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Jeff Bernstein

@jabern.bsky.social
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Retired after 20 years as Social Studies teacher in an alternative public HS following 25 years in computing. Ed.D. Hofstra 2018. MS Comp Sys Binghamton 1975.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My thoughts after seeing NAZA, ICYMI:
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I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see
'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is an incredibly important article and a must read. Well worth the time. #Education #Racism
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
When Elasticity Breaks
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Guest Poem: “Eventually” by Ronna Bloom
when elasticity breaks
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We should have listened, Russ
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The Lone Vote Against the Patriot Act
October 25, 2001. We should have listened, Russ
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"White supremacy does not distinguish between the communities it seeks to intimidate. Our resistance shouldn’t distinguish between them, either."
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A Muslim educator and a rabbi: One ideology threatens us both
(RNS) — White supremacy does not distinguish between the communities it seeks to intimidate. Our resistance shouldn’t distinguish between them, either.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Boycott & Demand That Paramount Pictures Add A Disclaimer To 'By Any Means' Movie . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/bo...
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Boycott & Demand That Paramount Pictures Add A Disclaimer To 'By Any Means' Movie
As members of the late Vernon F. Dahmer family, we are asking the public to join THE DAHMER FAMILY in demanding that a disclaimer be shown on the screen at the beginning and end of the movie long enou...
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Final Battle for America's #Democracy
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The Final Battle for America's Democracy
January 3, When the Republican House Refuses to Seat the Democrat Majority-Elect to the 120th Congress
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Trump is... a consequence of that system. Think of him as a boil on its backside — an infected pustule on the giant ass of the American system. The boil would have become infected eventually because of deeper flaws in how the system has evolved."
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A Realist's Guide to the American System
Part 1: Dimon and the enshittification of everything
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
"The American Jewish establishment—which in the last century helped expand American liberal democracy—has now largely given up on it."
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The Shame of the American Jewish Establishment
In its quest to defend Israel, establishment Jewry has abandoned liberal democracy in the US.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'What Was Criminalized Here Is Dissent, Not Terrorism'
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‘What Was Criminalized Here Is Dissent, Not Terrorism’ CounterSpin interview with Dorothee Benz on Prairieland
"It’s up to us to connect with our neighbors, and build something collective that together, on scale, will change the world."
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“There is no dignity granted to a population living under domination; and domination remains the state policy in Israel, even codified into law in the 2018 Nation State Law that claimed that Israel is (solely) the state of the “Jewish people.’"
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“Jews deserve safety and Palestinians deserve dignity”: The Black Hole in the Liberal Jewish Approach to the Conflict
Domination will not make us safe: Thoughts on the Nine Days Part I
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"The strategy for keeping Jews safe is to say that Israel and Jews are separate, and therefore to be able to clearly and coherently say that it’s wrong to blame Jews for what Israel does."
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The Incoherence of Blaming Mamdani for anti-Jewish Violence
He’s the one who keeps saying that Jews and Israel aren’t the same. It’s his pro-Israel critics who lump them together.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech
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Prairieland Was a Test, and Corporate Media Failed
“Thirty-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech,” an Intercept headline (6/26/26) shouted days after a federal court sentenced eight anti-ICE protesters to a combined...
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
All of us deserve a voice in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elections Great Again Act. Tell your lawmaker to protect our right to vote! actionnetwork.org/letters/save... @aft.org
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Tell lawmakers to protect voting rights & reject SAVE 2.0!
Every person in America deserves a voice and representation in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elect...
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Huddled Masses (feat. Broadway Inspirational Voices) | Shaina Taub | NYCLU
YouTube video by NYCLU
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Might be from 1945 or might be from today…
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A warning about American fascism
On the eve of our 250th
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
America should offer asylum for the persecuted—not persecute those seeking asylum. Zohran Mamdani's address this morning
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Remarks as Prepared: Mayor Mamdani Delivers Address Marking America’s 250th Birthday
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New - I wrote about progressive Jewish ascendancy in Mamdanistan:
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A new narrative for progressive Jewish New Yorkers
Judaism divorced from Zionism is now a winning political stance.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Why did the press ignore a gathering of the world's leading fascists?
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Why did the press ignore a gathering of the world's leading fascists?
Right-wing extremism is going mainstream, but it's not getting the coverage.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court’s Ruling Is a New Injustice.
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Their Loved Ones Died for the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court’s Ruling Is a New Injustice.
Dennis Dahmer was 12 years old in January 1966 when Klansmen stormed...
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
5 reasons Stephen Colbert is one of the most important satirists in American history
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5 reasons Stephen Colbert is one of the most important satirists in American history
The greatest satirists do more than expose hypocrisy. They reshape how citizens understand power and civic responsibility.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
NY school district pays $125k settlement to HS student whose Palestine-related art they erased
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NY school district pays $125k settlement to HS student whose Palestine-related art they erased
Half Hollow Hills Central School District has finally resolved a case that stemmed from a September 2024 incident.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We Remember - May 4, 1970
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize #Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This tradition of protest music remains alive and well in 21st century America
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‘You are the machine that kills hate’: Woody Guthrie’s protest anthems strike a chord with a new generation
A timely exhibit at NYU celebrates the anti-fascist folk artist – despite the university’s recent suppression of campus protests
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Twenty-three Palestinians reflect on the lives they have lost and the political futures that have been foreclosed in the wake of genocide.
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Dispatches From Catastrophe
Twenty-three Palestinians reflect on the lives they have lost and the political futures that have been foreclosed in the wake of genocide.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Help spread the word.
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Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin detained in Kuwait for 50 days
Join CPJ on social media to spread the word on US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
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Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Iceberg, Right Ahead! open.substack.com/pub/frankbua...
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Iceberg, Right Ahead!
The Democratic Party’s Habit of Playing It Safe in a Moment That Isn’t
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Danger This War Poses to American Jews
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The Danger This War Poses to American Jews
It’s Almost Guaranteed To Supercharge Antisemitism
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Team Trump Opposed War With Iran. Then They Started One
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Team Trump Opposed War With Iran. Then They Started One
Donald Trump, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, Stephen Miller, and so many in MAGA claimed they would stop regime-change wars, not start them. We have the receipts.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Closing of the Establishment Jewish Mind
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The Closing of the Establishment Jewish Mind
What a Letter Claiming that Accusations of Genocide Against Israel Constitute a “Blood Libel” Says about Pro-Israel Discourse
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News?
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The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News?
More than half of US visits to major online news sites from Dec. 2024 through Nov. 2025 went to outlets controlled by just seven families or corporate entities.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
RFK Jr. recently directed the CDC to fund a study in West Africa that lays bare his cruelty and dishonesty
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RFK Jr.’s Tuskegee Experiment
RFK Jr. recently directed the CDC to fund a study in West Africa that lays bare his cruelty and dishonesty
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Speech by The Prime Minister of Canada January 20th 2026
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A message from Canada to the middle of the world
(Spoken by The Prime Minister of Canada January 20th 2026) 🇨🇦
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The Cost of #ICE Brutality
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The Cost of ICE Brutality: Taxpayer Dollars at Work • BRAVE NEW FILMS (BNF)
YouTube video by Brave New Films
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Stephen Miller and the #ICE Nazis open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
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Stephen Miller and the ICE Nazis
ICE thug Tom Homan appeared on “Meet the Press” a few hours ago, and cried crocodile tears over the labelling of his masked Gestapo as Nazis, which is precisely what they are.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Understanding Mamdani's Vision
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Understanding Mamdani's Vision
His inauguration speech challenges the left to govern
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Trump Didn't Beat the System. He Abused It. The Most Damning Testimony Nobody Was Meant to Watch
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Trump Didn't Beat the System. He Abused It.
The Most Damning Testimony Nobody Was Meant to Watch
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Zionism Remade the Story of #Hanukkah in Its Image. We Celebrate an Older Truth.
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Zionism Remade the Story of Hanukkah in Its Image. We Celebrate an Older Truth.
Zionism turned the moral of the Hanukkah story on its head to praise militarism. In truth, it is a holiday of peace.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
M. Gessen on Jewish Currents
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Opinion | A Small and Impossibly Brave Voice for Truth
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Kill Them All
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Kill Them All
Monsters dept.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
“If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.” — Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, 1989
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Locking the Golden Door From the Inside
How we turned the land of opportunity into a gated community.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Psychopaths in Power: What Mamdani's Election and an Israeli Rape Cover-Up Tell Us About Our World
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Psychopaths in Power: What Mamdani's Election and an Israeli Rape Cover-Up Tell Us About Our World
From New York to Tel Aviv: When doing right becomes criminal
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Trump Launches ‘Appalling’ Assault on Programs for Children With #Disabilities
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Trump Launches 'Appalling' Assault on Programs for Children With Disabilities | Common Dreams
"No one is forcing Donald Trump to fire the people who make sure students with disabilities can get a good education—he just wants to," said Sen. Patty Murray.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
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Is this the most dangerous man in the US Senate?
Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri is pushing a tribalistic ideology suggesting only descendants of white Christian pioneers are true Americans.
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
It Was Never About Hamas
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It Was Never About Hamas
Israel’s Refusal to Release Marwan Barghouti Proves It
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging.
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The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid
Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed
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Jeff Bernstein @jabern.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
"Shall We Have A King?" #Constitution
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“Shall We Have a King?”
Some delegates at the Constitutional Convention wanted a strong executive, while others feared the American president might become a king.
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