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The NYPD is brutalizing New Yorkers for the high crime of speaking out & marching against ICE Gestapo invading our city and abducting our neighbors.

NYPD: At least 20 arrested during anti-ICE protest Multiple immigrants were reportedly arrested inside immigration court by plainclothes ICE agents.

Multiple JFREJ members were on the ground last night & watched this go down. By violently arresting protestors and ICE-watchers, the NYPD is actively supporting the masked ICE agents carrying out Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

Empowering cops = empowering ICE. Period.
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Let’s correct the record on Andrew Cuomo and his history of using Jewish fear & suffering as a political tool.

On my way to join the protests at ICE's Newark detention facility, where Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody. He must be released.

Donate to Support Dr. Steven Thrasher's Legal Defense, organized by Kathryn Macapagal We are U.S. university professors and friends of acclaimed journalist Dr… Kathryn Macapagal needs your support for Support Dr. Steven Thrasher's Legal Defense

Please give if you can, and share either way. Solidarity with @thrasherxy.bsky.social!

A graphic design anonouncing Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani, candidates being endorsed by The Jewish Vote for NYC Mayor in 2025.

1/🧵: We are delighted to announce that JFREJ’s electoral arm, The Jewish Vote, endorses both @bradlander.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for Mayor of New York!

Professor Michael Thaddeus, Columbia University AAUP speaking in front of crowd at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil.

Professor Sonya Posmentier, New York University, Sanctuary Campus Network speaking in front of crowd with “Jews say no to deportations” signs at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil

Professor Emerita Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University, daughter of Holocaust survivors speaking in front of crowd at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil

This evening, Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis came together to demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil.

We will not be silent about this outrageous assault on free speech.

We will not be silent in the face of an authoritarian takeover. #FreeMahmoud

YouTube video by Reuters LIVE: Columbia University faculty, Jewish leaders condemn ICE detention of Mahmoud Khalil

Faculty, alumni, rabbis outside the Columbia Manhattanville campus this afternoon, condemning the detention of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE , and the University’s response www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGzx...

This weekend, DHS targeted and seized Mahmoud Khalil as punishment for his political speech, and indicated that they are revoking his green card. They have since handed him over to ICE where he is being detained — his location unknown — and held for deportation without due process. This is what fascist governments do, and it will not stop here. This extreme escalation is the test case; the Trump/Musk administration is trying to see how far they can go without public outrage and legal checks on their power. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.

This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.

Screenshots of a multi-racial, multi-generational, cross gender group of Jews on Zoom holding "Jews Say No to Cuomo"

We heard there's a new mayoral candidate on the block. Jews For Racial & Economic Justice aka the Anti-Cuomo Social Club have something to say about it. #HellNoCuomo #JewsSayNo2Cuomo

#JewsSayNo2Cuomo #HellNoCuomo

Thousands of New Yorkers gathered outside in union square during daylight. They are facing away from the camera. They are facing sky scrapers. Some hand made signs people hold include “protect trans youth” “trans rights”

A parent holds a young child securely on their shoulders. The kid is holding a sign in rainbow markers “let all kids be themselves”. The kid has a purple winter coat with a hood and hat and their expression is very determined. The parent is looking towards the crowd and smiling.

Thousands of New Yorkers rallied in Union Square to protect trans kids. Join us: demand our elected officials and institutions refuse to comply with anti-trans directives from white Christian nationalists running the federal govt. actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...

New Yorkers: since 2016 it has been almost impossible to reach a human at Schumer's office to register your concerns. Right now you can reach someone on the phone there. Demand he oppose RFK and other trump noms!

It was freezing last night. Without safe shelters available—let alone actual housing—many homeless people take to the subways in search of a warm place to sleep. This is an unspeakable horror.
We do not know the victim’s name, but may her memory be a blessing.

I don't know why the SF Chronicle avoids mentioning specifics at all.

But the "violation of workplace conduct policy" alluded to here was a social media post promoting fundraising for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which offended some racists.

She was fired for supporting the UN.

So grateful to the activists from @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social and elsewhere pressing Gov Hochul for climate action in New York. Hearing reports that twelve elders have been arrested

"Adams has had years to fix the system & multiple plans to do so with little to show for it...Ultimately denied the help they need, many mentally ill people cycle through the criminal justice system & end up at Rikers...it's abundantly clear the ongoing failure of this system is the real danger."

Jordan Neely deserved better than the violence of being denied access to stable housing and health care, and then dehumanized for it.

Jordan Neely deserved better than the systems that allow for, and justify, extrajudicial white supremacist violence against Black people.

Image of Jordan Neely dressed as Michael Jackson. The image has been altered to show a glow around him, and rays of light behind him. Text reads: Jordan Neely. May his memory will be a blessing.

Over and over we are told by our legal system that Black lives do not matter — especially when the Black life in question is queer or homeless, or struggles with mental illness or drug use.

But Black lives do matter.
Jordan Neely’s life mattered.
May his memory be a blessing.

Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.

As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...

The racism and xenophobia are so stark. Just utter disregard for the life of a 17-year-old who was murdered because Republicans AND our mayor have fueled hatred of immigrants in NYC specifically. Most press & politicians not even pretending to care.

Lower Manhattan stabbing leaves teen dead, another wounded because victims did not speak English: sources | amNewYork One migrant teenager is dead and another was seriously injured in a Lower Manhattan stabbing on Thursday night carried out by a group of attackers allegedly

This is not the 1st time this has happened *this year* — a city worker shot & killed a Venezuelan migrant in August. And now, 1 teen is dead & another wounded because they didn’t speak English. Every politician who has scapegoated migrants has blood on their hands
www.amny.com/new-york/man...

In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? The Tenant Union Federation is fostering a wave of tenant leaders who have been pushed to the margins—many of them elderly, disabled, low-income—as they aim to transform renters into a powerful…

In US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own

Can New National Tenant Union Change That?

The Tenant Union Federation is fostering a wave of tenant leaders who have been pushed to margins—many of them elderly, disabled, low-income

Early this morning, an autonomous group of New Yorkers reclaimed an F train car, replacing ads with signage reading “A MAN WAS LYNCHED HERE” and Jordan Neely’s name, as a jury deliberates over whether to convict Daniel Penny, Neely’s killer, with his death last May.

The Right Has a 150-Page Battle Plan to Shut Down Progressive Civil Society Attacks on Palestine solidarity are the opening salvo in the right’s stated plan to suppress social justice groups.

The right has already devised a detailed roadmap for using measures like the "nonprofit killer bill" to shut down facets of left & progressive organizing. @neginowl.bsky.social and I wrote about the right's plans--and how we can all work to combat these attacks.
truthout.org/articles/the...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in the movie 500 Days of Summer. He says I love Jewish activism and she says Me too. Next to him are the logos of AIPAC and the ADL, with news headlines such as Why pro-Israel lobby group Aipac is backing election deniers and extremist Republicans and Let’s Call the ADL What It Is: an Ally of Fascists. Next to her is the JFREJ logo, with news headlines such as Progressive Jewish groups protest in New York against second Trump presidency and a banner for Jews Against Fascism.

It’s always good to ask follow-up questions.

Join JFREJ: jfrej.org/join

Proposal:

If you work in queer media, then you know people are holding space and joining JFREJ 🩷💚

Cynthia and Ari fans assemble: jfrej.org/join

#WickedMovie #Arianators #ArianaGrande #CynthiaErivo #HoldingSpace #JewishLeft #QueerMedia

The majority of Americans & US Jews believe we must stop arming Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Despite this, the Senate voted yesterday to continue to flout legal & moral obligation & to uphold minority rule.

Only 18 Senators to vote YES for an arms embargo against Israel, something 61% of Americans want:

Durbin
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
King
Markey
Merkley
Murphy
Ossoff
Sanders
Schatz
Smith
Van Hollen
Shaheen
Lujan
Warnock
Warren
Welch

The rent is too damn high