Aryeh Cohen

The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney today was a vile act of antisemitic terror. I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers. May the memories of all those killed be a blessing. While we are still waiting for all the facts to emerge, what we already know is devastating. At least 11 dead, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who held deep ties to Crown Heights. At least 29 injured. Another Jewish community plunged into mourning and loss, a holiday of light so painfully reduced to a day of darkness. This attack is merely the latest, most horrifying iteration in a growing pattern of violence targeted at Jewish people across the world. Too many no longer feel safe to be themselves, to express their faith publicly, to worship in their synagogues without armed security stationed outside. What happened at Bondi is what many Jewish people fear will happen in their communities too. On Bondi Beach today, as men with long guns targeted innocents, another man ran towards the gunfire and disarmed a shooter. Tonight, as Jewish New Yorkers light menorahs and usher in a first night of Hanukkah clouded by grief, let us look to his example and confront hatred with the urgency and action it demands. When I am Mayor, I will work every day to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe—on our streets, our subways, at shul, in every moment of every day. Let this be a purpose shared by every New Yorker, and let us banish this horrific violence to the past.

In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape

My prediction is that within six months of opening day, this will be unsanitary, violent, and the government will say "they cut medicaid we just couldn't provide the services." and yet, the police and courts will continue to dump and confine people there.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Arthur Waskow: In Memorium · Jewschool One often hears the platitude, “they don’t make them like that anymore” but in Waskow’s case I think it is true. He was a person of his time, but he also transcended his time.

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[Untitled] - Ilanot Review Aryeh Cohen sometimes you have to ignorethe blinding burning pull of angeroverlook the sharp edges the teethhoned on a stone of short andpiercing jabs and settle on thequotidian. checking the manuscri...

I have a poem in the new issue of Ilanot Review.
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The Day After for the American Jewish Community · Jewschool On the day after, the leaders of these organizations, the rabbis of these synagogues, will have to look at themselves in the mirror and see the tens of thousands of dead Palestinians and ask themselve...

It might now be the day after.
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Comedians, human rights groups slam top U.S. comics taking the stage in Saudi Arabia Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart and Others Are Taking the Stage in Riyadh's 'World's Biggest Comedy Festival,' Which Human Rights Groups Call a Whitewashing of Repression

These comedians will obviously be cancelled in 3…2…1
Well, let's try again. 3…2…1 …
Is this mic working?
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Over 1,000 Rabbis and Jewish Peace Activists in Brooklyn Demand Gaza Ceasefire Here in New York, more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish peace activists led a protest Thursday demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. arms transfers to Israel. They gathered at Brookly...

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Truth Social post by President Donald J. Trump that says: 'Every dollar wasted on non-citizens is stolen from veterans, seniors, and working families. Democrats are about to shutdown the government because they demand we fund health for illegal aliens. - JD Vance. Shut it down.'

Trump’s lying (again). The shutdown isn’t about ‘illegal aliens,’ it’s about Republicans refusing to extend health care subsidies for millions of Americans.

Deadly Attack Outside U.K. Synagogue on Yom Kippur Is Declared Terrorism

This horrific anitsemitic attack on the holiest day of the year for Jews should be widely condemned. Violence only begets more violence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...

Once again the ADL proves that it is a doormat for a wannabe dictator.

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For a momentary breath of fresh air in the ongoing putrefaction of martyrology read the dismissal of Trump's suit against the Times. (link to the decision in the first comment)

Protesters and Federal Agents Clash Outside an ICE Detention Facility Near Chicago

There is political violence happening every day in this country. It is perpetrated by ICE, DHS, CPB, FBI and the whole evil alphabet of DJT's militias. Nonviolent resistance is not an option, its an obligation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

and Jews and Muslims and Christians will learn to live together on the Land.

Picture of a round challah with a whole in the middle.

This year we are all going into the holiday with a whole in are hearts. May we mix our tears for the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and the Israeli hostages, both dead and alive, with the sweetness of hope that this year we will achieve a cease fire and Palestinian liberation,

We are at that time of year when mi-dor le-dor, traditions of Rosh Hashanah challah baking are passed down from YouTube to baker.

A Statement From US Jews Opposing Trump’s Attacks on Colleges and Students The statement condemns Trump’s “disingenuous” weaponization of antisemitism to target universities and deport campus activists.

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

WaPo continues to bow and scrape before the administration.

The note referred to undocumented people as vermin.

Stephen Miller was directly involved in one of the largest acts of organized domestic political violence the United States has seen in modern times, the Jan 6 insurrection. Any news org that doesn't make this fact central is helping Miller deceive its customers.

Here are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image The Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus.

This is what white nationalist autocracy looks like.
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Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him

Nobody should be assassinated. However, being assassinated, does not erase the fact that you were a racist, antisemitic, xenophobe.

Its not about Israel or antisemitism. Its about capitalism and making money off the backs of those who can't afford rent.

NYC voters say Mamdani best addressed the Israel-Palestinian conflict, poll shows The survey showed the democratic socialist is favored in a crowded race, though a head-to-head matchup with Andrew Cuomo remains tight.

1. The Jewish establishment needs to sit up and listen to the kids;
2. the last sentence in the story gives away the game. "A group of billionaire realtors, a number of them Jewish, convened an emergency meeting Tuesday morning to discuss ways to help defeat Mamdani." forward.com/fast-forward...

The Onion News Network truck featuring the headline ICE Opens New Supermax Prison for Most Hardened Toddlers stationed outside the ICE facility.

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

Rally just finished in Culver City. #FeedGazanow #stopthewar #returnthehostages

Opinion | Israel’s Gaza Media Ban Is Indefensible

Israel thinks that banning journalists will prevent the world from knowing the extent of the ongoing death and destruction in Gaza. They are wrong. It will only go to strengthen the perception that something truly evil is happening. Something truly evil is happening.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/o...

Democrats seek ‘immediate answers’ after reported arrests of firefighters by US border agents Senator Patty Murray calls Trump’s immigration policy ‘fundamentally sick’ after incident in Washington state

Cause what you want to do is intimidate the firefighters.
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