Maia Evrona

Have all the billionaires left New York yet?

First impression of Gothenburg: Everyone knows they are going to be wet, and they have accepted that.

Truth Social post from Donald Trump: “Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!”

This is how the ostensibly philosemitic wing of the party is going to reconcile itself with the openly antisemitic wing. “We tried to help you, we really did, but you wouldn’t let us.”

Republicans Want Poor People to Suffer GOP policy on poverty is driven by sadism

There's extensive evidence that just giving poor people money is very effective public policy. The moral panic over what ppl buy with SNAP is about sadism and entitlement. the wealthy enjoy policing and tormenting those they see as their inferiors. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/republican...

My Jewish studies students aren’t talking about Israel or antisemitism. They told me why. A professor at Tulane University unpacks the surprising discovery.

forward.com/opinion/7774...

Seven years ago today, 11 Jewish people were murdered at the Tree of Life Congregation, a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In their names, we will continue to stand up against hate, bigotry and the rise in antisemitism taking place around the country. May their memories be for a blessing.

ALL 50 STATES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN #NOKINGS

My heart is VERY happy. This is JUST the beginning of our peaceful protests against the Authoritarian-In-Charge!

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

I have some bad news for Cuomo about why New York City exists.

I feel kind of like I missed out on Diane Keaton because growing up as a millennial (sorry), it was hard to move past her support for Woody Allen.

It's frustrating that men take fun women away from us in that way too...

So Bad Bunny playing the Super Bowl is bad, but bankrolling the president of Argentina's narcissistic rock concert is okay?!?! Both are in Spanish!

No Kings.

Yes Frogs.

Ribbit.

We’re clearly in a cultural moment when any attempt to make public figures who committed sexual violence pay a price for their crimes has disappeared. When Woody Allen dies, the obituaries will all talk about “Annie Hall,” and the abuse will appear in an aside at the end of the article, if at all.

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

Susan Abulhawa has also called Zelenskyy a "Nazi promoting zionist" and "far more dangerous than Putin." I always cringe when I see people share anything from her. I find it especially frustrating when I see people characterize any criticism of her as anti-Palestinian censorship.

Me preguntas por qué critico la flotilla Me preguntas por qué critico la flotilla. Reconoces que no cambiarán nada, pero insistes en que no hacen ningún mal. Me sugieres que si no me gusta mire hacia otro lado. Te cuento:

amp.elmundo.es/opinion/colu...

This quote is very obviously fake, has been going around for months, and now is being touted as real with MEMO's approval.

It's hard not to wonder how much money went into the Sumud Flotilla, which had no chance whatsoever of success, money which could have gone to organizations like @wck.org, who are actually on the ground successfully making 200,000 meals a day for Gazans.

donate.wck.org/give/525879/...

How heartbreaking/bittersweet for the placebo participants though...

Dani Miran, father of hostage Omri Miran, bottom left… who said recently “The thought that as a result of the entry into Gaza and the bombings in Gaza you might return in a coffin or a black bag is what keeps me awake at night. Forgive me, son."💔

And another Kol Nidrei poem, published in the Spring 2019 issue of @northamerreview.bsky.social (unfortunately I can’t find a copy of the issue, so here it is copied from my website)

Days of Awe They begin in sweetness and end in hunger in the twilight between one year and another. Our tradition always begins with the evening,

My Days of Awe and Kol Nidrei poems, published by the @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social

www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/day...

US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’ Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh comedy festival despite the government’s human rights abuses

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

As my daughter got sicker and sicker, our quest for answers dragged on. How did we all miss the bacteria taking over her body? I write about nature, but when Milly got sick with a mystery illness, it never occurred to me that a long-forgotten tick bite could be the cause

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

Cartoon depicting a bearded man marching with a large placard on which are the words “Repent now; avoid the Yom Kippur rush.”

'Repent now, and avoid the Yom Kippur rush!'
Jewish Museum of London.

Residency in Sweden, newish article/translation in the Forward, reading available on Youtube — Maia Evrona In November, I will be the poet/translator-in-residence at the Frölunda Library and Kulturhus in Gothenburg, Sweden, under the auspices of the AIR Litteratur residency program. Sweden is the only coun...

Finally posting some updates on my website. I have updates! I just haven't been posting them...

www.maiaevrona.com/new-blog/202...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains

My Rosh Hashanah poem, first published in the Jewish Women’s Archive:

jwa.org/blog/high-ho...