those who will not return.

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abbystein.bsky.social
Statement from @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social:

We Recommit to Freedom for All
21 Tishrei 5786 / October 13,2025

The Talmud teaches: “One who sees their friend after twelve months says, Blessed are You… Who revives the dead.”

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abbystein.bsky.social
> certainly has not an ounce of care has not an ounce of care for either the Israeli or Palestinian people."
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Also from Ofer Cassif:
"Only once Israel became too insane, chaotic & unstable to serve Trump’s imperialist interests that he decided to put an end to the bloodshed. A man who sends troops to invade his own cities and arrest and harass his own people, on top of his imperialist moves, >
abbystein.bsky.social
Two MKs (one Jewish, one Palestinian) disrupted 45/47's "Victory" lap in the Israeli parliament. All they did was hold a sign that read: "Recognize Palestine!"

They were swiftly removed.

Grateful for a ceasefire. But this isn't justice. It isn't a "peace process" of any kind.
Trump’s Knesset speech interrupted by Israeli parliamentarian
YouTube video by Guardian News
youtube.com
abbystein.bsky.social
Two MKs (one Jewish, one Palestinian) disrupted 45/47's "Victory" lap in the Israeli parliament. All they did was hold a sign that read: "Recognize Palestine!"

They were swiftly removed.

Grateful for a ceasefire. But this isn't justice. It isn't a "peace process" of any kind.
Trump’s Knesset speech interrupted by Israeli parliamentarian
YouTube video by Guardian News
youtube.com
abbystein.bsky.social
עֹשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּט לָעֲשׁוּקִים, נֹתֵן לֶחֶם לָרְעֵבִים --- ה' מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים׃
Brings justice for those who are wronged,
Gives food to the hungry ---
Sets prisoners free.

In the Jewish calendar, it's an intense day today. A day that carries joy, and is also part of the days of awe.

That feels about right at the moment.
abbystein.bsky.social
Neither have an antisemitism problem, but you just mixed up 2 very different movements/denominations 🤦‍♀️

Reform ≠ Reconstructionist
Reposted by Abby Chava Stein
joelhs.bsky.social
Some people on here hear “Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism” and conclude, “All antisemitism is actually anti-Zionism.”
maladroithe.bsky.social
Man it really sucks that people heard “Jews and Israelis aren’t synonymous” and interpreted that to mean “you can be as antisemitic as you want if you just say Israeli instead of Jewish”
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Important context added 9n the other site:
The organizer is not even a member of CBE...
Screenshot from a post by Dov Alperin @dovunderscore:
"It's of course worth noting that Ramon Maislen, the organizer of this event, is not even a member of CBE and is just trying to foment division for The Love Of The Game."
abbystein.bsky.social
Important context added 9n the other site:
The organizer is not even a member of CBE...
Screenshot from a post by Dov Alperin @dovunderscore:
"It's of course worth noting that Ramon Maislen, the organizer of this event, is not even a member of CBE and is just trying to foment division for The Love Of The Game."
abbystein.bsky.social
I have no idea. On that other site, she quotes a few "members" but no names, so no way to check.
abbystein.bsky.social
Whhhatttt?! I am shoooccckkkkeeeedddd
abbystein.bsky.social
For context: CBE is the largest reform (by far the largest Jewish denomination) synagogue and community in Brooklyn. Some of its members include Chuck Schumer, and many other "mainstream" New York Jewish leaders.
abbystein.bsky.social
The anti-Zohran crowd went from: "Zohran isn't visiting any synagogues," to "he isn't visiting the right kind of synagogues" (or to quote JG: "he isn't visiting any mainstream synagogues" [sic]).

To now just protesting that he is actually engaging with mainstream synagogues 🤦‍♀️
Screenshot of a Twitter post from @Olivia_Reingold.

It reads:
"Outside of Congregation Beth Elohim, where congregants are protesting Zohran Mamdani's upcoming speech this afternoon.

"Does anyone think CBE would invite a white Proud Boys member to speak?" - Ramon Maislen

Reporting for @TheFP"

Followed by a cropped photo of a small group of protesters outside the synagogue, holding US and Israeli flags.
abbystein.bsky.social
Sitting at a café + bookstore in Omaha (Urban Abbey), and a barista just announced a ready order:
"A small hot Marsha P. Johnson with oatmilk!"

I love it ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
abbystein.bsky.social
I wish I could say I was shocked: Israel is signaling out, and treating more harshly, all the Jewish/Israeli participants of flotillas.
If any other government targeted Jews differently, we would rightly call them antisemitic 😠

Update: she has now been released. Still ^

@heliof.bsky.social on IG:
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As a trans New Yorker, this is heartwarming and amazingly powerful 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🗽

Watching @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, our next mayor, openly and proudly celebrate our history, our trans-ancestors, and his commitment to our future is exactly what I need this #NationalComingOutDay!!!
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
abbystein.bsky.social
I think it was more that in my mind I just wanted to challenge and disagree with everything I was being taught...
abbystein.bsky.social
Ah Gitten Moied from Omaha, Nebraska!

One of the traditional reasons given for the ritual of the Lulav and Etrog, is that it brings joy. When I first heard it as a child, I was skeptical. I still don't understand why, but it surely gives me joy 🌴🍋

א גוטן מועד • מועדים לשמחה, חגים וזמנים לששון!
Photo holding the "4 species" of the Lulav (a big palm tree branch), the Hadassim (Myrtle branches, 9 in this photo), and 2 willow branches, tied together. Plus an Etrog (Citron), greener than usual. Held next to a bug windows overlooking the street, while wearing a tallit.
Reposted by Abby Chava Stein
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A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault
Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.
www.bbc.com
abbystein.bsky.social
He can have my old one 🤣