Today’s edition of Steve Sheffey’s weekly Sunday email newsletter for American #Jews is definitely worth your time for a read, for the commentary and relevant article links. I’ve been a subscriber for years, and can’t recommend it enough. Free sub and paywall-free. #Jewish

“#Antissemitism Unawareness”

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Antisemitism-Unawareness.html?soid=1103590106844&aid=3ladB-28f1k

"Yael and Schwab dig into one of the most fascinating artifacts of #Jewish antiquity: the #Babylonian incantation bowls. These 5th–6th century earthenware bowls, found primarily in modern-day #Iraq, were used by #Jews—and their neighbors—as #magical #amulets to ward off #demons, secure love, boost fertility, and protect homes. The conversation explores how these artifacts reflect the everyday concerns of Jews in late antiquity, how they blur the line between #halacha and #magic, and what they reveal about cultural exchange across ancient religions. Whether you’re into Jewish magic, #rabbinic #history, or just want to know how to trap a #demon in your cereal bowl, this episode has you covered."

https://unpacked.media/buried-secrets-jewish-magic-demons-and-the-babylonian-incantation-bowls/

"As a #Jew, she said she found it “a bit terrifying” that the federal #government “wants to know who the #Jews are through some text message and Microsoft Office form.”

...They then expressed dismay that Barnard did not tell them that the university was sharing their personal cellphone numbers with the government.

“Clearly, it made everyone scared”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/nyregion/barnard-faculty-eeoc-text-jewish.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Today in Labor History April 19, 1943: The 50,000 Jews remaining in Warsaw began a desperate and heroic attempt to resist Nazi deportation to extermination camps. Their armed insurgency became known as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. There had been over 3 million Jews living in Poland prior to the Nazi occupation. The Nazis rounded them up and forced them into crowded ghettos. The Warsaw ghetto had 250,000-300,000 Jews living in abominable conditions. Roughly this same number of Jews were slaughtered at the Treblinka concentration camp within the two months the Nazis started deporting them. The Jews managed to stockpile Molotov cocktails, hand grenades, military uniforms, and even a few pistols and some explosives. However, the resistance was crushed by the Nazis on May 16.

Praying For Armageddon - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…

A must watch documentary especially now when the biggest cult in the world (Christianity) is celebrating their fantasy story about the creator of the universe. See how this cult is infiltrating politics and influencing decisions that affect all of us.

Terrible.

Us, as humans, have a lot to celebrate if we look at the reality around us. Evolution, DNA, stars, the universe. We are all part of the same real and amazing story. Time to let go of these silly fantasies.

#Opinion the fact that i despise the current #Israel Government and the Zionists zealots that have the goal to exterminate all Palestinians no matter the age or religion does not mean i do support #Hamas or any Palestinian organizations that have the same goal; just against #Jews
But right now, who is doing the #Genocide, supported by #USA is #Israel Government the #Settlers and the #Idf

That trump had nothing to say about the attempt to kill Gov. Josh Shapiro during Passover tells you one thing: All of trump's own attempts to destroy academia by claiming the universities haven't done enough to keep Jewish students safe is a pack of lies. Trump doesn't care about Jewish students OR Jews. He cares only about turning all American culture and education over to white Christian nationalists who, like him, are the real anti-semites. #Jews #universities #JoshShapiro

On 15 April 1945 the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated. Some 50,000 prisoners including around 3,500 children died in the camp of hunger, disease or physical violence. Those who dies included Jews, Czechs, Poles, anti-Nazi Christians, homosexuals, Roma and Sinti. When the camp was liberated soldiers found thousands of unburied bodies.

Jewish New Yorkers protest outside ICE offices

Jewish activists and allies take part in a Passover Seder outside ICE headquarters in New York City on Monday [Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu]

@photography
@palestine
#Gaza
#Israel
#Jews
#protest

People are again rationalizing #hamas into some kind of humanitarian organization, using #Israel's bombing campaign as an excuse to promote lies and propaganda that solidify the pretense that Hamas are the good guys.

They are not.

Hamas kills #Palestinians.

Hamas oppresses #gaza

Hamas started this war.

Hamas continues to hold hostages that it could have released every day since October 7.

And, yes, Hamas DOES operate from hospitals, schools, and apartment buildings. There are no aboveground Hamas bases.

There are many pictures and videos of Hamas fighters shooting at the #IDF from hospitals and schools.

Regardless of how you feel about the way Israel is conducting the war, that doesn't make Hamas a patriotic organization that represents the interests of the Palestinian people.

Hamas exists for only 1 reason: To destroy Israel and #Jews everywhere, all over the world.

Hamas doesn't care about the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Hamas doesn't want peace or a ceasefire or co-existence.

There are 1 million Israeli citizens who are Palestinians. If you ask any of them if they want to be governed by Hamas they will look at you like you are insane.

And you know what? You ARE insane to be praising Hamas, repeating their lies and propaganda, and pretending that they represent the interests of the Palestinians of Gaza.

Hamas is a terrorist organization. They have done nothing right, nothing good, and nothing worth praising.

Hamas has committed horrific war crimes. Hamas has committed crimes against humanity - all against the Palestinian people.

Netanyahu's conduct is reprehensible but the fact he is a monster doesn't make Hamas any less monstrous.

If you say nothing about Hamas while condemning the bombing campaign then you are supporting #terrorism and #genocide

Silence is complicity.

Holocaust Denkmal Berlin (2010)
Photo Dietmar Bachmann

Leica M8.2
Apo-Summicron-M 75mm ƒ/2 ASPH.

Paul Waldman talks with Rabbi Yael Ridberg about what's at the heart of the Passover narrative:

"Just when we think there's no hope, holidays like Passover are meant to remind us that in the words of Michael Walzer, wherever you live, it's probably Egypt. This is in his book, Exodus and Revolution. Wherever you live, it's probably Egypt and there's probably some promised land that you want to get to, whatever it is."

~ Yael Ridberg

#Passover #Jews #liberation
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https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/wrestling-with-passover