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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action
@jfrejnyc.bsky.social
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Building a vibrant Jewish Left in NY, fighting arm-in-arm with our neighbors for care not cops. Extremely pro-glitter. https://www.jfrej.org/
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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · Nov 5
Mazel Tov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , Mazel Tov NYC 🎉🗽❤️

Join the movement, join JFREJ: jfrej.org/membership

📸 Zachary Schulman
Zohran Mamdani on stage with Brad Landed at the 2025 Mazals
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.

This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
A Quote Tweet from NYC Councilmember Vickie Paladino @VickieForNYC stating: “We’re in the midst of a global jihad the likes of which the world has never seen, and we cannot ignore it. “We need to take every seriously the need to begin the expulsion of Muslims from western nations, or at the very least the severe sanction of them within western borders. “The administration needs to begin developing a formal legal framework for the denaturalization process and get it over with before we end up with another 9/11 or worse. Enough is enough.” The quoted tweet from @DrewPavlu stating: “AUSTRALIAN HERO TOOK GUN OFF SHOOTER “TERROR ATTACK SYDNEY AT LEAST 10 DEAD “AUSTRALIAN HERO TOOK DOWN GUNMAN”
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
We continue to mourn for the victims of the antisemitic attack in Australia. Our hearts remain with the victims, their families, and the entire Australian Jewish community whose lives are forever changed. (1/8)
jfrejnyc.bsky.social Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 1d
As Jews around the world gather to celebrate Chanukah this week, we are horrified to hear of the antisemitic attack on our fellow Jews in Australia. No one should be afraid to light a Chanukiah. No one should be afraid to attend a community gathering or go to school. (1/2)
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney today was a vile act of antisemitic terror. I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers. May the memories of all those killed be a blessing. While we are still waiting for all the facts to emerge, what we already know is devastating. At least 11 dead, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who held deep ties to Crown Heights. At least 29 injured. Another Jewish community plunged into mourning and loss, a holiday of light so painfully reduced to a day of darkness. This attack is merely the latest, most horrifying iteration in a growing pattern of violence targeted at Jewish people across the world. Too many no longer feel safe to be themselves, to express their faith publicly, to worship in their synagogues without armed security stationed outside. What happened at Bondi is what many Jewish people fear will happen in their communities too. On Bondi Beach today, as men with long guns targeted innocents, another man ran towards the gunfire and disarmed a shooter. Tonight, as Jewish New Yorkers light menorahs and usher in a first night of Hanukkah clouded by grief, let us look to his example and confront hatred with the urgency and action it demands. When I am Mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day. Let this be a purpose shared by every New Yorker, and let us banish this horrific violence to the past.
December 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
As Jews around the world gather to celebrate Chanukah this week, we are horrified to hear of the antisemitic attack on our fellow Jews in Australia. No one should be afraid to light a Chanukiah. No one should be afraid to attend a community gathering or go to school. (1/2)
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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abbystein.bsky.social
רָעוֹת שָׂבְעָה נַפְשִׁי / בְּיָגוֹן כֹּחִי כָּלָה 😢
My spirit is fed up with misery /my strength is spent with grief 💔

As millions of Jews are getting ready to light the first Chanukah candle, we are crying with our Jewish community in Sydney.

At least 11 murdered and 29 injured at a Hanukkah Celebration 😭

1/4
December 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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truahrabbis.bsky.social
Baruch Dayan HaEmet. We’re horrified to wake up to the news of an antisemitic shooting in Sydney that killed 11 people. Our hearts go out to the Sydney Jewish community.
December 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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gregpak.net
Started handing out my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine this weekend! It includes shoutouts to @bkindivisible.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and SO MANY OTHER GREAT GROUPS!

Download it digitally at zinefun.fyi !
Cover of a zine titled "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" featuring a photo of buttons reading "¡Manos fuera NYC!" "Fight Fascism" and "Working Families Party"
December 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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freebklyn.bsky.social
Isn’t this a beautiful poster, New York?

Would love to have you out there this weekend.

cc: @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @handsoffnycfams.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social @nyicaction.bsky.social @commoncauseny.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social

www.handsoffnyc.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Do you live in NYC? Please send a letter about supporting our public libraries to your council member today.

actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
We are tired of slander & false accusations against human rights activists made in our name, while self-proclaimed antisemites continue to gain power. Fighting antisemitism means fighting fascism, not attacking @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social & @cynthianixon.bsky.social
Text graphic with image of Ms Rachel wearing a dress with artwork made by children in Gaza and image of Cynthia Nixon protesting outside the White House demanding a permanent ceasefire. Text reads: Amidst the increasing rise of explicitly antisemitic white nationalist ideologies, a fringe right-wing group is attacking beloved early childhood educators and advocates for Palestinian human rights under the guise of "fighting antisemitism." Ms. Rachel and Cynthia Nixon are both staunch allies of Jewish New Yorkers who use their platforms to lift Palestinian stories and call attention to the starvation, maiming, and death of Palestinian children. Image of Chanukah for Ceasefire protest featuring a Hanukkah menorah that says “CEASEFIRE” and surrounded by individuals in “Rabbis for Ceasefire” t-shirts. Text under image reads: To attack these humanitarians as "antisemites", these right-wing groups claim that free speech and opposition to genocide threaten Jews. But this actually paints Jews as universally in support of militarism and genocide, and can only make Jews less safe. Taking antisemitism seriously doesn't look like attacking Ms. Rachel and Cynthia Nixon. It DOES look like tracking and fighting back against fascists in our city To learn more about the work our organization does to combat antisemitism, check out www.jfrej.org/campaigns/ antisemitism
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
All the flowers for @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social & @yuhline.bsky.social for modeling a politics of collaboration, strategy, and putting the needs of our city first! We’re so lucky to have leaders like Alexa in council, and advocates like Yuh-Line on the front lines of our movement. 💐
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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freebklyn.bsky.social
Lots of ways and places help with the upcoming @handsoffnyc.bsky.social weekend of action, Dec 13th-14th.

Pls sign up, show up, and make it a big success!

Partner organizations for HandsOffNYC include @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social and many more!

www.handsoffnyc.com/community
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
JFREJ rallied outside city hall yesterday for @council.nyc.gov to past the NYC Trust Act!

@council.nyc.gov must pass the Trust Act to ensure actual accountability for violations of our sanctuary laws!

@thenyic.bsky.social
@socialists.nyc
@maketheroadny.bsky.social
@africansus.bsky.social
JFREJers outside city hall holding “NY Jews Against Deportation” signs! NYIC, Make the Road NY and NYC DSA outside city hall rallying for the Trust Act. Holding “I ❤️ Immigrant NY” and “ICE Pa Fuero” signs. JFREJ members and African Communities Together outside city hall.
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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levin.bsky.social
Please do this action. So many people have these diseases and more to come.
meactnet.bsky.social #MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 7d
New Medicaid work requirements will take effect at the end of 2026 - it will FAIL sick people and cut off their care.
Tell HHS to recognize people with #MECFS and #LongCOVID as “medically frail” so our access to Medicaid is protected.

SIGN THE LETTER: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...
Beige background with the words "Freakin' Frail" in black and red. At the bottom, reads the sentence: "Protect Medicaid Access for People with ME/CFS and Long COVID."
December 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
nyc is getting ready
riseandresist.bsky.social Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 9d
Today, Dec 6, 2025
NYC Hands Off Training
1,000 people attended!

No ICE in NYC!

Join us at HandsOffNYC.com.
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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kissphoria.bsky.social
It's really frustrating that a lot of the media just sort of frames the Trump admin as "wading into a hot debate over trans issues that have roiled american politics" when it's like, clear that they are motivated by a desire to demean trans people
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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thecity.nyc
NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he will not continue sweeps of homeless encampments — which city data shows have not yielded any permanent or supportive-housing referrals in more than a year.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps
City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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aljazeera.com
“Gaza now hosts the largest group of child amputees in modern history.”

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have suffered life-changing wounds in Israel’s war – and almost one-quarter of those are children.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7eexx4
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
Shame on @MountSinaiNYC for attempting to silence nurses who spoke out after an active shooter incident. Ignoring calls to improve #SafetyAtSinai puts nurses & patients in harm's way. I join @nynurses in their demands for improved safety & an end to union-busting.
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Mount Sinai Tries to Silence Nurse Safety Advocates
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY, DEC. 4 AT 6:30 P.M**
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December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
We were proud to join @streetvendorproj.bsky.social, @maketheroadny.bsky.social , at City Hall yesterday in support of @cmpisanchez.bsky.social ‘s amended version of bill Int. 431-A which reforms NYC’s street vending system. ☎️ We have 5️⃣ days to pass this vital bill, call your councilmember today!
Street Vendors standing outside city hall smiling with beanies on that say “vendor power” and holding a sign that says “cut the red tape” Council member Pierina Sanchez standing outside City Hall with street vendors fighting for bill Int 431-A Street vendors advocating for street vendor reform with signs that says “REFORM STREET VENDING” “YES TO INT. 431” Street vendors outside City Hall, member of United Bodegas of America holding sign that says “¡UNIDOS SOMOS MAS!”
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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lanna.bsky.social
LOVE IT

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December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
“Diasporism embraces diaspora, offers a place where we might join w/ others who value this history of dispersion; others who stand in opposition to nationalism & the nation state.”

If this resonates, JFREJ may be the political home and Jewish community you have been seeking: jfrej.org/diasporism
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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abbystein.bsky.social
Amazing Chanukah gift ideas, and I am not just saying this because I love @jfrejnyc.bsky.social and Sara 🕎
jfrejnyc.bsky.social Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 11d
❄️🕎 JFREJ shop is open for all your holiday shopping needs! Go to jfrej.org/shop 🎁

We also are SO excited to announce there are still limited edition Sara Erenthal X JFREJ t-shirts and sweatshirts available! We have a limited number so act fast!
Image of Jews for Zohran sweatshirt and baby onesie with message: The JFREJ shop is open for all your holiday shopping needs! Snag your Hanukkah gifts today! Shipping times can vary based on product. Get your J4Z merch today: jfrej.org/shop IMAGE OF SARA ERENTHAL ARTWORK OF WHITE DRAWN INDIVIDUALS ON A BLACK BACKGROUND HOLDING A SIGN THAT SAYS JEWS AGAINST DEPORTATION. THEY ARE WEARING SHIRTS THAT SAY “I ❤️ NYC” “ABOLISH ICE” and “IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE” Message around artwork says JFREJ X SARA ERENTHAL COLLAB IS RESTOCKED! Print available in tshirts and sweatshirts! Limited supplies available ! jfrej.org/shop
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
jfrejnyc.bsky.social
❄️🕎 JFREJ shop is open for all your holiday shopping needs! Go to jfrej.org/shop 🎁

We also are SO excited to announce there are still limited edition Sara Erenthal X JFREJ t-shirts and sweatshirts available! We have a limited number so act fast!
Image of Jews for Zohran sweatshirt and baby onesie with message: The JFREJ shop is open for all your holiday shopping needs! Snag your Hanukkah gifts today! Shipping times can vary based on product. Get your J4Z merch today: jfrej.org/shop IMAGE OF SARA ERENTHAL ARTWORK OF WHITE DRAWN INDIVIDUALS ON A BLACK BACKGROUND HOLDING A SIGN THAT SAYS JEWS AGAINST DEPORTATION. THEY ARE WEARING SHIRTS THAT SAY “I ❤️ NYC” “ABOLISH ICE” and “IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE” Message around artwork says JFREJ X SARA ERENTHAL COLLAB IS RESTOCKED! Print available in tshirts and sweatshirts! Limited supplies available ! jfrej.org/shop
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM