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2 years

For Jews who can become pregnant, access to abortion services is a religious *requirement*, and has been for thousands of years. Surprised? Let's dig into some of the texts 🧵 1/

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All of which is to say: laws that limit or criminalize abortion aren't just violations of the human rights of every person who can become pregnant, but are also infringements on the religious liberty of every American Jew, and an imposition of governmental Christianity on us all.

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In fact, in the Talmud (circa 600ce), we are told clearly that a fetus is not an independent life by none other than that the great Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi, who said that "a fetus is considered a part of the pregnant person's body, equivalent to their thigh." 4/

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This stands in sharp contrast with the next verse, which states that "a life for a life, an eye for an eye..." The Torah literally couldn't be more explicit: a fetus is not a human life. 3/

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Let's start with the Torah. In Exodus 21:22 we get a clear statement that a fetus is *not* a person: "When men fight, and one of them pushes a pregnant person and a miscarriage results, but no other damage ensues, the one responsible shall be fined..." 2/

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This is what rabbis mean when we say that "access to abortion is a religious requirement for Jews." Because there are situations where Judaism doesn't just allow abortion, but in fact traditionally *requires* abortion (when the life of the pregnant person is threatened) 9/

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Mishnah Oholot 7:6- "A person who is having trouble giving birth, they abort the fetus and take it out limb by limb, because existing life comes before potential life. If most of the child has come out already they do not touch it, for we do not push off one life for another" 6/

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"But only when the pregnant person's life is in physical danger??!?" Nope! Not just literally their life, but also their well-being, their mental health, and all sorts of other explanations that encompass the vast majority of the reasons that folks pursue abortions. 10/

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2 years

I feel like people who aren't trans--or the parents of trans kids--don't get how bleak this is right now. We're having the same conversations at night here in Missouri that my cousins had in Germany in the '20s. When do we flee? Where do we go? Is the next state over far enough?

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'Rodef' is a legal category in Judaism for someone/something on the way to kill a human being. Jewish law obligates us to stop a Rodef at any cost--up to and including taking their life. Thus, a pregnancy that endangers life is considered a Rodef and *must* be terminated. 8/

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The Mishnah (200ce)--in a section dealing with the death penalty--even says that if a pregnant person is set to be executed, you don't delay the execution unless they are literally in labor. Otherwise? The fetus is considered just another part of their body. (Arikhin 1:4) 5/

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2 years

*TERFing will get you immediately blocked

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Lest you think I was not absolutely intentional about my language.

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2 years

Perhaps no idea is more central in classical Jewish legal texts thinking about abortion than that of the "rodef" / "the persuer", which Rambam--living a millennia ago--codified into law. (M.T. Shmirat Nefesh 1:9) 7/

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2 years

When the government outlaws what morality demands of us, each of us must make a choice as to whether we will be law abiding citizens or whether we will be ethical human beings.

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2 years

I keep hearing from GOP lawmakers that they "just want to return to a Judeo-Christian idea of men being men and women being women." So let's talk about that "Judeo" part for a moment (because it's a lot queerer and less binary than y'all seem to think). 🧵🏳️‍⚧️ #aRainbowThread 1/

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5 months

If you're a progressive and aren't actively and vocally working to deconstruct your own internalized antisemitism right now, please understand that the vast majority of American Jews are feeling deeply abandoned by you, and unsafe with you. 1/

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1 year

The conversations we are up at night having as the parents of a trans kid in Missouri are absolutely the sorts of conversations Jews were having in 1930 Europe. Absolutely. #ProtectTransKids #NeverAgainIsNow

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Lawyer friends: I have a group of rabbis (and only rabbis) who are funding microgrants for trans kids (binders, a month of hrt, name change costs, etc...), would this enable us to sue a State (eg, Alabama) on religious freedom grounds, for violating our religious liberty?

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Think trans-folk are new? I'd like to tell you the remarkable story of Berel-Beyle, a Jewish man who transitioned in the shtetel in Ukraine in the 1800s. 🧵 #ARainbowThread 1/

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1 year

Missouri's Democratic Senators are refusing to cede the floor, and are in a true filibuster to #ProtectTransKids from the bigoted and cruel bills being proposed in the #MOLeg . @gregrazer @TracyMcCreery @DougBeck562 @LaurenArthurMO are heroes ❤️👊🙏💔

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I'm incredibly proud--and heartsick--to hear my 11yo stand up for his brother and friends before the bigots and bullies who control the Missouri Senate #ProtectTransKids

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"For as long as there have been Jews, there have always been trans Jews. Because being trans is just another way of being human. And there will always be trans Jews as long as there are Jews.”

This Missouri Rabbi Won't Stop Fighting for His Trans Child – Kveller

When I called Rabbi Daniel Bogard at his home in St. Louis, Missouri last Saturday night, I apologized for sounding so tired. My toddler, I explained, is vehemently opposed to the idea of sleep,...

www.kveller.com

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2 years

I just found out that a dear friend--also with a trans child--is fleeing Missouri because our State is no longer safe for their family. I'm begging folks to see how dark it is getting here, and how terrifyingly rational their decision to leave is💔. Fascism is rising in America.

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7 months

I'm really struggling with how little value so many (otherwise) justice-seeking people seem to have for Jewish lives.

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2 years

Hey @Newsweek , do you consider this behavior appropriate for your columnists to engage in? PS- I'm a rabbi in the largest denomination of American Judaism.

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1 year

Missouri Republicans have blocked out the Senate Hearing Room, packing it with their bigoted supporters... While the dozens and dozens of us who showed up to #ProtectTransKids are locked out of the halls of power.

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1 year

Yesterday was the worst day I've ever had in the Missouri Capitol; today was maybe the best. 700(!) Missourians showed up to #ProtectTransKids in the middle of the day, on a random Wednesday. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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2 years

This 6-3 Court seems to almost exclusively prioritize 'religious liberty'. And so I want to be clear: laws that prevent Jewish trans kids from transitioning are a violation of their 1st Amendment rights, and an imposition of governmental Christianity on me and my family.

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1 year

Life in a Red State as the parent of a trans kid is like those early days of COVID. Ie, what we were told 2-days ago was 'overreacting!' is today's horrifying reality. The Missouri A.G. has created a website for neighbors to report "gender transitions that you have observed."

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And dear God, if you aren't Jewish, please please please don't try to explain and define antisemitism and anti-Zionism to me or to anyone else. Stop, listen, learn, deconstruct. 3/

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1 year

Journalist friends, I'm begging you: this is *not* "religion in public schools making a comeback", this is forced Christian indoctrination. #NotAllReligions

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Thou shalt display the Ten Commandments: Why religion in public schools is making a comeback

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A few addendums: what is happening in Gaza is horrific, and there is absolutely nothing antisemitic about supporting Palestinian liberation. Palestinians deserve freedom, and dignity, sovereignty, and peace. Just like Israelis do. And the occupation is evil, full stop. 7/

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6 months

I am an American Jew. This post is *deeply* antisemitic. If you are a justice-seeking person, and find yourself thinking things like this, I am begging you to unpack the antisemitism within your soul.

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And if you're comforting yourself by hiding behind the apologetics of the small minority of American Jews who are "anti-Zionist", please understand that this is tokenization no different than when GOPers hide behind the small percentage of minorities who vote with them. 2/

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And, as long as we're at it, antisemitism is *not* downstream of white supremacy. It is a hate and a worldview much older than any modern conception of whiteness or race (even as it plays a key role in white nationalism). 5/

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1 year

That was was the worst, most disrespectful experience I've ever had in the Missouri Capitol. The Senate had testimony on 3 bills to criminalize gender affirming care for trans kids, & they cut off testimony before hearing from a *single* impacted person. Zero trans kids / parents

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The contemporaries and study partners of the historical Jesus are the rabbis of the Mishnah, and they described SIX genders/sexes, not two. Now, don't get me wrong--this is still a text with lots of misogyny. But it also clearly shows that we *never* saw gender as a binary. 4/

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Tomorrow I'm testifying in the Missouri Senate that SB14, a bill that would make it impossible to change the gender marker on a birth certificate, is a violation of my religious freedom as a Jew. Judaism is a tradition that has long understood there to be multiple genders.

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Think about that: if adam harishon (the first human-thing) was made in God's image, and adam was described as (this is the literal word in Hebrew) 'androginus', that means that according to the ancient rabbis, GOD IS NON-BINARY. 6/

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1 year

The cruelty & inhumanity of these GOP lawmakers is *stunning*. I live in the house my grandpa built; my kids are 5th generation Missourians. And my lawmakers are saying "if you don't like our white, Christian, nationalist dictates, then you can leave the State." #ProtectTransKids

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I'm so genuinely proud of the American Jewish community, and the ways that we have stood up for trans folk during this time of rising hate #ProtectTransKids

Survey: Jews are the most accepting group toward trans people

Jews are the group most accepting of gender fluidity and trans people in the United States, according to a new poll.

forward.com

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5 months

All of these things can be true at once. The existence of antisemitism throughout the Palestinian liberation movement doesn't negate its moral truths; and its moral truths don't excuse the antisemitism. Our hearts have to be big enough to break for everyone who suffers.

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1 year

And just like that, the form is down; Well done activists!

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1 year

@RepMichaelDavis This is the fundamental difference: I'm not trying to force my religious views onto you and have them control your behavior; your example above is literally trying to do that to me and my family.

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All of these amazing texts that I've mentioned can be found in the awe-inspiring "A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969" by Noam Sienna. BUY THIS BOOK!!! 10/

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969 - Print-O-Craft

a groundbreaking, award-winning anthology

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After 1500 years of antisemitic genocide and oppression in Christian and more recently, Islamic cultural contexts, do you really think it's possible to not have internalized antisemitic worldviews? 4/

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Want to get even queerer? Adam was "made in God's image", which according to Breishit Rabbah 8:1 means: "At the moment when the Holy Blessed One created the first adam, God created them as an androginos, as it is written: 'male and female God created them'. 5/

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Did you know that Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, was a trans-woman? Not only that: God is the one who helped her transition! From the 1400yo Tanchuma: "God heard her prayer and converted...her...into a female." 8/

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Back to Dinah for a moment, and this is important: because if God helped Dinah to transition--literally while she was still in the womb--then helping trans kids get access to puberty blockers and HRT is absolutely a religious obligation (mitzvah) for Jews.

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Did you know that Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, was a trans-woman? Not only that: God is the one who helped her transition! From the 1400yo Tanchuma: "God heard her prayer and converted...her...into a female." 8/

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I just got a call from the principal of my kids' school telling me that "the whole school is standing with you and your son tomorrow" and that she wants to come down and testify herself. This is what it looks like for schools to #ProtectTransKids and their families. 🏳️‍⚧️😭♥️🙏

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The most central couple in the bible is Abraham & Sarah, the founders of the Jewish people. And they were both intersex! Or non-binary! Or both! Millennia ago the rabbis of the Talmud shared an ancient tradition of this (Yevamot 64a-b). 2/

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So.... FoxNews evidently wrote an awful, demagogue-ish piece of trash journalism about me today. More than a little freaked out right now 😕

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Meanwhile, worldviews that paint Jews as inherently white (including American-centered anti-racist worldviews) absolutely feed the "lift them up to tear them down" way that antisemitism operates. 5/

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There are *so* many queer ancestors in Jewish tradition. How differently would we understand the story of Esther if we read Mordecai as a trans-man? Because 1600 years ago Jews shared an ancient tradition that Mordecai nursed Esther from his own breasts when she was a baby. 7/

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I've been coming to the Missouri Capitol for 5 years to testify against bigoted bills targeting trans kids. And the one truism is that these cowardly GOP bill sponsors *never* stay to hear the testimony of the trans kids and adults that their legislation harms. #ProtectTransKids

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In fact, the rabbis of the Talmud even get into an argument as to which category of (the very much non binary) sex/gender spectrum Abraham and Sarah fall into! Don't believe me that ancient Jews didn't see gender as a binary? Check out the 2000yo sacred Mishnah Bikurim 4:1-4 3/

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I hate them so much. And I hate that I hate them. May the grandchildren of the Republican politicians passing these bigoted bills grow up to be ashamed of who their grandparents were. Yimach shemam #ProtectTransKids #SB49 #DarkDayInMissouri

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This is a sitting legislator in the Missouri House of Representatives saying that his religion requires him to deprive trans people of their rights. This is what I mean when I call this #WhiteChristianNationalism #ProtectTransKids

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The closest Judaism gets to "hell" is Gehinnom, a valley outside of Jerusalem where extremists would slaughter their children as offerings to their gods. Meanwhile in America we allow hell every day, martyring our children to the idolatrous god of the 2nd amendment. #ItsTheGuns

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2 years

@BetteMidler Could we find a time to zoom, so we could talk about what it's like to be the parent of a trans boy--particularly living in a Red State where they are at war with families like our family and kids like my kid).I know you don't intend to, but tweets like this hurt vulnerable kids.

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It all feels so heavy, and so scary right now. And it feels like it's not just moving in the wrong direction, but speeding up. I don't know the right words to say, or the right tactics to try. Because all I want is for my government to leave my family alone. #ProtectTransKids

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Yeshaye--and remember, he's writing this in the 1930s, talking about the late 1800s--ends his letter gorgeously: "In our shtetl," he writes, "Berel-Beyle always had a good name as a fine, upstanding Jew." #ARainbowThread 10/10

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Dinah's moment of gender transition into a woman is right there in the Hebrew text if you know to look for it--and the ancient rabbis did. The Torah says "afterwards [achar, masc] she bore a daughter". The verse starts with the masc 'achar', yet finishes with 'daughter Dinah'. 9/

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"The GOP “has chosen the bodies of trans kids to be the front for their war on democracy,” he said, “And we need national Democrats to stand up and do everything that they can.”

Missouri rabbi says anti-trans policies threaten his children

'We desperately, desperately want to stay here.'

www.washingtonblade.com

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2 years

Want to hear the heartwarming story of Berel-Beyle, a trans man whose transition was lovingly supported by his Jewish shtetl in Ukraine 150yo ago? Check out this other #aRainbowThread

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Think trans-folk are new? I'd like to tell you the remarkable story of Berel-Beyle, a Jewish man who transitioned in the shtetel in Ukraine in the 1800s. 🧵 #ARainbowThread 1/

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I had a friend ask “what can we be doing RIGHT NOW to push back against the christo-fascism that has perverted our democracy and taken over our government?” I have thoughts: 🧵1/

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Also: anti-zionist Jewish voices deserve space and recognition within mainstream Jewish American communites. Some of the most moral, justice seeking Jews that I know identify as anti-zionist, and I very much want to better understand their perspective.

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The men of the community taught him to lead the prayers (something only men would have been allowed to do then), and they all celebrated together when Berel-Beyle finally married his old girlfriend Rachel, who we are told was "a nice girl." 9/

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Tomorrow I'm waking up early and schlepping with a minivan full of folks to Jeff City--again--to testify against a Missouri bill that would treat, loving, affirming parents of trans kids **as child abusers**. People like me; families like my family. 🧵 #ProtectTransKids 1/

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To my trans siblings and friends, particularly in Missouri on this awful day: please know that you are not alone, and know that I speak for so many of us when I say that I will not quit fighting for trans rights as long as I still have breath. #ProtectTransKids

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My 11yo is sitting in his bedroom writing testimony to try to convince our Missouri Legislature to stop bullying his brother and his family...and my heart is just so full, and so broken, all at once #ProtectTransKids

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The worst, hardest thing in my life, without question, is the war that the Missouri Legislature is waging on my family and the family of every trans kid in this State. JUST LEAVE US ALONE

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This is disgusting; yimach shemam--may their names be blotted out

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2 years

So what became of Berel-Bayle? This is where Yeshaye's letter makes me cry. Because in the 1800s, in this Jewish shtetl in Ukraine, the community of Krivozer took Berel in, treated him as a man, and welcomed him home. 8/

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One of the arguments we kept hearing in favor of bills targeting trans kids in Missouri was a biblical quote: Gen 1:27 "in the image of Gd created Gd adam; male and female created Gd them." But it turns out that Jews see this...a lot queerer than you might expect #ARainbowThread

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**That feeling when your childhood hero has your back**

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Good morning, to everyone… except Missouri House Republicans. This bullshit has to stop!!!

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And finally, if you're looking to support trans kids in Missouri, please donate to @PROMOMissouri , who are standing in the front lines trying to protect our children.

Donate to PROMO

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Thanks all! I've been connected to the right legal folks (big thanks @rabbijilljacobs ).

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But first---go and buy Noam Sienna's incredible work of Torah, "A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969". It's where I'm pulling this text / hashtag, and it is an essential piece of Torah in any Jewish library. 2

A Rainbow Thread – Noam Sienna

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The Missouri Senate has gone into recess! THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT STAND DOWN! #ProtectTransKids

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I just don't understand why so many folks are so cruel. Why is hurting someone more vulnerable than you treated like entertainment for so many? Sometimes it all just hurts, so damned much.

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We're out to eat and Fox News is on. The 9yo just came up to me: "Daddy, I'm scared. The TV keeps showing pictures of the trans flag with guns, and talking about how trans people are bad." I despise these people. May their grandchildren grow to be ashamed of who they were.

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In an powerful affirmation, our friend Yeshaya (writing in the 1930s!) says that when Berel finally returned home, "half the shtetl ran to the bridge to greet her, or better said, to greet *him*." In fact, from this point on, Yeshaya *only* uses he/him pronouns for Berel 7/

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Antisemitism is a feature of Christian Nationalism/MAGA, not a bug. Anyone surprised by this is not paying attention.

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Judge Reinhart is receiving a “slew” of Anti-Semitic threats from MAGAs after Fox News doctored his face on a photo of Jeffrey Epstein. After Trump out a target on his back. After Marco Rubio & Marjorie Greene called him a “Soros-funded prosecutor.” MAGA has resorted to Nazism.

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@dlbeard A fetus is not a person. We aren't alive after we take our last breath, and we aren't alive before we take our first one. The idea that a fetus is a person is a Christian idea. Which is fine! Christians should follow their faith! They just shouldn't legislate it on the rest of us

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

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You are hurting my child, and my family, and some of the most vulnerable children in our State, all because you think it's good for you politically. This is not a "political disagreement"; you are Pharaoh, complaining that "those Hebrews just can't disagree civilly!"

Caleb Rowden

@calebrowden

1 year

I am a Republican from Columbia. I see people who I know and I know disagree with my politics all the time. We usually exchange pleasantries, ask how our families are, and go about our business. Twitter is not real life, and politics shouldn’t be so all consuming that nothing

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

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Just a reminder that of the Nine Supreme Court Justices who rule over us, FIVE of them were appointed by white Christian dudes who lost the popular vote but got to be President because they won the white Christian vote. This is an illegitimate Court; this is not democracy.

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

7 months

The extent of the security needs for American Jews and American Jewish institutions isn't normal, it shouldn't be ok, and *far* too many non-Jews have no clue. 1/

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

2 years

Here in Jeff City--in a room filled with unmasked folks--to testify against a bill that would force religious institutions to allow concealed guns in our sanctuaries.

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

1 year

I do not believe that Missouri Republicans are done with their vile, cynical targeting of trans kids for their own political gain after this legislative session. I'm convinced it's going to get worse. A lot worse. A shortish thread on why🧵 #ProtectTransKids

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

1 year

My testimony against Missouri's #DontSayGay that was heard in the Missouri House 3/1. We drive hours, to beg our representative for 2 minutes. #ProtectTransKids #MOleg

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

1 year

Thanks @AliVelshi and @msnbc for helping to tell the story of the war that Missouri's GOP supermajority is waging on kids like my kid, and families like my family. #ProtectTransKids

Republicans are 'waging a war on my family' father of trans kid says

MSNBC's Ali Velshi is joined by two Missouri parents; Rabbi Daniel Bogard, who has a transgender child, and Debi Jackson, who has a nonbinary teenager, to discuss new legislation passed by Missouri...

www.msnbc.com

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

4 months

The only hard part about raising a trans kid are the bigots and bullies who control Red States. This is a clip of my testimony against one of a handful of #bathroombills the #MOLeg just heard. #ProtectTransKids

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

1 year

It's hard for lots of people to really accept the level of white Christian nationalism that rules the Missouri Capitol until you see it up close. The only experience I've had that is comparable was going to Hevron, and being forced to reckon with the reality of the Occupation.

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

2 years

I'm working with a group of rabbis to create a "Human Dignity for Trans Kids Fund" that would cover $$-$$$ costs--no questions asked--Eg, a binder; the cost of a name/change, etc...With one clear message for trans kids: the rabbis of America have got your back #ProtectTransKids

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

1 year

Welcome to the Missouri State Capitol

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

1 year

I've had a lot of meetings with elected officials in the Missouri Capitol; the meeting I just left was without a doubt the most disrespectful one I've ever had. These people have no shame. #ProtectTransKids

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

2 years

One of the people reading about this "whole new trans thing!" was an old Jewish immigrant living in Brooklyn named Yeshaye Kotofsky, who was having none of it with the uproar, and sent a letter (in Yiddish) to the editor of the @jdforward telling the story of Berel-Beyle. 4/

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Rabbi Daniel Bogard

@RavBogard

2 years

Beyle's father--Yeshaya writes--took 'her' to all sorts of rabbis looking for advice on what to do...until Beyle turned 23, left for Odessa, and met a professor who helped Beyle transition to Berel (or "Berel-Beyle", as Yeshaya calls him), and changed his life. 6/

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