“The right to demonstrate and express political protest is essential to democracy, and it must be allowed even when criticism is harsh.“ 🙌

Food is a fundamental right. That’s why NIF is raising urgent funds to provide humanitarian aid for people in Gaza who are suffering and starving. We will direct 100% of funds raised to World Central Kitchen and IRC - International Rescue Committee.

Give now.

secure.nif.org/3-oDUABbOEynoJ…

Powerful and open conversation Sunday about Liberal Judaism and Israel/Palestine, Zionism, antisemitism and the conflation of Judaism with the State of Israel.
Peter Beinart, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, and (((Michael Koplow))) hosted by Sixth & I and moderated by Senior Rabbi Aaron Potek. My photos

This is awful. Eid al-Fitr is a day of celebration, but Muslim students at Rutgers woke up to this cruel vandalism of their student center.

To our Muslim siblings: we stand with you against Islamophobia.

The numbers from Gaza are so overwhelming that it's hard to process. But there are human beings behind the headlines.
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

🚨The CIA director's proposal presented during the hostage talks in Cairo includes the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners - 200 more than the previous proposal that included the release of 700 prisoners, Israeli officials said
🚨The proposal notes that 100 prisoners out of the…

Please join the NYC Jails Action Coalition (JAC) and #HALTsolitary — Go to bit.ly/EndSolitaryNY as we stand in solidarity with Roy Savage’s family at City Hall.

Date: Thursday, April 11 at 10 am.

We will continue to demand that NYC officials protect the human rights of all New Yorkers!

#rikers
#nomoredeaths
#HumanRightsViolations

This is exactly right. Rep. Nadler is correct that what we need now is a deal to release hostages, end the war & get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza. This is the only way.

On Monday, 4/15 at 3:30 PM ET, join Rabbis Amy Eilberg and Margot Meitner for an intergenerational conversation about how to approach the topic of Israel at the seder table in healthy ways that strengthens relationships.

Learn more and register here: buff.ly/4apCd4p

This is #whatrabbisdo 🙌

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Breaking and of utmost importance.

Yesterday, April 8, the Netanyahu Cabinet decided to devolve the Authority for the Enforcement [on inter alia] Real Land of construction laws from the Ministry of Finance to the Minister of National Security.

See:
gov.il/BlobFolder/rep…

If you are in the NYC or DC areas, we hope you'll join us at these rallies on Sunday marking 6 months in captivity for the hostages and the ever-urgent call to #BringThemHomeNow .

In NYC, join us outside the UN at Noon.

This is horrendous. Workers of World Central Kitchen gave everything to feed those starved in the midst of this ongoing nightmare. Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 and his team epitomize the best of humanity—these senseless deaths show how it has failed them. Truly dreadful.

New Yorkers who care about the future of both Israel & Palestine: I'm out of town but hope you'll represent here.

At our annual gala on June 4, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg will receive the Rabbinic Human Rights Hero Award for her moral leadership as one of the most outspoken and widely respected voices of her generation on Judaism and justice.

Read more here: buff.ly/3wJxpb9

This could be a significant turning point

Solitary confinement is torture. A new letter from Senator Dick Durbin Elizabeth Warren Ed Markey urges ICE to end solitary confinement. President Biden & Congress must immediately enact the End Solitary Confinement Act, S3409/HR4972, to end solitary in ICE and BOP custody.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i…

Neither the hostages nor the people in Gaza have time to spare. And neither Netanyahu or Hamas actually cares about their people or is in a rush to save their lives.

'It takes zero sympathy for Hamas – which is how much I have – to know that Israel controls the crossings and most of Gaza by now, and that Hamas carries blame but Israel is in charge.'
Dahlia Scheindlin

haaretz.com/israel-news/20…