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New York City's Stephen Wise Free Synagogue is a catalyst for progressive Jewish thought and committed social action. Led by Senior Rabbi @AmmiHirsch

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Where was the Israeli Air Force? What took the IDF so long? @yaakovkatz examines the total operational and strategic breakdown that happened on Oct. 7. Our full convo: apple.co/4ofi2Np


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For years, Israel thought it could “contain” Hamas... “We believed in a fairytale — that a genocidal terrorist group could live alongside us,” @yaakovkatz told me. Listen to our full convo here: apple.co/4ofi2Np


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In the two years since Oct. 7 — and  in the absence of an official state inquiry — the best understanding we have of how Hamas surprised the Middle East’s most powerful military comes from former Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief @yaakovkatz. Our full convo: apple.co/4ofi2Np


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.@ZohranKMamdani keeps spreading the “genocide” lie against Israel. The suffering of innocent Palestinians caused by Hamas' savage attack is profoundly sad as it is.  Why resort to a modern-day blood libel against the Jewish people?  If Mr. Mamdani believes it, he is grossly…

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

ZohranKMamdani's tweet image. My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.


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Dear young people: You never before had to prove that you cared about Judaism. But if you want a Jewish future, you must embrace the truth that it is you who will forge the next phase of the Jewish saga...


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The Western world is losing the plot again with respect to the #Jews... Be proud Jews! Do not confuse moral conviction with virtue signaling. Stand up for the truth. We need to make anti-#Zionism disreputable again; we need to strip it of its veneer of virtue.


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To all the young people: It is harder now to be an American Jew. I hope that the challenges and anxieties of our times strengthen your commitment to our people — and create a fierceness of Jewish identity in you.


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Hope is in the belief that we and the world can improve. If you are concerned about the assault on civil liberties, the shattering of political norms, the rise of Jew-hatred & who will be the next mayor of NYC... stop scrolling, stop clicking, stop obsessing & start acting!


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It is still difficult for @cochavelkayam to describe the depravity of Oct 7th. She persists  because she feels a unique responsibility to protect the especially vulnerable — children, families, and women — brutally assaulted in ways that history has not seen before...


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.@CochavElkayam explained to me how a UN Human Rights Council report accused Israel of genocidal sexual violence — the very crime committed against Israeli women (and men) on October 7th. I asked her why? Where is all this coming from? Our full convo: apple.co/4pDDUmP


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Dr. @CochavElkayam is an expert on int'l law & human rights. I asked the founder of @theCC07 Civil Commission on Oct 7th Crimes Against Women and Children if the int'l community's silence after Oct. 7th surprised her. Her answer below & our full convo: apple.co/4pDDUmP


The founder of @theCC07 Israel's Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes Against Women and Children, Dr. @cochavelkayam coined the term "kinocide" to describe Hamas's uniquely evil abuse of families. Hear her discuss her work on Rabbi @AmmiHirsch's podcast. apple.co/4pDDUmP


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It was an honor to read from Bereshit at Rosh Hashanah services this morning. Thank you to @AmmiHirsch and the rest of the leadership at @FreeSynagogue for having me.


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Jewish history has proven conclusively that it is far better for Jews to have power and agonize over its moral use than to be powerless and at the mercy of the dark lords. Jewish vulnerability is the impetus to widespread Jew-hatred, not Jewish power.


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At best, there is an innocent naiveté in anti-Zionist Jews that may come from a good place but is unsophisticated in the ways of the real world. If your existence is not at stake, you see the world differently than those on the front lines... What kind of Jew are you?


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For the #Jewish people, the lesson of the Holocaust — fortified by the bitter failure of October 7 — is that there is no moral requirement to wait until the plans to exterminate #Israel are completed (or near completion). A justified war of no choice. #Iran


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I don’t remember a time when American Jews have been so fearful, particularly here in #NYC. From intellectual and job-related biases and so on. I asked mayoral hopeful @bradlander what he would do as caretaker of our city to combat this👇


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.@bradlander didn’t seem particularly surprised by progressive group responses in the wake of October 7th. “...there was always gonna be that kind of leftist anti-#Israel thing…” he tells me. Watch his reaction here 👇


As part of our NYC Mayoral Forum, Democratic candidates @bradlander and @scottmstringer join our Rabbi @AmmiHirsch to discuss how their Jewish values inform their visions for the future of New York. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-…


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.@ZohranKMamdani knows — or should know — the difference. “Free, Free Palestine” means destruction of Israel. “Globalize the Intifada” is about murdering Israeli diplomats worldwide, and attacking Jews and Jewish institutions. The intifada was a years-long orgy of murder on the…

Mamdani, on The Bulwark podcast, says ‘Globalize the Intifada’ chant signifies, to him, a call for Palestinian human rights. Adds: “The word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising into Arabic — because it’s a word that means struggle.”



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