Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
@mhughesrob.bsky.social
ED, @partners4israel.bsky.social .
Rabbi, organizer, parent. Views here are my own.
Rabbi, organizer, parent. Views here are my own.
So Netanyahu, as he’s being investigated for war crimes internationally and corruption within Israel, can come to the US at Trump’s invitation — but 5 million+ Palestinians cannot?!
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Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States
During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States to prevent national security and public Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where ...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So Netanyahu, as he’s being investigated for war crimes internationally and corruption within Israel, can come to the US at Trump’s invitation — but 5 million+ Palestinians cannot?!
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THURSDAY, 12/18, 12:30pm ET
An ongoing WB Settler campaign of intimidation, destruction, violence seeks to drive out Palestinians. With Israel's army and govt failing to provide security, it falls on courageous volunteers to provide a nonviolent human buffer.
Join us: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
An ongoing WB Settler campaign of intimidation, destruction, violence seeks to drive out Palestinians. With Israel's army and govt failing to provide security, it falls on courageous volunteers to provide a nonviolent human buffer.
Join us: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
THURSDAY, 12/18, 12:30pm ET
An ongoing WB Settler campaign of intimidation, destruction, violence seeks to drive out Palestinians. With Israel's army and govt failing to provide security, it falls on courageous volunteers to provide a nonviolent human buffer.
Join us: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
An ongoing WB Settler campaign of intimidation, destruction, violence seeks to drive out Palestinians. With Israel's army and govt failing to provide security, it falls on courageous volunteers to provide a nonviolent human buffer.
Join us: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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In @us.theconversation.com, our board member, Prof. Joshua Shanes, discusses the ongoing Jewish tug-of-war between the traditional rabbinic interpretation of #Hanukkah and the more recent Zionist approach drawing on pre-rabbinic sources. #ChagSame'ach
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Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light – modern Jews can pick from either tradition
Zionists draw on the military imagery of Hanukkah, while others look to the synagogue prayers that focus on the miracle of divine light.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In @us.theconversation.com, our board member, Prof. Joshua Shanes, discusses the ongoing Jewish tug-of-war between the traditional rabbinic interpretation of #Hanukkah and the more recent Zionist approach drawing on pre-rabbinic sources. #ChagSame'ach
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This #Hanukkah event, taking place tomorrow, Tuesday 12/16, was planned well in advance. We feel today that it's an especially important opportunity to come together in community. You're warmly welcome to join us online at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ONLINE TUESDAY, 12/16, 6pm ET/3pm PT
As we approach the end of a very difficult 2025, we invite you to gather with us to celebrate the 3rd night of Hanukkah. We'll light candles and nosh (BYO), learn with our board member, Prof Josh Shanes, and enjoy community!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
As we approach the end of a very difficult 2025, we invite you to gather with us to celebrate the 3rd night of Hanukkah. We'll light candles and nosh (BYO), learn with our board member, Prof Josh Shanes, and enjoy community!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This #Hanukkah event, taking place tomorrow, Tuesday 12/16, was planned well in advance. We feel today that it's an especially important opportunity to come together in community. You're warmly welcome to join us online at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This holiday of resilience, of hope and light in the darkness— I’m heartbroken, and I can (in the words of the latter-day psalmist L. Cohen) see the cracks where the light gets in.
Holding it all, holding it gently.
Holding it all, holding it gently.
December 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This holiday of resilience, of hope and light in the darkness— I’m heartbroken, and I can (in the words of the latter-day psalmist L. Cohen) see the cracks where the light gets in.
Holding it all, holding it gently.
Holding it all, holding it gently.
This is not Judaism, this is not Torah. This is shameful.
I’m grateful every day for my Muslim colleagues and friends.
I’m grateful every day for my Muslim colleagues and friends.
Here is Congressman Randy Fine explicitly calling for the genocide of Muslims.
This is abhorrent. We are disgusted by Congressman Fine's persistent and rampant anti-Muslim racism and call on all American Jewish leaders to speak out.
This is abhorrent. We are disgusted by Congressman Fine's persistent and rampant anti-Muslim racism and call on all American Jewish leaders to speak out.
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is not Judaism, this is not Torah. This is shameful.
I’m grateful every day for my Muslim colleagues and friends.
I’m grateful every day for my Muslim colleagues and friends.
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ONLINE TUESDAY, 12/16, 6pm ET/3pm PT
As we approach the end of a very difficult 2025, we invite you to gather with us to celebrate the 3rd night of Hanukkah. We'll light candles and nosh (BYO), learn with our board member, Prof Josh Shanes, and enjoy community!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
As we approach the end of a very difficult 2025, we invite you to gather with us to celebrate the 3rd night of Hanukkah. We'll light candles and nosh (BYO), learn with our board member, Prof Josh Shanes, and enjoy community!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
ONLINE TUESDAY, 12/16, 6pm ET/3pm PT
As we approach the end of a very difficult 2025, we invite you to gather with us to celebrate the 3rd night of Hanukkah. We'll light candles and nosh (BYO), learn with our board member, Prof Josh Shanes, and enjoy community!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
As we approach the end of a very difficult 2025, we invite you to gather with us to celebrate the 3rd night of Hanukkah. We'll light candles and nosh (BYO), learn with our board member, Prof Josh Shanes, and enjoy community!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
To invert the yellow hostage ribbon into a noose is… I don’t even have words.
This is the worship of the power to dominate, to cause harm, to kill. Sickening.
This is the worship of the power to dominate, to cause harm, to kill. Sickening.
“A noose on a minister’s lapel is not a policy statement – it’s a declaration of intent,” said Yair Golan, chair of HaDemocratim (Labor-Meretz). The noose shows that this government is "no longer fighting terrorism; it’s rehearsing dictatorship.”
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Yair Golan condemns gold noose pins worn by far-right lawmakers
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December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
To invert the yellow hostage ribbon into a noose is… I don’t even have words.
This is the worship of the power to dominate, to cause harm, to kill. Sickening.
This is the worship of the power to dominate, to cause harm, to kill. Sickening.
Reposted by Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
"The only possible deal is for Netanyahu to take responsibility, admit guilt, leave politics and free the people and the state," rightly reacted Yair Golan, chair of the Labor-Meretz union, HaDemocratim.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu rejects retirement from political life in exchange for pardon in criminal cases
Asked by a Journalist at the Press Conference Alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Whether He Would Retire in Order to Attain a Pardon, Netanyahu Answered: 'No'
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December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"The only possible deal is for Netanyahu to take responsibility, admit guilt, leave politics and free the people and the state," rightly reacted Yair Golan, chair of the Labor-Meretz union, HaDemocratim.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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PM and criminal defendant Netanyahu is asking for a full pardon, but adamantly refusing to admit culpability for any crime. In doing so, he is displaying a "flagrant disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israel".
Our full statement is at www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-ne...
Our full statement is at www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-ne...
“Flagrant Disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israel” – Partners for Progressive Israel Responds to News of Netanyahu’s Request for Pardon
“Flagrant Disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israel” – Partners for Progressive Israel Responds to News of Netanyahu’s Request for Pardon
December 3rd, 2025 –Partners for Progres...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
PM and criminal defendant Netanyahu is asking for a full pardon, but adamantly refusing to admit culpability for any crime. In doing so, he is displaying a "flagrant disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israel".
Our full statement is at www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-ne...
Our full statement is at www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-ne...
Come for the hot takes on French colonial maneuvers, stay for the rabbi hands 🙌🏻 thanks for having me @hiremeimfunny.bsky.social!!
Our ED, R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social, joined comedian-turned-activist @hiremeimfunny.bsky.social's "War is Stupid" podcast, and discussed our positions on weapons sales to Israel, the 'G-word' (genocide), int'l designs on Gaza, and much, much more!
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The French Are Innocent? with Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
YouTube video by Orli Matlow
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November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Come for the hot takes on French colonial maneuvers, stay for the rabbi hands 🙌🏻 thanks for having me @hiremeimfunny.bsky.social!!
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Join us - TODAY at 12pm NOON ET/9am Pacific Time!
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SUNDAY, 11/23, 12pm ET!
Delighted to partner with Hashomer Hatzair USA (Camp Shomria) for this discussion with 3 prominent alums of the progressive-Zionist youth movement.
With true peace far away, despite the ceasefire, what now is the role of our community?
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Delighted to partner with Hashomer Hatzair USA (Camp Shomria) for this discussion with 3 prominent alums of the progressive-Zionist youth movement.
With true peace far away, despite the ceasefire, what now is the role of our community?
Register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Join us - TODAY at 12pm NOON ET/9am Pacific Time!
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My latest in @haaretzcom.bsky.social
Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers | Opinion
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November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My latest in @haaretzcom.bsky.social
Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
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Netanyahu is simply making this up. Check out any poll over the last 2 years. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu says most Israelis don't support state commission of inquiry for Oct. 7
Netanyahu Said a Separate Committee Would Be Established That Would 'Represent All Parts of the Nation.' While He Spoke, Relatives of October 7 Victims Turned Their Backs on Him in Protest, as October...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Netanyahu is simply making this up. Check out any poll over the last 2 years. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
We built an incredible bloc that passed resolutions ranging from support for liberal Jewish institutions within Israel, to a state commission of inquiry into October 7th, to the blockage of illegal settlement activity in Gaza and the West Bank. This is where most Diaspora Jews *are.*
An op-ed preaching "unity" labels us anti-Zionist and calls for our expulsion. All because we mustered a majority and got our resolutions passed.
At the next WZC, we'll be back and even stronger.
At the next WZC, we'll be back and even stronger.
November 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We built an incredible bloc that passed resolutions ranging from support for liberal Jewish institutions within Israel, to a state commission of inquiry into October 7th, to the blockage of illegal settlement activity in Gaza and the West Bank. This is where most Diaspora Jews *are.*
We just prevented the World Zionist Organization from funding any Israeli settlement in Gaza. The Meretz-backed union at the World Zionist Congress ran this resolution, and I’m beyond proud of @partners4israel.bsky.social and @hatikvahslate.bsky.social right now!
THIS is why we stay in the room.
THIS is why we stay in the room.
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We just prevented the World Zionist Organization from funding any Israeli settlement in Gaza. The Meretz-backed union at the World Zionist Congress ran this resolution, and I’m beyond proud of @partners4israel.bsky.social and @hatikvahslate.bsky.social right now!
THIS is why we stay in the room.
THIS is why we stay in the room.
Imagine having such a brittle and venomous worldview that you have this kind of reaction to the words “peace” and “diplomacy,” or go after my board member and THE Sabbath Queen. Get real.
L: Our VP Karen Shapiro, with R' Amichai Lau-Lavie, at the World Zionist Congress, standing up for the values we want Israel to support.
R: The "collegial" response we got after posting it.
We were assaulted physically in Jerusalem. And being assaulted verbally on social media. We won't back down.
R: The "collegial" response we got after posting it.
We were assaulted physically in Jerusalem. And being assaulted verbally on social media. We won't back down.
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Imagine having such a brittle and venomous worldview that you have this kind of reaction to the words “peace” and “diplomacy,” or go after my board member and THE Sabbath Queen. Get real.
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Einav Zangauker and other hostage family members are facing a smear campaign backed by Netanyahu, who'd like them all to just disappear and stop calling for accountability via a state commission of inquiry to investigate the failures of October 7.
We stand with #WeAreAllHostages. You're Not Alone!
We stand with #WeAreAllHostages. You're Not Alone!
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Einav Zangauker and other hostage family members are facing a smear campaign backed by Netanyahu, who'd like them all to just disappear and stop calling for accountability via a state commission of inquiry to investigate the failures of October 7.
We stand with #WeAreAllHostages. You're Not Alone!
We stand with #WeAreAllHostages. You're Not Alone!
How dare you not hope.
There’s going to be years more of hurdles, and the end goal is not only to get the hostages home. People were going practically door to door in northern Gaza to spread the news because there’s no internet/WiFi there. Several people died of starvation in Gaza yesterday. 1/x
There’s going to be years more of hurdles, and the end goal is not only to get the hostages home. People were going practically door to door in northern Gaza to spread the news because there’s no internet/WiFi there. Several people died of starvation in Gaza yesterday. 1/x
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How dare you not hope.
There’s going to be years more of hurdles, and the end goal is not only to get the hostages home. People were going practically door to door in northern Gaza to spread the news because there’s no internet/WiFi there. Several people died of starvation in Gaza yesterday. 1/x
There’s going to be years more of hurdles, and the end goal is not only to get the hostages home. People were going practically door to door in northern Gaza to spread the news because there’s no internet/WiFi there. Several people died of starvation in Gaza yesterday. 1/x
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Plurality of Jewish Americans (48%) disapproves of Israeli government's military action in Gaza; 61% say it's committing war crimes there; 39% say it's committing a genocide; 59% say it's not doing enough to allow food in.
Major new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Major new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Plurality of Jewish Americans (48%) disapproves of Israeli government's military action in Gaza; 61% say it's committing war crimes there; 39% say it's committing a genocide; 59% say it's not doing enough to allow food in.
Major new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Major new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
I had just been reflecting with a colleague a few days ago about the shooting in Halle on Yom Kippur six years ago, and this morning arrived to lead services and heard the news of this terrible antisemitic attack in Manchester. Seeing the image of blood on Rabbi Walker’s kittel is chilling. No more.
October 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I had just been reflecting with a colleague a few days ago about the shooting in Halle on Yom Kippur six years ago, and this morning arrived to lead services and heard the news of this terrible antisemitic attack in Manchester. Seeing the image of blood on Rabbi Walker’s kittel is chilling. No more.
Reposted by Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
WASHINGTON DC - THIS MORNING at 9am - as Netanyahu comes to the White House
We'll meet up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania
We'll meet up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania
September 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
WASHINGTON DC - THIS MORNING at 9am - as Netanyahu comes to the White House
We'll meet up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania
We'll meet up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania
Reposted by Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
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September 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Hosted by:
@truahrabbis.bsky.social
@rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social
Combatants for Peace
@newisraelfund.bsky.social
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
Interact
Israelis for Peace
@giligetz.bsky.social
Lab Shul
Partners for Progressive Israel
@mhughesrob.bsky.social
@truahrabbis.bsky.social
@rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social
Combatants for Peace
@newisraelfund.bsky.social
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
Interact
Israelis for Peace
@giligetz.bsky.social
Lab Shul
Partners for Progressive Israel
@mhughesrob.bsky.social
This guide is the result of a lot of careful research, soul-searching, and deep listening. This conversation is so painful for Jewish communities, and our discomfort can’t override the reality of what is happening in Gaza.
With tears and grief, we share this new resource. Acknowledging what is happening in Gaza is deeply painful, but it mustn't stand in the way of telling the truth about what we are witnessing.
We urge you to read this resource in full on our website -
www.progressiveisrael.org/what-we-do/a...
We urge you to read this resource in full on our website -
www.progressiveisrael.org/what-we-do/a...
September 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This guide is the result of a lot of careful research, soul-searching, and deep listening. This conversation is so painful for Jewish communities, and our discomfort can’t override the reality of what is happening in Gaza.
This kind of zero-sum thinking makes for good clickbait 🙄 but this is a historic moment for Palestinians AND Israelis.
This recognition means an international commitment to an end to Hamas in power in Gaza, self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians alike, and human rights for all.
This recognition means an international commitment to an end to Hamas in power in Gaza, self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians alike, and human rights for all.
September 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This kind of zero-sum thinking makes for good clickbait 🙄 but this is a historic moment for Palestinians AND Israelis.
This recognition means an international commitment to an end to Hamas in power in Gaza, self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians alike, and human rights for all.
This recognition means an international commitment to an end to Hamas in power in Gaza, self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians alike, and human rights for all.