Lex Rofeberg

@lexaphus.bsky.social

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I post Jewish things. Sometimes other things. Like sports. But mostly Jewish things. Senior Jewish Educator for Judaism Unbound/The UnYeshiva. www.judaismunbound.com

"Torah is clear: If there's a hungry person, one must feed them. - Shulchan Aruch"
#JewsForFoodAidForPeopleInGaza "Torah is Clear: If there's a hungry person, one must feed them." - Shulchan Aruch In Hebrew: ".אם היה רעב, יאכילוה" Add your voice: FoodAidForGaza.org.
"The crucial element of the Genocide Convention is that the acts that constitute genocide must be 'committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.' Was this true in October, 2023? I still see no evidence that that was the case. Israel may or may not have responded with disproportionate force; that debate will likely never be resolved. But there were warnings of bombing attacks, there were systems in place for humanitarian aid, and there was an obvious, and I would say compelling, military objective. This was even true in the Spring of 2024, as the devastation increased but the strategic goals and humanitarian assistance remained. The International Court of Justice was correct that there was 'plausible' evidence that the Genocide Convention had been violated, but not yet compelling evidence. But today? Israel's current actions are, to cite the Convention, 'deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.' Unlike in 2023, there are now ample statements by Israeli ministers, military leaders, and former military leaders, that the strategic aim of the continued destruction of Gaza is, simply, to destroy Gaza and force much of its population to leave. This is ethnic cleansing and this is genocide -- an act committed to destroy, in part, a national group."
Image of a Forward article by Jay Michaelson, with the headline "I supported Israel's actions in Gaza in October 2023 -- not anymore" and the sub-header "Critics were wrong that Israel's 2023 actions constituted genocide -- but they are right in 2025."
Image, entitled "NEH Grants 2025" Terminated Awards Filtered: 9 Total Value: $2,458,916 Below, 9 projects with the word "Jewish" in the title. Sample titles include "In the Shadow of the Holocaust" and "Reimagining Jewish Life in the Modern Middle East, 1800-Present." Projects are from states all around the country.
"Miami Herald article: Why were 2 people shot in Miami Beach? Suspect told cops that he 'saw 2 Palestinians' -- by David J. Neal"
Poster advertising "Paddington in Peru" the 3rd movie in the Paddington series. Image includes Paddington the bear, holding a sandwich, and text reads "PADDINGTON IN PERU: LOST IN THE JUNGLE -- THIS FEBRUARY"
text from a New York Times article: "The Netflix Series 'Nobody Wants This' centers a 'hot rabbi' falling for a blond shiksa (non-Jew) who is only dimly aware of Judaism but who is presented as a luminous, lovely contrast to the domineering, whining and otherwise repellent Jewish women in his orbit."