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23:05 52 American studies scholar Gelman debuts with a trenchant, elucidating history of the Anti-Defamation League. The book opens with the 1993 raid on the ADL's San Francisco offices for "spying on civil rights groups and antiracist organizers," a revelation that, as the New York Times wrote, "caused confusion for some liberals" due to the Jewish organization's longtime association with civil rights. A similar culture shock occurred in 2025 as the ADL brushed aside Elon Musk's apparent Nazi salute as "an awkward gesture" while also labeling protesters of Israel's assault on Gaza as "supporters of terror." Delving into the ADL's little-told history, the author uncovers a long legacy of such conservative stances, as the organization repeatedly worked to sideline or actively target leftists. Among the
13:16 凸 *A ootmanblog.comE Shortly after the turn of the Jews. century, he had an experience that impacted the trajectory of the rest of his life. When he was in Chicago on business, Livingston decided to drop into a vaudeville theater to while away a couple of hours before an appointment. The show began like many others with the usual trained dog acts, jugglers, and acrobats. However, when the show turned to a couple of comedians with a "routine of bum jokes, told in dialect and at the expense of Jews," Livingston had enough and walked out of the theater. It was this life changing event that made him decide then and there that he would try to do something about the prejudicial caricaturing of < +
cool kevin @berrey.bsky.s... • 1d irc, the adl started out to protect more assimilated, well-off jews who didn't want to be defamed by being associated with eastern european jews. they demanded to be treated as 'whites' . it is not
00:51二 凸 亥 • wikipedia.org 目 C ~ Background Social and economic conditions In the early 20th century, Atlanta, Georgia's capital city, underwent significant economic and social change. To serve a growing economy based on manufacturing and commerce, many people left the countryside to relocate in Atlanta. ""] [12! Men from the traditional rural society felt it degrading that women were moving to the city to work in factories. '31 During this era, Atlanta's rabbis and Jewish community leaders helped to + •••
2. In the 1910's 白 In the 1910's • The Jewish community in the United States faces rampant antisemitism and overt discrimination. Books, plays and, above all, newspapers, depict Jews with crude stereotypes. • Against this backdrop of bigotry and intolerance, an attorney from Chicago named Sigmund Livingston, puts forward a bold idea-to create an organization with a mission "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.." Starting with a $200 budget and two desks in Livingston's law office, the Anti-Defamation League is founded with the clear understa that the fight against one form or prejudice cannot succeed without adl.org
majority originating from Eastern Europe. This influx wasn't simply a matter of numbers; the new arrivals differed significantly from their German predecessors in terms of religious observance, socioeconomic status, and geographic concentration. These differences sparked tensions within the established German Jewish community. Rather than responding to instances of antisemitism with appeals to the goodwill of non-Jews, as exemplified by Lazard Kahn's letter, many German Jews began to view the influx of Eastern European Jews as the root of their problems. They believed that the visible poverty and distinct cultural practices of the newcomers exacerbated existing prejudices.
19:08 37 By 1924, close to two million Eastern European Jews had immigrated to America's shores. Initially many native and German-born Jews in America looked down on these newcomers as social inferiors and felt ambivalent toward them. They saw themselves outnumbered, feared that immigration was provoking antisemitism, and worried that the East Europeans would never assimilate. Yet, bad as feelings sometimes became, most of these Jews continued to work long and hard on behalf of the East Europeans. The latter, meanwhile, strongly identified with American society and labored to Americanize. In the twentieth century, when issues such as immigration restriction and bills aimed at Greeting card for Rosh Hashanah [Jewish New Year], ca. 1900 Translation of the Hebrew: "And You will cast all of their sins into the depths of the sea" (Micah 7:19) abrogating America's commercial treaty with Russia arose, German Jews and Eastern European Jews Courtesy Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives stood shoulder to shoulder; they planned strategy together. Bonds of kinship, in the end, proved far stronger than petty in-group squabbles.
Chuck Schumer recruited Maine Gov. Janet Mills, endorsed her campaign and touted her as a centerpiece of his strategy to win a Senate majority this year. Her decision to drop out of the Senate race before the primary has left Democratic Party leaders wondering: Why did Schumer push so hard for a candidate who ran such a lackluster campaign? "Schumer clearly went all out to try to recruit her. Clearly, what he thought was going to be a big thing in Maine was not," said one Senate Democrat, who requested anonymity to speak freely. from: https://themainemonitor.org/mills-sudden-exit-schumer/
23:17 = MENU PRA DONATE When German Jews established the ADL in 1913, most of the founders were overtly hostile to Eastern European Jews who tended to be poor, unassimilated, and often on the Left. The ADL's leaders considered these newcomers uncivilized. Was there pushback against this elitism? The leftist organizations like the Workmen's Circle (now Workers' Circle) that were founded by Eastern European Jews who flocked to the US in the early 20th century were actually bigger than the organizations founded by the Germans. The Eastern European groups also extended beyond the Jewish community because they understood class politics and were building a broader movement. So, yes, of course they pushed back against the ADL. religiondispatches.org
23:40 و اا. " 89 adl.org C 三 2. In the 1910's • Against this backdrop of bigotry and intolerance, an attorney from Chicago named Sigmund Livingston, puts forward a bold idea-to create an organization with a mission "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.." Starting with a $200 budget and two desks in Livingston's law office, the Anti-Defamation League is founded with the clear understanding that the fight against one form of prejudice cannot succeed without battling prejudice in all forms. • During this same time, an event in Georgia makes the need for the •.. organization painfully clear. Leo a Jewish businessman who moves to
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Federal prosecutors allege the victims were targeted because of their perceived or actual connection to Israel. Soliman’s federal defense lawyers argue he should not have been charged with hate crimes because he was motivated by opposition to Zionism, the political movement to establish and sustain a Jewish state in Israel. An attack motivated by someone’s political views is not considered a hate crime under federal law. — from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/colorado-firebomb-attack-israel-protests
10:57 Post • | = 92 90 Nelly Delly @marconi333... • 10h It really is antisemitic to conflate Judaism with the State of Israel and it's a shame she couldn't articulate that. 05 12 •20日》⋯ A penitent who i... @loud... • 10h No, actually, if someone has an axiomatic hatred for an entire community of a marginalized group, we generally accept that it's bigotry without playing these stupid games designed only to salve consciences who know better. ①2 ° 45 曰》… A penitent who i... @loud... • 10h "I hate all Israelis & Israel" is "| hate a little under half of all Jews in the world." It's really that simple. Write your reply Q
All 312< Reader Picks From NYT 1 PLO P Maine • 4 hours ago I live in Maine and have always had a profession focused in part on women's reproductive health. I will vote for Graham Platner. I encourage people to listen to what he has to say in interviews and in town halls, not only to what is said about him. I wish the national media would focus more on that as well, l.e. on his policy proposals and his views. He is a very intelligent man who has already done his homework, is already forging relationships in Washington, and has a very consistent message and solid ideas about how to make the government work better for working class people. That is why he is still gaining momentum —his consistent message and persistence in being out there every day talking to people directly. Replies 3 Reply Recommended 379 ...
went to Palestine when I was 20 in 2014, and it was a deeply formative experience. The day after I came back, Israel began bombing Gaza. [Thousands of people] were slaughtered in that attack on Gaza. I remember scrolling through the photos and the names of the people who had been killed, and all I could do was sob. I'd just left a community that looks so much like the people whose faces I was looking at. That was the same summer that Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson. And I remember seeing the tweets from people in Gaza telling folks in Ferguson how to deal with tear gas. The tear gas canisters, both in Gaza and in Ferguson, all said, "Made in the USA." [It made me realize], oh, these are not similar systems; these are the same system. And the older I got, the more I organized, the more and more I saw the direct connection between the oppression that happens there and the oppression that happens here.
The Nation. AC: I went to Palestine when I was 20 in 2014, and it was a deeply formative experience. The day after I came back, Israel began bombing Gaza. [Thousands of people] were slaughtered in that attack on Gaza. I remember scrolling through the photos and the names of the people who had been killed, and all I could do was sob. I'd just left a community that looks so much like the people whose faces I was looking at. That was the same summer that Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson. And I remember seeing the tweets from people in Gaza telling folks in Ferguson how to deal with tear gas. The tear gas canisters, both in Gaza and in Ferguson, all said, "Made in the USA." [It made me realize], oh, these are not similar systems; these are the same system. And the older I got, the more I organized, the more and more I saw the direct connection between the oppression that happens there and the oppression that happens here.
A Kalshi prediction market ad for winner of NY-13 showing Darializa at 30% to Espaillat's 70% even after she won. Capitalist propaganda is everywhere, in every NY Times article about Darializa, in polling, in various mainstream corporate news outlets owned by billionaires to serve their interests. This is just another example of them trying to perpetuate a culture of hopelessness to make us anxious, apathetic, and passive. Doubt their every prediction. When we fight we win.
Top Reader Pick: I'd argue a simpler theory: these candidates are advocating for concrete, popular economic policies like universal healthcare. Voters are done with corporate Democrats whose policies will change effectively nothing about people's day-to-day lives. Democrats are no longer buying the myth that we must run center-right candidates to win elections.
A tweet by David Sirota that says nearly 100 billionaires and their spouses have donated it to reelect susan Collins. It is a headline from the maine monitor.
Hello everybody! So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused. I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specitying it was for "Most Wanted." I apologize to my colleagues and students for saying I had a personal emergency (by the time anyone reads this, I probably most certainly DO need to go to the ER, but can hardly call that not a self-inflicted status.) I apologize to all of the people I traveled next to, all the workers who handled my luggage, and all the other non-targeted people at the hotel who I put in danger simply by being near. I apologize to everyone who was abused and/or murdered before this, to all those who suffered before I was able to attempt this, to all who may still suffer after, regardless of my success or failure. I don't expect forgiveness, but if I could have seen any other way to get this close, I would have taken it. Again, my sincere apologies. On to why I did any of this: I am a citizen of the United States of America. What my representatives do reflects on me. And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes. (Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I've had to do something about it.)
@mhdksafa We can't have clean energy because it will destroy the oil industry. We can't have healthcare because it will destroy the health insurance industry. We can't have peace because it will destroy the weapon industry. Capitalism built a system where we can't afford to do the right thing.
crazy board meme of a guy in front of a whiteboard and a wall with strings attached to various papers and photos and the guy is smoking a cigarette waving his hands around trying to describe something about Spider-Man no way home.
A man with "I voted by mail" stickers on his nipples puts two ballots in a mailbox in NYC.
A bearded man with an "I voted by mail" sticker on each nipple hold two ballots in NYC.
Kevin says he voted for Zohran and others--don't rank Cuomo!
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too much booty in front of the parliament building of quebec in sunshine
New NYC Public library in northern Manhattan interior photo
A photo of man (@berrey) in a hoodie in front of a giant Gundam mech robot in Yokohama. It promotes a live standup comedy show in Tokyo, Japan with Kevin Berrey and friends. It's at 7pm on Friday March 22nd and again on Saturday March 23rd only. Seats are limited. Book tickets in advance at: https://www.tokyocomedybar.com/
Mirny, Yakutia, Russia. it's what looks like a desert town next to a really big hole in the ground. That's well bigger than the town like 10 times bigger
six yellow flowers that look kind of like tiny sunflowers in a flash photo taken at night so the background is pretty dang dark