Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 29/10/2025My prediction is that within six months of opening day, this will be unsanitary, violent, and the government will say "they cut medicaid we just couldn't provide the services." and yet, the police and courts will continue to dump and confine people there. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...nytimes.comIn Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape 220
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025jewschool.com/arthur-wasko...jewschool.comArthur Waskow: In Memorium · JewschoolOne often hears the platitude, “they don’t make them like that anymore” but in Waskow’s case I think it is true. He was a person of his time, but he also transcended his time. 011
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I have a poem in the new issue of Ilanot Review. www.ilanotreview.com/flaw-and-fav...ilanotreview.com[Untitled] - Ilanot ReviewAryeh Cohen sometimes you have to ignorethe blinding burning pull of angeroverlook the sharp edges the teethhoned on a stone of short andpiercing jabs and settle on thequotidian. checking the manuscri... 010
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 16/10/2025It might now be the day after. jewschool.com/the-day-afte...jewschool.comThe Day After for the American Jewish Community · JewschoolOn the day after, the leaders of these organizations, the rabbis of these synagogues, will have to look at themselves in the mirror and see the tens of thousands of dead Palestinians and ask themselve... 000
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 12/10/2025These comedians will obviously be cancelled in 3…2…1 Well, let's try again. 3…2…1 … Is this mic working? www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...haaretz.comComedians, human rights groups slam top U.S. comics taking the stage in Saudi ArabiaDave Chappelle, Kevin Hart and Others Are Taking the Stage in Riyadh's 'World's Biggest Comedy Festival,' Which Human Rights Groups Call a Whitewashing of Repression 000
Reposted by Aryeh CohenRabbis for Ceasefire @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social · 03/10/2025www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/he...democracynow.orgOver 1,000 Rabbis and Jewish Peace Activists in Brooklyn Demand Gaza CeasefireHere in New York, more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish peace activists led a protest Thursday demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. arms transfers to Israel. They gathered at Brookly... 04117
Reposted by Aryeh CohenBrad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Trump’s lying (again). The shutdown isn’t about ‘illegal aliens,’ it’s about Republicans refusing to extend health care subsidies for millions of Americans. 69974199
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 03/10/2025This horrific anitsemitic attack on the holiest day of the year for Jews should be widely condemned. Violence only begets more violence. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/w...nytimes.comDeadly Attack Outside U.K. Synagogue on Yom Kippur Is Declared Terrorism 020
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Once again the ADL proves that it is a doormat for a wannabe dictator. 030
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 22/09/2025For a momentary breath of fresh air in the ongoing putrefaction of martyrology read the dismissal of Trump's suit against the Times. (link to the decision in the first comment) 100
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 19/09/2025There is political violence happening every day in this country. It is perpetrated by ICE, DHS, CPB, FBI and the whole evil alphabet of DJT's militias. Nonviolent resistance is not an option, its an obligation. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...nytimes.comProtesters and Federal Agents Clash Outside an ICE Detention Facility Near Chicago 010
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 19/09/2025This year we are all going into the holiday with a whole in are hearts. May we mix our tears for the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and the Israeli hostages, both dead and alive, with the sweetness of hope that this year we will achieve a cease fire and Palestinian liberation, 140
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 19/09/2025We are at that time of year when mi-dor le-dor, traditions of Rosh Hashanah challah baking are passed down from YouTube to baker. 020
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comA Statement From US Jews Opposing Trump’s Attacks on Colleges and StudentsThe statement condemns Trump’s “disingenuous” weaponization of antisemitism to target universities and deport campus activists. 000
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025WaPo continues to bow and scrape before the administration. 000
Reposted by Aryeh CohenPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The note referred to undocumented people as vermin. 7402151
Reposted by Aryeh CohenGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Stephen Miller was directly involved in one of the largest acts of organized domestic political violence the United States has seen in modern times, the Jan 6 insurrection. Any news org that doesn't make this fact central is helping Miller deceive its customers. 1312915993
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 15/09/2025This is what white nationalist autocracy looks like. www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comHere are the details of Trump's $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative imageThe Times describes the details, for the first time, of the 28-page proposal the Trump administration has made to remake the UCLA campus. 000
Reposted by Aryeh CohenKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him 547260065661
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Nobody should be assassinated. However, being assassinated, does not erase the fact that you were a racist, antisemitic, xenophobe. 000
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 10/09/20251. The Jewish establishment needs to sit up and listen to the kids; 2. the last sentence in the story gives away the game. "A group of billionaire realtors, a number of them Jewish, convened an emergency meeting Tuesday morning to discuss ways to help defeat Mamdani." forward.com/fast-forward...forward.comNYC voters say Mamdani best addressed the Israel-Palestinian conflict, poll showsThe survey showed the democratic socialist is favored in a crowded race, though a head-to-head matchup with Andrew Cuomo remains tight. 140
Reposted by Aryeh CohenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/09/2025The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago. 230223184099
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Rally just finished in Culver City. #FeedGazanow #stopthewar #returnthehostages 010
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Israel thinks that banning journalists will prevent the world from knowing the extent of the ongoing death and destruction in Gaza. They are wrong. It will only go to strengthen the perception that something truly evil is happening. Something truly evil is happening. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Israel’s Gaza Media Ban Is Indefensible 031
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Cause what you want to do is intimidate the firefighters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comDemocrats seek ‘immediate answers’ after reported arrests of firefighters by US border agentsSenator Patty Murray calls Trump’s immigration policy ‘fundamentally sick’ after incident in Washington state 000
Reposted by Aryeh CohenAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/08/2025Looks like... prosecutors found a sandwich they couldn't indict. 🕶️ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...nytimes.comProsecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent 1965583
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Well another notch in the fascist belt of ICE. A fruit delivery man with no criminal record at all. He was delivering strawberries in L.A. when Border Patrol stopped him. ‘The wrong place at the wrong time’ www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comHe was delivering strawberries in L.A. when Border Patrol stopped him. 'The wrong place at the wrong time'Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended u... 010
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 19/08/2025This Sunday I will be leading a text study and nonviolence practice session as part of CLUE's series Revolutionary Nonviolent Activism. Please come. 010
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 19/08/2025ADL’s Jonathan Greeblatt must resign. He has totally lost the plot, spewing lies in support of a right wing Zionist agenda. This is not making Jews safe. It is arguably making us less safe. forward.com/news/763210/...forward.comADL chief attacks Zohran Mamdani, but gets his facts wrongADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticized Zohran Mamdani for not visiting synagogues, which he was, and not reaching out to Hasidic voters. 2176
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Jeanine Piro with the goods. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u... 000
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Anybody remember that it was the GOP who said that the govt was not supposed to “pick winners and losers” in the economy? 000
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Why are anti-war demonstrators in Israel not mentioning god’s dying of hunger? newrepublic.com/article/1989...newrepublic.comPalestinian Hunger Must Have a Place in Israeli ProtestI attend many moving protests in which Israelis inveigh against Netanyahu and speak of the hostages. But something important is missing. 000
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Sheriff’s Deputy shot man, who was lying face down on the ground, and was not charged because it was “self defense.” No charges for L.A. County deputy who shot man in back as he lay on pavement www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comNo charges for L.A. County deputy who shot man in back as he lay on pavementYen Liu will not face criminal charges in the 2021 shooting of Adrian Abelar, who had discarded a weapon and was prone on the ground when the deputy fired. 000
Reposted by Aryeh CohenKatie Unger @kungernyc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Thousands of NY Jews demand an end to genocide, an end to mass starvation, and end to occupation. Never Again. #JewsSayNoMore @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @ifnotnowmovement.org 10726172
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 04/08/2025The New York mayoral election in which Zohran Mamdani is leading in the polls and has a growing following among Jewish voters (especially younger ones), will hopefully be a wake up call to establishment Jewish orgs that their gatekeeping is a political relic. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/n...nytimes.comMany Jewish Voters Back Mamdani. And Many Agree With Him on Gaza. 030
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 31/07/2025ICE is living up to their reputations as violent kidnappers. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...projects.propublica.orgBloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up ArrestsWe’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini... 010
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I'm shocked, shocked. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comDropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agentsRevealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals 010
Reposted by Aryeh CohenAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/07/2025Russian drone attacks the car of the Kherson rabbi english.nv.ua/nation/russi...english.nv.uaRussian drone strikes car of Kherson chief rabbiThe Russian troops attacked the car of Kherson’s chief rabbi, Yosef Wolf, using an FPV drone, Ukraine's chief rabbi, Moshe Reuven Azman, wrote on Facebook late on July 17. 527995
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 27/07/2025קול דמי אחיך צועקים אלי מן האדמה Your brother's blood cries out to me from the soil. #FoodtoGazaNow #CeaseFireNow www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comAt least 57 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Israel withdraws from ceasefire talksIsraeli PM looking at ‘alternative options’ to the discussions in Doha after removing his negotiators 073
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Same as it ever was. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid 020
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 17/07/2025“…and everyone will wear their underpants on top of their pants…” 010
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 16/07/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comFamily of US citizen beaten to death by Israeli settlers calls on Trump administration to prosecute killersSayfollah Musallet’s relatives criticize US government over West Bank killing: ‘Somebody needs to be held accountable’ 020
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 16/07/2025So apparently the strategy is to bury your heads deeper in the sand and when you come up for air put your fingers in your ears and chant "lalalalalala I can't hear you!" Key takeaway in first comment. ejewishphilanthropy.com/identity-cri...ejewishphilanthropy.com‘Identity crises’ grip U.S. Jews, the field of Israel studies, Jewish People Policy Institute fellows findJPPI presents the two studies in a webinar on Sunday 100
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 09/07/2025This is happening in ten days or so. I'll be there. 000
Aryeh Cohen @irmiklat.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Once again Jewish Insider gets the scoop. The decline in American support couldn't have anything to do with the endless genocidal war Israel is waging in Gaza, could it? 000