A short essay about the current moment.

A short essay about the current moment.

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Bloody hell the numbers coming out of Iran are staggering. It’s too early to know exactly what happened or what the final toll will be, but it’s not looking good 😢

The grad students at Berkeley are getting the hang of things around here 😂

Cover of Led Zeppelin 1 album.

Released on this day 57 years ago. And they said it would go over like a...

1972 Canadian Atlantic press

This woman is so badass I want to start smoking again in solidarity

My 16 yr old daughter just paid a mexican police officer $20 to leave us alone and not take us down the station… it’s been that kind of trip and we just got here 😅

My new baby!

This would be a good time for Qatar to exert its influence over Hamas and insist that it disarm and disband.

Qatar is deeply invested in US higher education. I wish there was a campus movement demanding that we cut financial ties with Qatar unless it stops sponsoring violence.

Two months ago, my 15-year old daughter left our local temple at around 11pm. The street was quiet and dark. As she left the temple, two men followed her down the road shouting “fuck Israel” at her. (The temple does not fly an Israeli flag.) >>

Just this summer, I have started to notice a worrying decline from where we were even just a year ago. Is it just me, or do others feel the same?

His kids are fine, as is my daughter. We agreed that if we *knew for sure* that things would stay like they currently are, then fine, we can deal. But we also acknowledged that things have a habit of declining very quickly. >>

Recently I was talking with another father of Jewish children who lives outside DC. He reported similar things and said he had to lodge formal reports after his kids received antisemitic treatment. On the one hand, we agreed that all these examples are first world problems. >>

It is true that Trump is weaponizing antisemitism to justify all kinds of bullshit. It is also true that antisemitism is real and appears to be getting worse. The first truth should not blind us to the second. >>

This is not regular pro-palestine stuff but full-on blood libel shit recycled for a 2025 audience. This friend is not (was not?) a fringe ultra-right / neo-Nazi kind of guy, but he has apparently been pulled down some disturbing rabbit holes that he now takes seriously. >>

Israel Wants to Unite Itself by Breaking the World - Prof Jiang Xueqin YouTube video by Prof. Jiang Clips

Last week, an old friend of mine approvingly posted this YouTube video of some guy spouting insane antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jews in Israel. He reckons they are doing “ritual child sacrifice" because of some old Jewish doctrine. >>
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About a month ago, my wife and I were at a night club in SF. We made friends with a young guy in his early 30s and we were getting along great. Then he saw my wife’s necklace, a Star of David, and she said she was Jewish. He froze and walked off without saying a word. >>

Two months ago, my 15-year old daughter left our local temple at around 11pm. The street was quiet and dark. As she left the temple, two men followed her down the road shouting “fuck Israel” at her. (The temple does not fly an Israeli flag.) >>

Wow. Here’s hoping peace sticks this time.

… A time that invites you to dig deep and find the strength of conviction that summons you into action for something greater than yourself. A time that is not confusing or muddy but clear as day. We are living in such a time and we are being called.”

“The first best thing would be to live in a time of peace and prosperity and freedom and compassion and justice for all. That time has not yet come to the earth.

The NEXT BEST THING is to live in a time that calls upon you to rise to your highest self…

Rabbi Rachel Timoner | Rosh Hashanah Day 1 5786/2025 YouTube video by cbebk

This is Rabbi Rachel Timona from our previous temple back in Brooklyn, speaking last week at Rosh Hashana. We listened to it yesterday and I found it deeply moving and inspirational. If you only have a few minutes, listen from 8:30. 👇🏽

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Good to know. I haven't been on here much tbh. A few months ago my feed started to oscillate between the extremely boring and the borderline delusional!