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Halachic Left is changing the conversation about Israel/Palestine in traditionally observant Jewish communities
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"This is what the normalization of ethnic cleansing looks like. We must not look away. If the opposition and the public... do not wake up, the Nakba will continue to creep forward and no one will be able to deny responsibility for it" www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
The Israeli ethnic cleansing militias in the West Bank have suceeded once again | Editorial
This Is What the Normalization of Ethnic Cleansing Looks Like. We Must Not Look Away. If the Opposition and the Public That Is Not Ideologically Aligned With the Far Right's Vision Do Not Wake Up, the...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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"[Signing the letter] felt like a very reasonable, very carefully thought out response to the present situation. I know that there are many within the shul who are looking for some leadership in this moment, and signing was a drop in the bucket compared to what some people are doing"-Rabbi Max Davis
Orthodox Jewish groups have been quiet about ICE. This Minneapolis rabbi wasn’t.
Bucking the political norms of Orthodox Judaism, Rabbi Max Davis signed a letter condemning ICE for "wreaking havoc across our state."
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January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Thank you to everyone who attended!
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Prof. Omer Bartov in Conversation with Halachic Left
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January 25, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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We’re looking forward to hosting a Q&A with Prof. Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University on Sunday, January 25th at 1pm EST.
Register and submit questions here: bit.ly/hl-bartov
Prof. Omer Bartov x Halachic Left Sunday, Jan. 25th 1pm EST via Zoom Prof. Omer Bartov is Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University and author of the book "Israel: What Went Wrong?" (out in April). Prof. Bartov made headlines last year when he wrote a New York Times opinion essay saying that while he did not initially believe Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, he had become convinced that the term was accurate. RSVP at bit.ly/hl-bartov
January 22, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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"How do the master and slave exit this dialectic that Jews have forced on Palestinians? Where is the Moses that Pharaoh is searching for? How can Moses learn the inner workings of the Pharaonic structure to bring freedom?"
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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Very happy to have a dvar Torah (commentary on the week's Torah portion) shared with the important folks of @halachicleft.org. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Parshas Bo: Are Jews and Palestinians Caught in a Dialectic
Parshas Bo: Are Jews and Palestinians Caught in a Dialectic? Zackary Sholem Berger Moses and Pharaoh are interdependent. Moses requests and seems to require Pharaoh’s permission to take the Israelite...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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We’re looking forward to hosting a Q&A with Prof. Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University on Sunday, January 25th at 1pm EST.
Register and submit questions here: bit.ly/hl-bartov
Prof. Omer Bartov x Halachic Left Sunday, Jan. 25th 1pm EST via Zoom Prof. Omer Bartov is Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University and author of the book "Israel: What Went Wrong?" (out in April). Prof. Bartov made headlines last year when he wrote a New York Times opinion essay saying that while he did not initially believe Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, he had become convinced that the term was accurate. RSVP at bit.ly/hl-bartov
January 22, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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“Jews control … the colleges, the nonprofits, the movies, Hollywood, all of it.”
-Charlie Kirk (2023)

"Israel to honor Charlie Kirk with award for fighting antisemitism" (Jan 2026)

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Israel to honor Charlie Kirk with award for fighting antisemitism
Israel plans to honor the late Charlie Kirk for his efforts against antisemitism. The award will be given at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism later this month in Jerusalem.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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We’re looking forward to hosting a Q&A with Prof. Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University on Sunday, January 25th at 1pm EST.
Register and submit questions here: bit.ly/hl-bartov
Prof. Omer Bartov x Halachic Left Sunday, Jan. 25th 1pm EST via Zoom Prof. Omer Bartov is Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University and author of the book "Israel: What Went Wrong?" (out in April). Prof. Bartov made headlines last year when he wrote a New York Times opinion essay saying that while he did not initially believe Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, he had become convinced that the term was accurate. RSVP at bit.ly/hl-bartov
January 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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🔥 Help us go into 2026 strong! Donate to our year-end fundraising drive via PayPal at bit.ly/hl-2025 or via Venmo @HalachicLeft!
Help us go into 2026 strong! Donate to our year-end fundraising drive. Any amount helps — thank you so much for your support! PayPal: bit.ly/hl-2025 Venmo: @HalachicLeft
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Thanks to your support, we've raised about $2200! 💸 Can you help us get to $2520 (140 chai)?
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🔥 Help us go into 2026 strong! Donate to our year-end fundraising drive via PayPal at bit.ly/hl-2025 or via Venmo @HalachicLeft!
Help us go into 2026 strong! Donate to our year-end fundraising drive. Any amount helps — thank you so much for your support! PayPal: bit.ly/hl-2025 Venmo: @HalachicLeft
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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🔥 Help us go into 2026 strong! Donate to our year-end fundraising drive via PayPal at bit.ly/hl-2025 or via Venmo @HalachicLeft!
Help us go into 2026 strong! Donate to our year-end fundraising drive. Any amount helps — thank you so much for your support! PayPal: bit.ly/hl-2025 Venmo: @HalachicLeft
December 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🧵 PART 3 of 2025 highlights for Halachic Left Donate to our year-end fundraising campaign at bit.ly/hl-2025 or via Venmo @HalachicLeft
Halachic Left Highlights* from our 2025, part 3 *order is not ranked
December 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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🧵 PART 2 of 2025 highlights for Halachic Left
Halachic Left Highlights* from our 2025, part 2 *order is not ranked! Let us know which events you found meaningful in the replies!
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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December 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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🧵 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
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Halachic Left Highlights* From Our 2025, Part 1 *order is not ranked! Tell us your favorite in the replies
December 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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🧵 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
Enjoy a few highlights (more coming soon) and let us know your favorite project/event of ours this year!
Halachic Left Highlights* From Our 2025, Part 1 *order is not ranked! Tell us your favorite in the replies
December 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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🔥🕎 Thank you to all in the Cambridge/Boston area who came out last week to hear Shaul Magid's Chanukah shiur and to help raise money for Legal Aid for Palestinians (LEAP)! 💸
Shaul Magid speaks about Chanukah to a group in Cambridge at the event "From Darkness to Light" Latkes and sufganiyot from the Butcherie in Brookline Shaul Magid speaks to a group of about 20-25 people at the event "From Darkness to Light" Three people light candles for Chanukah at the event "From Darkness to Light"
December 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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🔥 Thank you to Miko Zeldes-Roth @mikozr.bsky.social who taught at our event with @newisraelfund.bsky.social NIF NewGen on Tuesday night, "Celebrating Chanukah Beyond Jewish Supremacy" -- and to everyone in Chicago who came out!
Chanukah sameach! 🕎
Miko Zeldes-Roth standing in front of a screen that says "Celebrating Chanukah Beyond Jewish Supremacy, 12.16.2025" A group of about twenty people sitting around a table at the event "Celebrating Chanukah Beyond Jewish Supremacy" Miko Zeldes-Roth speaks to attendees at "Celebrating Chanukah Beyond Jewish Supremacy" as people eat latkes and read their source sheets.
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🔥🕎🍩 Thank you to everyone who came out Tuesday night or joined us over Zoom to hear @motownrabbi.bsky.social's shiur for Chanukah!
You can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox0m...
Happy eighth night!
Around a dozen people sitting around a living room listening to Rabbi David Polsky give a Chanukah shiur A table with partially eaten pans of latkes, along with sour cream and applesauce Around fifteen people sitting around a living room listening to Rabbi David Polsky give a Chanukah shiur
December 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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If you can’t make it in person you can still participate over Zoom.
December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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New Yorkers:
Tomorrow night I’ll be giving a shiur on the UWS for @halachicleft.org on the song “Mi Yimalel” and how it denies traditional Jewish beliefs and the Rabbinic conception of Chanukah. We will also explore traditional Jewish texts suggesting non-violent understandings of Gevurah/power.
halachicleft.org Halachic Left @halachicleft.org · Dec 10
🔥🕎 Tuesday of next week (12/16) in NYC (Upper West Side) & over Zoom! Food/schmoozing starting at 6:30pm, shiur+Zoom starting at 7pm EST.

Please RSVP here (especially important if you’re coming in person — we need to estimate how many latkes/donuts/sufganiyot we need 🥔🍩):
bit.ly/hl-chanukah
"‘The Might of Israel’?: The Heresy of a Popular Chanukah song” with Rabbi David Polsky Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6:30-8pm, Latkes and sufganiyot served NYC, Upper West Side (*addresses sent to RSVP list) + Zoom option Sign up at bit.ly/hl-chanukah The Zionist Chanukah song “Mi Yimalel” (written in 1936 by Menashe Ravina) plays off a Biblical verse to extol the military might of the Jewish people. After noting the ways in which it denies traditional Jewish beliefs, we will explore Jewish texts that provide alternative, non-militaristic understandings of gevurah (power). Rabbi David Polsky is a rabbi and educator living in Southfield, MI, with his wife and children. A graduate of Yeshiva University Rabbinical School (RIETS), his main research interest is the intersection between Halakhah and values. He recently published a Halakhic argument against the starvation of Gaza.
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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"[The Vilna Gaon] notes that every major event in Jewish history repeats on a constant cycle for every generation...Our generation is struggling with the contemporary version of the Hannukah struggle as Hellenistic militarism has spread far and wide."
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A Time for Purim, A Time for Hannukah
Reflections on violence and war in the light of Hannukah with Rav Khein.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Wisdom from my friend Becca Levis on another shattering day
"I just need to name the immense pain and deep messiness of being a Jewish person who deeply abhors Israel's actions in Gaza over the past two years and also is committed to fighting antisemitism across the political and ideological spectrum and ensuring collective liberation and flourishing..."
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM