@hpollingalay.bsky.social
Prof of Holocaust and Yiddish Studies, mother, author of Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish, proud to be a political outsider in both Israel and US
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Not sure if democracy remains on the docket? My law firm is litigating 53 voting and election cases in 22 states.
When we fight, we win.
When we fight, we win.
May 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Not sure if democracy remains on the docket? My law firm is litigating 53 voting and election cases in 22 states.
When we fight, we win.
When we fight, we win.
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I’m horrified by the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers at an event in DC last night.
The fact that the gunman said he did it to “free Palestine” makes me nauseous. Murdering people for their nationality is never acceptable and this violence hurts Jews, Israelis, *and* Palestinians.
The fact that the gunman said he did it to “free Palestine” makes me nauseous. Murdering people for their nationality is never acceptable and this violence hurts Jews, Israelis, *and* Palestinians.
May 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’m horrified by the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers at an event in DC last night.
The fact that the gunman said he did it to “free Palestine” makes me nauseous. Murdering people for their nationality is never acceptable and this violence hurts Jews, Israelis, *and* Palestinians.
The fact that the gunman said he did it to “free Palestine” makes me nauseous. Murdering people for their nationality is never acceptable and this violence hurts Jews, Israelis, *and* Palestinians.
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Congratulations to my friend Hannah Pollin-Galay, the new Holocaust chair at Umass Amherst (I knew but said nothing)
www.umass.edu/news/article...
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Hannah Pollin-Galay Named Pen Tishkach Chair and Director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies | UMass Amherst
Pollin-Galay, whose role is effective Sept. 1, 2025, will also join the faculty with joint appointments to the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and the Department of History.
www.umass.edu
May 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Congratulations to my friend Hannah Pollin-Galay, the new Holocaust chair at Umass Amherst (I knew but said nothing)
www.umass.edu/news/article...
www.umass.edu/news/article...
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If there is a Rubicon, we have officially crossed it:
Wisconsin Judge Arrested, Accused of Shielding Immigrant From Federal Agents
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If there is a Rubicon, we have officially crossed it:
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EMERGENCY ACTION
Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.
Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.
April 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
EMERGENCY ACTION
Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.
Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.
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In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
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This is a really important response to the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan by Kash Patel's lawless FBI. Good on Representative Clancy.
MADISON, Wis. – Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and other publications reported that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan apparently attempted to protect a defendant from ICE agents trying to detain that defendant. (1/6)
April 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is a really important response to the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan by Kash Patel's lawless FBI. Good on Representative Clancy.
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"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."
RFK Jr. is wrong about autism
His lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else.
www.publicnotice.co
April 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."
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They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.
April 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.
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BREAKING NEWS: In a shocking moment, Karoline Leavitt MOCKS the El Salvadoran immigrant mistakenly deported. “Based on the sensationalism of many of the people in this room, you would think we deported a candidate for Father of the year.” She’s despicable.
April 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
BREAKING NEWS: In a shocking moment, Karoline Leavitt MOCKS the El Salvadoran immigrant mistakenly deported. “Based on the sensationalism of many of the people in this room, you would think we deported a candidate for Father of the year.” She’s despicable.
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Top aides to President Trump on Monday contradicted what other administration officials have said about the deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador last month. Here are some of the ways in which the White House has twisted the truth.
What to Know About the Mistaken Deportation of a Maryland Man to El Salvador
President Trump’s aides abruptly said the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, had been lawfully sent to a prison in El Salvador, contradicting what officials themselves have said in court filings.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Top aides to President Trump on Monday contradicted what other administration officials have said about the deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador last month. Here are some of the ways in which the White House has twisted the truth.
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Katy Perry, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe, and Kerianne Flynn praise a Blue Origin rocket.
They’re going to space for 11 minutes on Monday with Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez.
Just lost all respect for every one of them for sucking up to Bezos.
They’re going to space for 11 minutes on Monday with Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez.
Just lost all respect for every one of them for sucking up to Bezos.
April 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Katy Perry, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe, and Kerianne Flynn praise a Blue Origin rocket.
They’re going to space for 11 minutes on Monday with Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez.
Just lost all respect for every one of them for sucking up to Bezos.
They’re going to space for 11 minutes on Monday with Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez.
Just lost all respect for every one of them for sucking up to Bezos.
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Big scoop from John Hudson at the Washington Post on Rumeysa Ozturk and the State Department.
Full Story: bit.ly/3G72SZM
Full Story: bit.ly/3G72SZM
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Big scoop from John Hudson at the Washington Post on Rumeysa Ozturk and the State Department.
Full Story: bit.ly/3G72SZM
Full Story: bit.ly/3G72SZM
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I will also know the cause by this fall, because I know it now? that cause is 'being human'
humanity is diverse and that includes neurodiversity
humanity is diverse and that includes neurodiversity
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
April 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I will also know the cause by this fall, because I know it now? that cause is 'being human'
humanity is diverse and that includes neurodiversity
humanity is diverse and that includes neurodiversity
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Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
April 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
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Congratulations to author @hpollingalay.bsky.social, whose book OCCUPIED WORDS recently won a National Jewish Book Award from the @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social!
Learn more on our blog: bit.ly/3RxWVYp
Learn more on our blog: bit.ly/3RxWVYp
Occupied Words by Hannah Pollin-Galay wins a National Jewish Book Award! - University of Pennsylvania Press
Photography by Ethan Segal and Matt Clements / Image courtesy of the Jewish Book Council Penn Press is thrilled to announce that Hannah Pollin-Galay’s
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April 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Congratulations to author @hpollingalay.bsky.social, whose book OCCUPIED WORDS recently won a National Jewish Book Award from the @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social!
Learn more on our blog: bit.ly/3RxWVYp
Learn more on our blog: bit.ly/3RxWVYp
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In any authoritarian regime, there are people who make a livelihood by rationalizing the actions of the leadership, making them palatable to a general audience by offering analogies with reasonable theoretical statements. Their profesisonal title is usually something like "chief propagandist"
April 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In any authoritarian regime, there are people who make a livelihood by rationalizing the actions of the leadership, making them palatable to a general audience by offering analogies with reasonable theoretical statements. Their profesisonal title is usually something like "chief propagandist"
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Media challenge: try writing headlines without using the word "antisemitism". Stop using Trump's framing for his authoritarian actions.
"Trump administration now monitoring immigrant social media" would be shorter and more accurate, since no-one really believes this is about anti-semitism.
"Trump administration now monitoring immigrant social media" would be shorter and more accurate, since no-one really believes this is about anti-semitism.
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Media challenge: try writing headlines without using the word "antisemitism". Stop using Trump's framing for his authoritarian actions.
"Trump administration now monitoring immigrant social media" would be shorter and more accurate, since no-one really believes this is about anti-semitism.
"Trump administration now monitoring immigrant social media" would be shorter and more accurate, since no-one really believes this is about anti-semitism.
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The climate crisis has entered an alarming new era. For orgs like Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, it's been a giant step backward.
In our new podcast episode, we speak with Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, CEO of Dayenu:
In our new podcast episode, we speak with Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, CEO of Dayenu:
Episode 124: Dayenu: Jewish Climate Action Now | Jewish Women's Archive
The climate crisis has entered an alarming new era. Since President Trump started his second term, the Environmental Protection Agency has fired scores of climate scientists and is trying to roll…
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April 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The climate crisis has entered an alarming new era. For orgs like Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, it's been a giant step backward.
In our new podcast episode, we speak with Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, CEO of Dayenu:
In our new podcast episode, we speak with Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, CEO of Dayenu:
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Congrats to Big Balls, Skeeter and the rest of the Musk Minions for making this happen.
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
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April 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Congrats to Big Balls, Skeeter and the rest of the Musk Minions for making this happen.
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You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.
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Our National Parks create 17x more economic activity than what we pay for it. You have to be economically illiterate to support cutting its budget.
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April 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Our National Parks create 17x more economic activity than what we pay for it. You have to be economically illiterate to support cutting its budget.
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