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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1h

Some people on here hear “Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism” and conclude, “All antisemitism is actually anti-Zionism.”

Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1h

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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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1h

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1h

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."

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1h

Important context added 9n the other site:
The organizer is not even a member of CBE...

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1h

I have no idea. On that other site, she quotes a few "members" but no names, so no way to check.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1h

Whhhatttt?! I am shoooccckkkkeeeedddd

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1h

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.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1h

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.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2h

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 ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 4h

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

Freed flotilla activist David Adler is live with Zeteo right now:

EXCLUSIVE: Flotilla Activist David Adler LIVE Hours After Being Released From Israeli Prison

YouTube video by Zeteo

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 4h

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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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 19h

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!!!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 1d

I think it was more that in my mind I just wanted to challenge and disagree with everything I was being taught...

Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

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.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

He can have my old one 🤣

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

Also love that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social now has a copy of the largest Yiddish weekly newspaper!

Every NY politician should know that Yiddish is alive and kicking 😉

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

I totally agree!!! I always say that (non-Orthodox) American Jews made a mistake focusing more on celebrating Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur over Sukkot!

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

They are worn every week on Shabbat, on holidays (hence today), at weddings, and at some other special life cycle events.

They are actually far less delicate than they look. But they are kept in custom-made boxes that help keep the shape. They are also surprisingly lightweight for something so big.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

They used to be like a few centimeters thick. They have grown very fast over the past few decades. They have almost doubled from when I wore them when I got married in 2010.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

Brooklyn DA.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

And he seems to enjoy the fucking tree house. Damn.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

He also met with representatives of the other Satmar community, as well as (based on who I recognize in these photos) one of the leaders of the Pupa community - the largest Williamsburg Hasidic community after the 2 Satmars:

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

Last I chatted with him (Tuesday...) he had not yet claimed it 🤣 Will keep you updated.

On Rosh Hashanah, when I was sitting with him during Ma'ariv, he did express quite detailed fascination with my Baal Shem Tov Yicus, so who knows 🤷‍♀️

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

נו, מאמדאני האט לפחות איין עכטע זלאטשובער אייניקל וואס אינדארסירט אים 😉

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 2d

The Rebbe'la is a relative newcomer on the scene. He is a millionaire, brother of (supposed?) billionaire Yoely Landau.

The people around him though, especially Indig, are longtime Satmar (Aroinim) Askanim.

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