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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · 10h

A crucial, timely report on the weaponization of antisemitism. @itamann.bsky.social and I contributed an essay exploring its legal dimensions, reflecting on Jewish plurality and the knotty relationship between Jewish and Israeli identities. Grateful for @emilyctamkin.bsky.social brilliant guidance.

The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 1d

This just in: Today, we’re releasing our response to the weaponization of antisemitism by the Trump administration and Project Esther.

The Shofar Report is a new blueprint for combating antisemitism while defending democracy.

Project Esther created a blueprint for Trump to fight antisemitism. The ‘Shofar Report’ is a liberal response.

Sign up for Antisemitism Decoded, the Forward’s guide through the news and noise about Jewish safety, brought to you biweekly by investigative journalist Arno Rosenfeld.Most American Jews have taken a...

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · Jun 21

This sounds oddly....."familiar" 🤔

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Jun 14

Don't let all the news distract you from the ongoing starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 12

Harvard appears to think all Jews support Israel. That is discriminatory | Barry Trachtenberg, Victor Silverman, Atalia Omer, Raz Segal, Rebecca T Alpert

We are Jewish scholars who filed an amicus brief with the US supreme court on Harvard’s discriminatory assumption that being Jewish means supporting Israel

www.theguardian.com

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Jun 10

My collaborator and overall bestie Maayan Sudai and I wrote for the Harvard Law Review Blog about Title VII's identity problem, and how to (hopefully, maybe) solve it. Check it out: harvardlawreview.org/blog/2025/06...

Beyond Classification and Subordination: A Case for Anti-Essentialism - Harvard Law Review

Employment antidiscrimination law has been steadily eroding, the result of a dilemma it has never fully resolved: its relationship with identity. I. From Ricci...

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Jun 10

My collaborator and overall bestie Maayan Sudai and I wrote for the Harvard Law Review Blog about Title VII's identity problem, and how to (hopefully, maybe) solve it. Check it out: harvardlawreview.org/blog/2025/06...

Beyond Classification and Subordination: A Case for Anti-Essentialism - Harvard Law Review

Employment antidiscrimination law has been steadily eroding, the result of a dilemma it has never fully resolved: its relationship with identity. I. From Ricci...

harvardlawreview.org

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · May 11

70 days of Israeli blockade on Gaza, using starvation as a weapon of war.

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Apr 21

This is awesome!! Congrats!

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Apr 5

Asks to Universities/colleges are 3-fold: (1) daily check to see if visas have been revoked (2) provide immigration counsel upon visa revocation, & (3) keep students enrolled.

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Apr 3

Finally out! Maayan Sudai & Ido Katri wrote for YLJ on the irrationality of gender affirming care bans, illuminated most vividly via the pov of intersex people. This is such a powerful intervention because it manages to expose something deep in the ideological apparatus of the state. Must read!

Intersex, Trans, and the Irrationality of Gender-Affirming-Care Bans

This Article provides a comprehensive legal analysis of gender-affirming-care bans, concluding that their internally inconsistent treatment of trans-affirming care and coercive intersex-normalizing in...

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · Apr 3

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Apr 3

Merit!

Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · Apr 2

Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.

The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Mar 31

Danger: Six women, ages from 18 to 38, in a circle, eating hummus and bread sticks.

Newspaper account of the raid and arrests describes six women attending, on a circle, eating hummus and bread sticks.

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thank you! 🙏

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thanks!!

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thank you, much appreciated! 🙏

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 23

Wow I had no idea about the Bannon quote! Crazy stuff, thanks for sharing this!

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thanks!

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thanks!! 🙏

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 23

Thank you! 🙏

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Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 23

Wow, thanks for sharing!

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Mar 23

"By legally enshrining support for Israel as a defining characteristic of Jewish identity, the new definition of antisemitism imposes a straitjacket of Zionist identity on American Jews, in effect telling them that certain political positions are incompatible with being authentically Jewish."

Lihi Yona @lihiyona.bsky.social · Mar 23

@itamann.bsky.social and I wrote for the @theguardian.com about the new definition of antisemitism, and how it has never been about protecting Jews, but rather a part of a larger attempt to silence dissent, entrench Christian nationalism, and undermine democracy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan

Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection

www.theguardian.com

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Ralf Michaels @ralfmichaels.bsky.social · Mar 23

not mincing words: @itamann.bsky.social and @lihiyona.bsky.social on the instrumentalization of the #IHRA Working Definition
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Jonathan Feingold @jpygold.bsky.social · Mar 23

The new definition of antisemitism imposes a straitjacket of Zionist identity on American Jews.

Must read from Israeli scholars @itamann.bsky.social & @lihiyona.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan

Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection

www.theguardian.com

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Noa Yachot @noayachot.bsky.social · Mar 23

A brilliant essay by @lihiyona.bsky.social and @itamann.bsky.social on what the project to redefine antisemitism is doing to America
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan

Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection

www.theguardian.com

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