"#Jewish #reporters occupy a unique space. Our #history demands that we chronicle unimaginable horrors, yet the act of bearing witness exacts a heavy toll. This tension is as ancient as our people. Shelomoh bar Shimshon, who chronicled the Rhineland massacres of 1096, asked, “Why did the skies not darken and the stars not dim?” He likened the mass suicides of #Jews facing Crusaders to the binding of Isaac, sacrifices beyond comprehension."

https://www.jta.org/2024/12/26/politics/the-blessing-and-burden-of-bearing-first-witness-to-jewish-history

"Dry-erase ink is not similar to tattoo ink, but it is almost identical to ink from a permanent marker. And if you leave it on a surface for long enough, especially a porous surface, it will remain. The brain is a porous surface. Memory is a porous surface."

A new essay by Aaron Rabinowitz: https://longreads.com/2025/03/27/tattoos-signs-history-antisemitism/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

City: Colmar, France
Point of interest: Synagogue

What's the most romantic sightseeing spot you've visited?

These free walking tours are waiting for you in Colmar: https://visitsights.com/sightseeing-tours/France/Colmar

#France #Building #Heritage #Jewish #Religion #Colmar #PlaceOfWorship #Sights #Amenity #Travel #Sightseeing #Synagogue

In 1919, #ColumbiaUniversity President #NicholasButler amended the admissions process to limit the number of #Jewish students admitted. In the 1920s, #Butler became an admirer of #Mussolini and praised #Italian #fascism. In the 1930s, he expelled a student for leading an anti-Nazi protest on campus.

MARCH ON WASHINGTON
STOP THE GENOCIDE!
SATURDAY, APRIL 5 • 1pm • Washington D.C.

[The coalition includes #Palestinian Youth Movement, #Jewish Voice for Peace, and others]

"For over 16 months, #Gaza has endured a brutal, ongoing genocide carried out by #Israel with the full backing and support of the US government. Israel continued to violate the terms of the ceasefire reached on January 19th, breaking it over 980 times...

The movement against genocide in North America has risen time and time again in support of Gaza and will not rest now. The #Trump administration, building on the tactics of the Biden administration, is now increasing its attempts to silence pro- #Palestine, anti-genocide voices. "

https://marchforpalestine.org/

#PermanentCeasfireNow
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics
#news @palestine