Gail Labovitz
@gailsl.bsky.social
That’s Rabbi Dr. Professor to you! Faculty (Rabbinic Literature and Halakhah) at the AJU/Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, and Conservative rabbi. she/her
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Uh…oh Danny B…do you realize what you’re saying?
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Uh…oh Danny B…do you realize what you’re saying?
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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Two things the Democrats shouldn’t be shy about saying plainly these days: the Supreme Court is illegitimate and Pete Hegseth is a psychopath.
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Two things the Democrats shouldn’t be shy about saying plainly these days: the Supreme Court is illegitimate and Pete Hegseth is a psychopath.
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41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
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(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".
Start framing the discussion now.
We know that...
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Truly! Chris is so right here. It's astounding. www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
![Notably, in assessing “irreparable harm” that Texas would face, the court also stated, “The District Court improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections.”
This is, however, a function of the timing of the Texas legislature’s action — not the challengers or three-judge district court — and it’s astounding to see an unsigned Supreme Court order accusing a lower court of such a “improper[]” act in this fashion.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreih537dkeovund3vctl7axemlzo7tit2xtvqt232zxumrfxzzuvu4y@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Truly! Chris is so right here. It's astounding. www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...
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"The stark reality is that for years, Netanyahu has not been leading Israel but rather has been led by those whose support he needs to survive, and his nation has suffered for it, slowly shredding its internal cohesion, democratic legitimacy, and international freedom of action."
Netanyahu Just Admitted He’s Unfit to Lead Israel
In attempting to call off his corruption trial, Netanyahu didn’t incriminate himself, but he did something just as damning.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"The stark reality is that for years, Netanyahu has not been leading Israel but rather has been led by those whose support he needs to survive, and his nation has suffered for it, slowly shredding its internal cohesion, democratic legitimacy, and international freedom of action."
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Exclusive | Pete Hegseth did not order Admiral Mitch Bradley to execute an airstrike on shipwrecked Venezuelans. He texted the order to a journalist.
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Exclusive | Pete Hegseth did not order Admiral Mitch Bradley to execute an airstrike on shipwrecked Venezuelans. He texted the order to a journalist.
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The shoot first, ask questions later Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
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December 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The shoot first, ask questions later Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
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As a long time New Yorker reader, I find Shouts and Murmurs to be hit or miss - and often miss. But this one hits a bullseye. For all the medical professionals in my life…The Doctor’s Plan www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Doctor’s Plan
I know why I’m here today, Mr. Secretary. An inquiry? Right. It’s a setup, but I got this place surrounded with nurses, and every last one knows how to apply a tongue depressor.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
As a long time New Yorker reader, I find Shouts and Murmurs to be hit or miss - and often miss. But this one hits a bullseye. For all the medical professionals in my life…The Doctor’s Plan www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
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So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So either Trump spoke to Bolsonaro about plotting to escape to the US right before the latter got caught trying to saw off his ankle monitor, or Trump imagined a conversation he didn’t have. Both scenarios are incredibly dark
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Must be nice to have a real supreme court
Bolsonaro gets 27 years for his attempted coup to hold power in Brazil. Trump is acquitted by Republicans in impeachment & then re-elected so he can inflict more ego-driven destruction at home & around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Must be nice to have a real supreme court
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This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the prosecutor President Donald Trump handpicked to bring charges against them had been unlawfully serving since September.
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Political Prosecutions of former FBI Chief Comey, NY AG James
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the prosecutor President Donald Trump handpicked to bring charges against them had been unlawfully serving since September.
Between this and what happened with the Coast Guard, or the mainstreaming of Fuentes in rightwing circles, don’t anyone tell me “Oh, it’s the OTHER side that has the antisemitism problem…”
Full-on antisemitic blood libel outside Union Station yesterday. This is disgusting and unacceptable. And it only undermines the fight for Palestinian rights by falsely linking it to this hate.
www.jta.org/2025/11/21/u...
www.jta.org/2025/11/21/u...
'Israel's Friendsgiving' protest at DC train station includes 'Gaza's spilled blood' on the menu - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
"Seldom have we seen such a sickening display of full-throated antisemitism," the local JCRC said.
www.jta.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Between this and what happened with the Coast Guard, or the mainstreaming of Fuentes in rightwing circles, don’t anyone tell me “Oh, it’s the OTHER side that has the antisemitism problem…”
Well, duh. Taking the train is safer than trying to cross a street in Manhattan!
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Well, duh. Taking the train is safer than trying to cross a street in Manhattan!
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I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.
Hey everyone! I got invited to do a really fun thing - talk about my research on (food and) drinking metaphors in rabbinic texts about gender and sexuality, as a guest on the Jewish Drinking Show, a podcast hosted by Rabbi Drew Kaplan. Check out the episode here: jewishdrinking.com/rablitsexual...
Drinking Imagery as Sexual Metaphor in the Talmud, featuring Rabbi Dr. Gail Labovitz [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #185] – Jewish Drinking
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November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hey everyone! I got invited to do a really fun thing - talk about my research on (food and) drinking metaphors in rabbinic texts about gender and sexuality, as a guest on the Jewish Drinking Show, a podcast hosted by Rabbi Drew Kaplan. Check out the episode here: jewishdrinking.com/rablitsexual...
There's ample reason to be frustrated and angry about the WaPo right now, but this one they got exactly right.
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There's ample reason to be frustrated and angry about the WaPo right now, but this one they got exactly right.
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Swastikas and nooses aren’t “potentially divisive” - they are symbols of racist and antisemitic hate, violence, and genocide. By no longer classifying them as hate symbols, the Coast Guard is doing nothing less than normalizing violent extremism.
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Swastikas and nooses aren’t “potentially divisive” - they are symbols of racist and antisemitic hate, violence, and genocide. By no longer classifying them as hate symbols, the Coast Guard is doing nothing less than normalizing violent extremism.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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I wonder who has been in charge of the House for the last 3 years?
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I wonder who has been in charge of the House for the last 3 years?