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🔍: “Demonstration Against the American Nazi Party in Boston,” Boston, MA, 1960s. The Jews of Boston, Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Archives.

Nazis Burned Trans Books To Usher In Fascism: Now Trump Does The Same Transgender people have often been a canary in the coalmines of Democracy.

1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism.

Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.

This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.

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an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

This sweet note from Leopold to Georgiana is from 1860, 4 years before they married. ❤️

🔍: Note from Leopold to Georgiana Morse, Scrapbook, Boston, MA, 1860. Leopold Morse Papers.

Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter.

I am getting spotty reports of hospital systems in blue states cancelling gender affirming care appointments for those under 19 years of age.

If true, this would be a major problem, as systems comply with illegal EOs in advance out of fear of DOJ weaponization.

Please let me know if yours has.

Are you a scholar interested in conducting research about New England, Greater Boston, or American Jewish life using the JHC archives? Applications are open for The Genevieve Geller Wyner Research Fellowship. #Skytorians #JewishStudies Please share!

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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.

They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.

Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.

I think about it a lot in moments like this.

Over 15 Navajo Nation Members Wrongly Detained or Questioned in Trump Immigration Raids One Navajo Nation official said that “many fear for the threat of being deported.”…

At least 15 Navajo Nation members were questioned or detained by federal law enforcement, who demanded they provide proof of citizenship.

This is so goddamn funny

Pentagon Warns China Developing Love, The Greatest Weapon Of All

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HR28—the federal ban on trans athletes—is expected to get a vote in congress TODAY.

it's the GOP's first step to making it a crime to exist as a trans person in public. that's not an exaggeration—they brag about it on the news.

tap into the quote for info & resources. *please* call your reps.

🔍: K.I. Brotherhood Breakfast, Brookline, MA, undated 1977-1980. Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records.

Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory

URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD

h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social

FYI my pal Eva and comrades have been doing the work supporting unhoused people in LA for YEARS and I can 100000000% percent vouch that any funds you send to her will be used for direct aid.

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I'm devastated for LA💔

The homes and lives people have worked to build their entire lives were destroyed in an instant.

There's no denying it anymore. The climate crisis is here. These are the deadly consequences of our inaction. Americans deserve and need real action now.

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

and then there’s the Jewish businesses like this one. Flash to me having to explain to my therapist that I don’t hate joy! It’s just complicated and weird, but that’s just the Jewish American experience I think! (2/2)

Always lots of jumbled thoughts around Christmastime for me, as a former angry anti-assimilationist Jewish college student who is now married into a Christmas-celebrating family. There is so much in the Jewish archives where I work of interfaith families, rabbis writing against having trees (1/2)

Helloooo Bluesky!

We'll be putting out a different photo (and some other fun surprises 👀) from the archives every night of Hanukkah. Stay tuned!!

🔍: "Chanukah Circa 1975?" photograph, Lynn, MA, likely 1975. Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records.