Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 26/04/2026This weekend was a busy weekend for MCJC. On Saturday evening, we hosted a game night to build our community. Then on Sunday, we teamed up with the DMV Bund and JVP Metro DC to table at the Free DC activist street fest. 031
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This week, the Senate will vote on a Joint Resolution of Disapproval to block the sale of weapons to Israel. While @vanhollen.senate.gov is a lead sponsor of this resolution, @alsobrooks.senate.gov has not yet committed to voting for the resolution. 142
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 20/03/2026This was such a powerful hearing. Please read the full thread and if you live in Maryland, take action now! 011
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Our Advocacy and Partnerships Co-Chair @joannasilver73.bsky.social spoke with @therealnews.com about Break the Bonds legislation in the Maryland General Assembly ⬇️ 075
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Last week, the Montgomery County Jewish Collective was invited to attend the ceremonial unveiling of a plaque honoring Delegate Thomas Kennedy and the 200th Anniversary of the passage of the “Jew Bill,” a constitutional amendment passed in 1826 that allowed Jews to hold public office in Maryland. 131
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 14/03/2026I often learn a lot when I listen to @peterbeinart.bsky.social, but this episode was particularly enlightening. open.substack.com/pub/peterbei...open.substack.comWhen Your Country Attacks Your HomelandOrly Noy on being Iranian and Israeli during this horrific war 164
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 10/03/2026MCJC was honored to be a part of the Muslim Community Center's Interfaith Iftar this weekend. Thank you so much for the invitation and welcome! 062
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 18/02/2026An incredibly thoughtful and moving read. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comAfter my ICE arrest, I learned one crucial way to respond to trauma. We can all take part | Rümeysa ÖztürkI was detained for co-writing a op-ed about Gaza as a student at Tufts. My experience has only made me feel more connected to others facing oppression 020
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 12/02/2026MCJC joined 100s of Jews at ICE headquarters to protest its inhumane practices. We weren't quiet about the connections between repression and occupation in the US and Palestine; a message (almost uniformly) warmly received by other attendees. Credit to @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social for the sign. 154
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Happy New Year! We’ve had a busy end of the year and want to share all of our recent work. 1. Our letter of support for @vanhollen.senate.gov has reached over 600 signatures including former MD Attorney General Brian Frosh. 111
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 02/01/2026theguardian.comThey tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly CrabappleWhen I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York 020
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 26/12/2025@thehill.com recently covered our Jewish community letter of support for Senator Van Hollen amid attacks from the JCRC for Sen. Van Hollen’s record of supporting Palestinian human rights. Our letter now has over 600 signatures from Jewish Marylanders. Read the article: thehill.com/opinion/whit...thehill.com 133
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 22/12/2025This was such a meaningful celebration at the end of our first year as an organization. If you live in MoCo and are looking for a Jewish communal and/or activist space that centers collective liberation without Zionism, please check us out! 021
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 18/12/2025So much good stuff in here. One of the most thoughtful and hopeful pieces I've read in awhile.insidehighered.comA Better Way to Approach Antisemitism on Campus (opinion)Policing speech about Israel is counterproductive. 040
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Powerful and hopeful piece in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social 000
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Thanks to everyone who has signed so far. Please keep signing, it's not too late! 022
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Recommended Thanksgiving listening. www.democracynow.org/2025/11/27/i...democracynow.orgLeonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & MoreIn September, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman sat down with longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier for his first extended television and radio broadcast interview since hi... 040
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 27/11/2025He was charged with throwing objects at a moving vehicle www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...theguardian.comPalestinian-American teenager held in Israeli prison freed after nine monthsIsraeli soldiers had taken Mohammed Ibrahim from his home in a night raid when he was only 15 years old 020
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 09/11/2025In case that ridiculous women-hating garbage they published this week wasn’t enough to get you off the times.lithub.comMaybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran MamdaniIt’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen… 110
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 07/11/2025For my Jewish friends: www.bendthearc.us/reject_adl_m...bendthearc.usAdd your name: American Jews reject the ADL’s racist “Mamdani Monitor”If the ADL wants to keep Jews isolated from our allies and neighbors, their time as Jewish leaders is over. 010
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 06/11/2025In a time of ever-present bad news, it is delightful to have a several day run of good news: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...washingtonpost.comJury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officerSean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police. 010
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 03/11/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country 000
Reposted by Joanna SilverRafael Shimunov @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I can't get enough of this local legend. 0142
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 25/10/2025"...in fact, despite their distinct views about Israel, the dynamics that made older Jewish Democrats initially skeptical of Obama are the same that make you and your congregants skeptical of Mamdani....jta.orgJewish fears about Zohran Mamdani reveal more about us than about him — and it's a problem - Jewish Telegraphic AgencyThe co-creator of the Great Schlep says a prominent rabbi got things wrong with his sermon on the NYC mayor's race. 110
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 17/10/2025MCJC Member Adina Cohen has filed a civil rights complaint after Club Pilates North Bethesda banned her for wearing shirts with messages like “Jews Say Ceasefire Now.” Read the press release from CAIR ⬇️ www.cair.com/press_releas...cair.comCAIR Submits Civil Rights Complaint Against North Bethesda Pilates Studio for Discrimination Toward Md. Jewish Woman 012
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Please take a minute to check out what one of our state legislators is up to..... 021
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 06/10/2025What the F basically sums up the entire state of affairs at the moment, this being the latest bit of icing on the authoritarian cake.zeteo.com‘What the F**k?’ CBS News Insiders Prepare for Takeover by Self-Described ‘Zionist Fanatic’Bari Weiss is expected to be announced as editor-in-chief of CBS News, as employees worry her new role will bring a pro-Israel bias, more censorship, and lower editorial standards. 020
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Friends, as we approach Yom Kippur and you consider how you can make Teshuvah this year; in particular how you can take collective responsibility for our community's wrongdoings, I'd encourage you to consider this. givebutter.com/FoodAidTzeda...givebutter.comHigh Holidays 5786 Tzedakah CampaignLet’s keep Gaza Soup Kitchen running through the High Holidays 010
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Outrageoustheguardian.comNorthwestern students blocked from enrollment after refusing controversial antisemitism trainingStudents say mandatory training video is biased in favor of Israel and could inflame campus tensions over Gaza 000
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Grateful, once again, to @vanhollen.senate.gov for doing the right thing, even when (and especially when) the powers that be refuse to.nytimes.comVan Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani 021
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Well this is terrifying. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ moveProminent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’ 011
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 28/08/2025An update on this: the Maryland State Department of Education has reversed course and will not implement changes to remove mentions of Palestine in the state curriculum. Read more in CAIR’s press release: www.cair.com/press_releas...cair.comCAIR Welcomes Maryland State Dept. of Education’s Steps to Restore Palestine in Curriculum, Calls for Further Action and Transparency 055
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 20/08/2025"I would suggest that it is the Washington Jewish Week editorial board, not I, who has applied a double standard." Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov for refusing to be bullied and for continuing to speak and vote with your conscience.washingtonjewishweek.comAn Editorial Response From Maryland’s Senior SenatorI have long believed that the United States should pursue a values-based foreign policy that is grounded in clear standards that we apply uniformly across the globe. 000
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 16/08/2025I have done a lot of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesting over the past two years and the only times I've ever felt threatened and unsafe was when doing it here in Montgomery County. 100
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Can you send a letter to the State Superintendent and Maryland Board of Education asking them to reverse these revisions and include Arab and Muslim voices in the process? Use this action alert from CAIR & the Imam Network: actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...actionnetwork.orgACT NOW: Demand Maryland Dept. of Education Restore Palestine Context, History in Statewide CurriculumIMPORTANT: The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has made sweeping and deeply troubling changes to the statewide social studies curriculum—completely removing references to Palestine and h... 022
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 05/08/2025@peterbeinart.bsky.social articulates and supports exactly what I've been thinking: it is politically and even morally wise to welcome those who come late to the game, but equally important is recognizing those who were there all along and who history has proven right, both morally and factually.open.substack.comThe Dam BreaksUS Discourse on Gaza Has Reached a Tipping Point. We Should Welcome Latecomers but Honor Those Who Were Right All Along 1205
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 31/07/2025This is so completely fucked up. No DEI efforts except for Jewish students; blatant anti-trans discrimination required. 010
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 30/07/2025This vote is tonight - please call your Senators now.act.jewishvoiceforpeace.orgYou will be added to Jewish Voice for Peace's email list and can unsubscribe at any time. 000
Reposted by Joanna SilverJews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025We hope other organizations will do the same! 0549
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Amazing - mondoweiss.net/2025/07/the-...mondoweiss.netThe National Education Association just voted to cut all ties to the Anti-Defamation LeagueIn a momentous vote, the National Education Association voted to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League. The reason? “Despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the so... 110
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Guys: this is my super talented friend (esp. when it comes to fonts..) @bshaykin.bsky.social! Help him help @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social win over the Upper West Side. 111
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Finally had a chance to hang with team Tiffany Kelly for Gaithersburg City Mayor! 021
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 28/06/2025MCJC members joined the powerful Jewish Voice for Peace Stop Starving Gaza action in Washington, DC, last night. Jews say: Stop starving Gaza Never again is NOW! 153
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Hoping that this victory will give politicians in other democratic strongholds with vocal Jewish constituencies the confidence to speak out for Palestinian justice! I'm looking at you Montgomery County, MD! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/n...nytimes.comA New Political Star Emerges Out of a Fractured Democratic Party 000
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 23/06/2025A little love and electoral advice for my friends in NYC.... 010
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Highly recommend folks take advantage of this offer - JC is such an amazing resource. 031
Reposted by Joanna SilverMontgomery County Jewish Collective @mcjewishcollective.bsky.social · 20/06/2025🚨 ACTION FOR GAZA: FRIDAY JUNE 27! 🚨 On Friday June 27th at 6 pm, join Jews, Palestinians, and others committed to Palestinian solidarity in Columbus Circle in downtown DC as we observe Shabbat and call on Congress to STOP STARVING GAZA. Please RSVP at bit.ly/shabbatforgaza 002
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Finally read this - would highly recommend.jewishcurrents.orgThe Tangled Knot of Anti-Zionist ViolenceDoubling down on the conflation of Zionism and Judaism won’t stop violent attacks. 010
Joanna Silver @joannasilver73.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Please write to Raskin now and if you’re Jewish you can modify the letter to let him know. 011