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Aug 20, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read Read on X
Who are all of the silent people sitting socially distanced in the hall where Kamala is speaking? #DNC2020
Ooh, please don't do the Bill Clinton thumb shake.
So weird listening to a speech like this without any live response. This must be what it's like when pols practice their speeches in the bathroom mirror.
It's a bit jarring to hear Harris talk about what we'll all tell future generations about what we did today . . . as fertility rates in this country keep plummeting.
The Dems need to fix their livestream. Sound and video aren't in sync.

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May 8
Congress has invited 3 school districts to testify on antisemitism in K-12 schools today. It’s the same committee that’s heard testimony from university presidents. Currently streaming on YouTube.
Emerson Sykes of the ACLU is currently testifying about the First Amendment.

I’m unclear why the ACLU is here, except to possibly push back on evidence of left-wing antisemitism as protected speech.
Sykes is talking about teachers having their 1A rights outside of school. Fair. But in many cases, teachers are saying antisemitic things in class — where K-12 teachers, unlike professors, do not have a legal right to say whatever they want.
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Apr 17
Shafik says she condemns antisemitism and is committed to confronting it.

Experience since 10/7 says otherwise. #Columbia
Shafik mentions Hamas — which an Israeli student told me she hadn’t on campus for a long time.
Shafik says she’s spent most of her time as president on these issues. So why have Jewish and Israeli students described being ignored by Shafik and other administrators?
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Oct 20, 2023
That is correct. Colleges don’t care.
Jews and other Zionists have been stigmatized on college campuses and elsewhere. washingtonexaminer.com/politics/the-n…
Berkeley student groups signed on not to invite Zionist campus speakers. washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-amer…
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Oct 17, 2023
Europe is returning to its typical pattern of not being a welcoming place for Jews.
An overview of European antisemitism from 2020 — thefederalist.com/2020/03/06/how…
On Germany specifically— nationalreview.com/2020/06/antise…
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Apr 28, 2023
Except it's not “extremely rude and disrespectful" to question an elected official's commitment to fighting antisemitism when they vote against a (largely symbolic) bill opposing antisemitism in a city where it's a big problem. forward.com/fast-forward/5…
"A council member who abstained accused Jewish community leaders of failing to call out hatred against Palestinians and supporting apartheid in Israel."
Ah, injecting antisemitism into a discussion about why it's important to oppose antisemitism.
“'In this city, how could anyone deny that antisemitism has become a real problem?' said Kalman Yeger."
The only people who could deny it are those who don't pay attention or think the bad news is actually a positive.
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Apr 27, 2023
Will the people at this alternative Shabbat dinner be davening beforehand, and if so, will they be facing toward Jerusalem or somewhere else? dailyprincetonian.com/article/2023/0…
Also, who exactly celebrates "Israeli nationalism over Shabbat dinner"-? Last I checked, Shabbat had nothing to do with Israeli politics.
That "dozens of students also signed an open letter condemning the event" sounds totally normal and not at all like those students are condemning Jews for observing Judaism.
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