Rabbi Sandra
@rabbisandra.bsky.social
Rabbi • Exececutive Director @ncjews4justice.bsky.social aka
Carolina Jews for Justice | Activist • Writer • Musician • Speaker
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Carolina Jews for Justice | Activist • Writer • Musician • Speaker
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Rabbi Sandra
@rabbisandra.bsky.social
· Jun 18
Long thread please read:
Many of you have asked me to leave Substack. I understand why. I really do. There are valid concerns with the platform, and I take them seriously. At the same time, Substack is currently the best option for me.
Many of you have asked me to leave Substack. I understand why. I really do. There are valid concerns with the platform, and I take them seriously. At the same time, Substack is currently the best option for me.
To be Am Yisrael means to be a people who wrestle. We wrestle with fear, with injustice, with the world as it is and the world as it should be. We wrestle not because the struggle is easy — but because our tradition refuses to let us walk away from each other.
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
To be Am Yisrael means to be a people who wrestle. We wrestle with fear, with injustice, with the world as it is and the world as it should be. We wrestle not because the struggle is easy — but because our tradition refuses to let us walk away from each other.
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Today is #GivingTuesday — and in this moment, #NorthCarolina needs a strong Jewish voice for justice.
If CJJ has inspired you, challenged you, or grounded you, consider supporting our work today.
www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/donate
If CJJ has inspired you, challenged you, or grounded you, consider supporting our work today.
www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday — and in this moment, #NorthCarolina needs a strong Jewish voice for justice.
If CJJ has inspired you, challenged you, or grounded you, consider supporting our work today.
www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/donate
If CJJ has inspired you, challenged you, or grounded you, consider supporting our work today.
www.carolinajewsforjustice.org/donate
We’re doing the work in impossible conditions—scrambling with too few resources, pivoting constantly, exhausted. And we wonder: does this even count? Can anything meaningful be built on such unstable ground?
But Vayetze tells us: the sacred work happens exactly where you are. shorturl.at/7mYZj
But Vayetze tells us: the sacred work happens exactly where you are. shorturl.at/7mYZj
Jacob’s Ladder is Our Theory of Change.
This week in Vayetze (Genesis 28:10-32:3), Jacob is on the run—leaving home, unsure of what comes next, sleeping with a stone for a pillow.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We’re doing the work in impossible conditions—scrambling with too few resources, pivoting constantly, exhausted. And we wonder: does this even count? Can anything meaningful be built on such unstable ground?
But Vayetze tells us: the sacred work happens exactly where you are. shorturl.at/7mYZj
But Vayetze tells us: the sacred work happens exactly where you are. shorturl.at/7mYZj
Jacob’s Ladder is Our Theory of Change.
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
Jacob’s Ladder is Our Theory of Change.
Jacob’s Ladder is Our Theory of Change.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Jacob’s Ladder is Our Theory of Change.
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
The prophetic tradition I come from has always insisted that the measure of a nation is how it treats the vulnerable, not how fiercely its people defend its borders.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The prophetic tradition I come from has always insisted that the measure of a nation is how it treats the vulnerable, not how fiercely its people defend its borders.
“If you’ve always had power, equity feels like a threat. Change feels threatening, not because anything is being “taken,” but because the ground is finally shifting toward balance.” open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“If you’ve always had power, equity feels like a threat. Change feels threatening, not because anything is being “taken,” but because the ground is finally shifting toward balance.” open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
“when more people gain access to what was always reserved for a few, it registers as loss rather than correction.
But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
“when more people gain access to what was always reserved for a few, it registers as loss rather than correction.
But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
Join us on Nov 17 3pm EST. This will be fun rabbisandra.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Join us on Nov 17 3pm EST. This will be fun rabbisandra.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Sir, Trump is at Mar-a-Lago since yesterday.
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Sir, Trump is at Mar-a-Lago since yesterday.
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Unemployment.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Unemployment.
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Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
Murderous attacks on Christians and Muslims alike are a real problem in Nigeria. Cutting humanitarian assistance there is even more lethal.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“If Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes.
This right here 👇🏾
Our National Director, Jonathan Jacoby, is deeply concerned by the divisive and hyperbolic response from some corners of the American Jewish community to the election of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This right here 👇🏾
Vayera reminds us: Abraham opened his tent to all. Today, the ADL is closing its doors to civil rights work. Our safety only exists in solidarity. “Lo ta’amod al dam re’echa” — don’t stand idly by. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
“Lo ta’amod al dam re’echa”—Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Vayera reminds us: Abraham opened his tent to all. Today, the ADL is closing its doors to civil rights work. Our safety only exists in solidarity. “Lo ta’amod al dam re’echa” — don’t stand idly by. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
For Jews, this is not an organizational pivot. It’s an orphaning. Many of us were raised to see the ADL as the Jewish institution that would stand beside our partners in the struggle for justice. With this change, that legacy feels abandoned.
The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
“Lo ta’amod al dam re’echa”—Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
For Jews, this is not an organizational pivot. It’s an orphaning. Many of us were raised to see the ADL as the Jewish institution that would stand beside our partners in the struggle for justice. With this change, that legacy feels abandoned.
The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
“Lo ta’amod al dam re’echa”—Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The ADL Is No Longer a Civil Rights Organization. Here’s What We All Lose
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
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I will not take my lessons on what is best for the Jews from Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has no business telling Jewish people how we should vote — and his constant attacks on Jews who don’t align with his politics and ideology are dangerous and appalling.
November 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I will not take my lessons on what is best for the Jews from Donald Trump.
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Sick.
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sick.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Unbelievable.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Unbelievable.