Karen Caplan

MCJC Member Adina Cohen has filed a civil rights complaint after Club Pilates North Bethesda banned her for wearing shirts with messages like “Jews Say Ceasefire Now.”

Read the press release from CAIR ⬇️

www.cair.com/press_releas...

This.

Professors: Most Jewish Americans believe Donald Trump is exploiting antisemitism to assault universities A wide majority of Jewish Americans say Trump is exploiting antisemitism in disingenuous fashion, as revealed by a national survey.

Commentary: A wide majority of Jewish Americans say President Trump is exploiting antisemitism in disingenuous fashion — that it’s a thinly veiled disguise to justify his assault on higher education, as revealed by a national survey.

An Israel that was serious about a two state solution would be treating Barghouti as a potential Mandela.

That Israel doesn't exist.

The one that does is trying to kill the man.

This is the group that I helped to found and currently chair. Feel free to share far and wide; this is frankly unacceptable behavior from an elected official.

EMERGENCY TIMELINE CLEANSE: Godzilla says Trans Rights 🏳️‍⚧️
youtu.be/xG1T0URuTWw

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

So, did any WHITE profs who are on the watchlist have this experience? I ask because the only one I know has not.

Wild how political alliance with Zionism sweeps all sorts of wild statements about Jews under the table

The thing about the right's outrage at anyone pointing out the hateful nature of Charlie Kirk's politics is that you know that behind the scenes they are thrilled to have this to blame on the left.

depressingly true

ADL sucks.

Organized Labor, Politics and Klezmer Musicians in New York Until the First World War From the early days of the 1880s to the First World War, klezmorim were present at every twist and turn of immigrant Jewish radicalism and labor organizing, from strikes to union elections.

Please enjoy this history of klezmorim in radical Jewish organizing in pre-war NYC:

Oh, yes.

keeping a list, of course, I mean.

DC's New Synagogue Project and Baltimore's Hineinu are other communities that deserve a mention. Is anyone keep a list?

Pritzker, not Newsom.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.

As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

It's so... nipply.

As we continue to obsess over discussions about left wing antisemitism, far right antisemitism continues to explode.

The incidents are largely overlooked. They don’t fit the narrative for those most tasked with this fight. And they don’t get the clicks for media. But they are happening regardless.

No. 2 House Democrat Katherine Clark calls Gaza war a "genocide" Clark is one of just over a dozen House members who have used the word to describe the conflict in Gaza.

Proud of the members of my synagogue that are part of the group that pushed Katherine Clark to finally do this. The next step is to get her to act on this understanding.

www.axios.com/2025/08/15/i...

Yeah, he’s gross, but also I think unlikely to be actually intimidated out of doing this.

it's true.

My kid got to play the guitar solo on the song Marquee Moon at School of Rock and it. was. awesome.

I'm in MD, and I hadn't heard this at all. Interesting.

Love this.

Jews will not be favored. “Jews” will be defined to include only the subset of Jews who meet evangelical Christian criteria for Jewishness, specifically unequivocal support for the state of Israel and the current U.S. administration.

Am a broken record on this but do we think “your university is losing money and jobs because of The Jews for whom there are special exceptions to the rules” encourages or discourages antisemitism newrepublic.com/article/1925...

This is in Brown's agreement with the Trump admin. What the actual F.

Picture of the cover of Elvis Costello's album Blood and Chocolate.

So close! I turned 16 two weeks after.