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@MeyerLabin

Mar 29

1/10 I want to take a moment before Shabbos to respond to the backlash to this tweet. I Tweeted this more as a raw outburst than a polished thought. While I don’t apologize for the sentiment I was trying to express, I realize in hindsight I regret it since this deserves more nuance and articulation. Serious discourse requires more than 280 characters — I will try to do some of it in this thread -

2/10 The backlash—including from close friends and family—was a reckoning for me, not on the substance of my message but on the nature of the medium. I realized that even though I don’t consider my words to be of much consequence, things written on a public platform carry a charge that I overlooked.

3/10 Now to the content of the Tweet: Despite my absolute aversion to the Israeli government, my bond with my Jewish community remains. Jewish peoplehood is as essential to my identity as my very humanity, and nothing hurts more than having this question. but this bond coexists with a universal empathy, which is as deeply jewish as the former.

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@MeyerLabin

Jan 17

Like many Jewish people who were always critical of Israel, things changed on October 7th.
Not just the horrors and trauma of the October 7th massacre - many of us felt betrayed by our friends, especially on the left. For most of us, it reinforced a deep-seated fear that when the Jewish people face an existential threat, the world seems to look the other way. >

We saw people openly gloating while our blood was being spilled. We saw people who were totally oblivious to our pain and anger. For most, it reinforced the basic idea of Zionism, that Jews need a state and the ability to defend themselves. And if there was ever a justified war, we felt that this one is >

Most of those supporting the war are far from supportive of Israel's current government but accept that as a country, Israel must protect its citizens. Now, with over 100 days of war, it's time to start questioning whether we can differentiate the state from the government >

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@MeyerLabin

Oct 6, 2022

https://twitter.com/orly_brami/status/1577733490262654984

Today we reaffirm our love to Hashem and to Klal Yisroel.
Part of that is to not turn a blind eye to extreme elements amonst us.
Yesterday, a phone store in Bnei Brak was burnt down by religious extremists.
Today, a Jewish mob nearly lynched a group of Arab youth in Bat Yam.

https://twitter.com/orly_brami/status/1577733490262654984

Defending your own and judging them favorably is human and virtuous but when group loyalty renders you oblivious to evil done in the name of your religion or nation, that's toxic herd mentality which fosters and emboldens the darkest forces amongst us.

It's very convenient to turn a blind eye and say "I choose to see only the positive" - but this is not how real solidarity works. It works by doing the uncomfortable work of recognizing when and where evil happens and calling it out. Otherwise extremism and evil prevails.

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@MeyerLabin

Apr 12, 2022

WhatsApp status is the orthodox alternative to social media. Mrs, Katina from Monroe, a foster mom to a few kids with Down syndrome posted on her status that her girl wants help assembling her dollhouse.
Here is how it went down.
7:34 pm: any volunteer available a dollhouse?

10 minutes later a Chaverim volunteer shows up to the house.

This perfect stranger spent 3 hours on the floor in the busiest days of the year to make this little girl happy.
The end.

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@MeyerLabin

Mar 3, 2022

Friends, let me tell you a story.

In 2014, in the midst of the unrest in Ukraine, I went to Kyiv for a story I was writing.
On Friday, I realized I won’t make it home for shabbes.
A friend connected my to a guy Hillel Cohen. “You can always crash there last minute” they said >

I showed up to Hillel late Friday afternoon.
Hillel and his wife have a large family and a small home but I’m pretty sure the house miraculously expanded on Friday night.
There were probably two dozen people from all walks of life. Hillel and his wife were like family to them >

There were lonely elderly people, young single people, religious and not.
Every single one of them felt home, including myself.
Warmth and holiness I rarely experience before. Who would have thought that a boy from Brooklyn would have his peak Chassidic experience in Kyiv. >

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@MeyerLabin

Nov 19, 2021

@MordyGetz

When we were kids, We knew who those monsters are, and sadly, that they can act with impunity.
We were told to stay away as if our safety is our responsibility.
Thanks to people like @MordyGetz , kids growing up today can at least know that their safety is OUR concern. >

A lot of people are talking about due process as if it’s inevitably that justice will be done, but sadly, as Rabbi Kats points out, Brauner is a great example of someone who destroyed hundreds of children’s lives yet faced next to zero accountability. >

Some people have their empathy priorities so damn wrong. Talking about “destroying a person’s career” but seem to have little empathy for the destruction of a child’s soul. If we wait for things to “play out” we end up in a word where careers are more important than souls. >

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