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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A Jewish practice that I strongly recommend, from now through Yom Kippur (or even through Simchat Torah), is saying "Happy Holidays" to random unsuspecting people in stores and public spaces. Never boring, usually great, always a thought-provoker.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It’s honestly incredible that two brothers can achieve global stardom like this. I’m sure to their mom and dad it feels like just yesterday they were just Tom and Erling, getting up to mischief. Now one is the face of Spider-Man while the other is a star Norwegian striker. Amazing!

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’d love us to talk about Lindsey Graham being terrible more than we talk about him maybe being gay? There’s a lot to say about how much evil he did! Sure, say he contributed to Homophobia as part of it in ways that were potentially hypocritical! But “Lol he secretly liked DUDES” isn’t a mic drop.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It’s going to be very confusing when people look back one day at Texas very loudly saying “we are going to teach Christianity in our public schools,” and folks notice “huh, American Jewish institutions were much less concerned about that than they were that Zohran Mamdani called AIPAC ‘monsters.’”

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It's good that Zohran Mamdani calls AIPAC's support for the death of Palestinian children "monstrous." If you oppose the death and starvation of children, I do not understand holding a position of "It's more dangerous to call AIPAC 'monstrous' than it is to not-call AIPAC sufficiently monstrous."

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

For 1 month anytime somebody says they’re going to “the cape,” referring to Cape Cod or Cape May or whatever, I’m going to respond with “Oh wow, Cape Verde? Amazing! Vozinha was awesome in goal.”

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's May Day and nobody has offered me Bund cake

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

If all the discourse about antisemitism at Harvard had actually been about antisemitism at Harvard (as opposed to pro-Palestine protesters -- many of them Jews), it would probably matter to more people that Harvard is decimating the study of Yiddish on its campus. (1) saveharvardyiddish.org

saveharvardyiddish.org

Save Yiddish at Harvard!

Please join us in sending letters. Share this campaign as widely as possible!

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The problem with artificial intelligence, that people don't talk enough about, is how I can no longer refer to Allen Iverson as AI without it being very confusing to people.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Hear me out hear me out. What if bundt cake, but at an event for Jewish socialists, so it's Bund cake?

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I think the Heated Rivalry development I'm most thankful for is that the word "Hell" is actually less spicy than saying "H-E double hockey-stick."

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

A lotta people watching figure skating results and I know half of you are also thinking of Borat’s Kazakh national anthem and not wanting to admit it.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Gus Kenworthy has great penmanship. Sorry I typoed, *peenmanship*.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Deborah Lipstadt's "clarification." If you're saying "What's the problem? I referred to a white Christian 19-year-old's antisemitism as being part of 'intifada' and that's logical actually"... Maybe just take a step back from participating in conversations about antisemitism? You're not helping.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

It makes Jews much less safe when we presume all antisemitism comes from Muslims, and imply it couldn’t possibly be Christians. Sincerely, A Jew who lived in Jackson, loved living there, wore a yarmulke every day, and is unsurprised a white, religious Christian man set fire to the synagogue there

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Wow it’s worse than they predicted. Zohran got elected and immediately there are all these floating monsters in the New York City sky, trying to prey on our children and take their parents’ money. #Socialism #ChagTurkeySameach

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Who is making the Hannah Einbinder “Go birds, F%#* ICE, Free Palestine” tote bag? The answer is not “nobody,” and I’d like to purchase 18 even though I’m meh on the birds part.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

An under-discussed piece of how we're failing to clearly oppose the genocide of Palestinians (a Jewish "our" and also a broader American "our"), is how decades of knee-jerk "both-ands" and "multiple truths" in all respects have made us unable to process one group intentionally destroying another.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I did not think Cuomo would be the one to name that he might’ve lost the overall Jewish vote to Mamdani in the primary, due to all the Jews on the left who are pro-Palestine and socialist, but as someone who’s Jewish, pro-Palestine, and socialist — it’s a fun listen! forward.com/fast-forward...

forward.com

Cuomo blames Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss

Andrew Cuomo is sharpening his attacks on Zohran Mamdani, accusing the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor of ‘fueling antisemitism.’

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Thank goodness that the ADL calmed us all down less than 6 months ago, reminding us it’s silly to presume that Elon Musk’s gesture was anything other than an “awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm,” and centrists shook their finger at us wacky leftists who thought maybe he kinda likes Nazis!

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Oh sure ya the Brooklyn Nets just drafted two Jews — both Israeli citizens — with back to back 1st round picks. I’m sure New York and my fellow Jews will be very normal about this. Also, lol that this is not close to being the biggest New York story related to Jews today.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I am filled with joy about Zohran’s primary victory! Many of my grandparents and great-grandparents were Jewish Socialists — some in New York City. I think their emotion would also be joy. I’m sick of distillations of Jewishness, past and present, that make this feel surprising. It’s very common.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Just writing down a note to self to create a program someday about the history of the outrageous and frustrating organization known as the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, for the sake of the title "Where did you come from? Where did you go? Where did you come from, COPMAJO?"

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It's horrific that in our world "Palestinian children deserve to eat" is seen as "controversial." That Jewish orgs need to debate whether it's "mission-aligned" to sign onto that statement. Not complicated! Sign on! Individuals: www.foodaidforgaza.org Jewish Orgs: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"Torah is clear: If there's a hungry person, one must feed them.

- Shulchan Aruch"

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We don't talk enough about how good "the rest is commentary, go and learn" is as a mic drop. Most arguments I'm in, I think about saying that at the end but then I remember only some people are Jewish.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

"Israeli bombs do not distinguish between Hamas supporters and the thousands of Palestinians in Gaza who have turned out to protest Hamas. And the use of mass starvation as a military tactic? This is beyond inhuman. It is genocide." Important piece from @jaymichaelson.bsky.social.

Image of a Forward article by Jay Michaelson, with the headline "I supported Israel's actions in Gaza in October 2023 -- not anymore" and the sub-header "Critics were wrong that Israel's 2023 actions constituted genocide -- but they are right in 2025."

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Congress is pre-occupied with preserving Christian supremacists’ ability to say “the Jews killed Jesus.” We have a Jewish communal ecosystem that’s more concerned about college students calling for Palestinians to be free between 2 bodies of water. We waking up yet? forward.com/fast-forward...

forward.com

Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements

The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

As Jews say at the end of services: "Adonai li v'lo IHRA." This translates to "God is with me, No to IHRA [definition of antisemitism]."

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

"US Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Today is Tuesday. A good day for Jewish institutions, with decades of fear-mongering campaigns, to say: "We didn't realize our work to mark campus activism as antisemitic would contribute to the deportation of pro-Palestine students. We will do everything we can to undo the damage we've done."

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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

“Pass over Pass over send Moses on over.” - Red Sea Rover (Reed Sea Rover for the nerds)

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Here's a non-exhaustive list of terminated Jewish Studies NEH grants. To the rooftops: there's no sliver of a goal of "fighting antisemitism" when it comes to the decimation of higher ed. They're not "trying to fight antisemitism," but doing it inexpertly. "Combating antisemitism" is fully pretext.

Image, entitled "NEH Grants 2025"

Terminated Awards Filtered: 9
Total Value: $2,458,916

Below, 9 projects with the word "Jewish" in the title. Sample titles include "In the Shadow of the Holocaust" and "Reimagining Jewish Life in the Modern Middle East, 1800-Present."

Projects are from states all around the country.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

As we prepare for Passover, remember that the reason Moses could never enter the promised land is that he hit Dwayne Johnson.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

As we prep for Passover, remember that the company with all the foods and wine is pronounced "Man, I schvitz."

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

"We also share concerns over ways in which actions to combat campus antisemitism can actually fuel further antisemitism, feeding into longstanding tropes about outsized Jewish influence..." Nice quote, Hillel. Any ideas which orgs have done this fueling? www.timesofisrael.com/hillel-ceo-e...

timesofisrael.com

Hillel CEO expresses concerns over anti-Israel US campus deportations, urges due process

Adam Lehman says he's worried the administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian activity at universities could further fuel antisemitism

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

People are talking about the attacks on higher education as potentially "leading to" a future where Jewish students will be endangered. It's now, y'all. How do you think Jewish international students feel right now? Jewish pro-Palestine students (there are tens of thousands)? Jewish Trans students?

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@returnstosender.bsky.social: "Our NEH grant for 'In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union' has been terminated." This project doesn't support "the furtherance of the President’s agenda.'" Imagine believing Trump wants to "fight antisemitism."

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🧵Proposed statement that I would love to see, from many Jewish institutions: "For decades, we have invested immense resources into the idea that college campuses are dangerous. That Jewish students are made unsafe by the presence of Pro-Palestine activists there..." (1/7)

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Lots of "Criticism of Israel is not necessarily antisemitic" right now. True! It's also "don't think of an elephant." It still groups criticism-of-Israel with possible-antisemitism, without doing so for support-of-Israel. We should say "Support for Israel is not necessarily antisemitic" as well.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I'm gonna watch Charlie Kirk calling the 3rd section of the Tanakh "Kvetchim" every Friday afternoon as Shabbos prep from now on.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

My new favorite video is Charlie Kirk trying to do a mic-drop about how much he knows about Judaism, only to break down the Tanakh as - Torah (correct) - "Nevilim" (not correct -- Prophets = "N'vi'im") and, not a joke... - "Kvetchim" (not correct -- Writings = "Ketuvim" -- but this is amazing).

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This goes viral every once in a while. But the wild thing about it isn't "LOL, funny that pdf comes off as if it's a religion," but rather "No PDF starts as a PDF. So in this framework, we all have our religious-identities not because we're born that way, but because we 'convert' to them."

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

When people voice concern about antisemitism on campus, ask their thoughts about antisemitism toward non-Zionist Jews at UCLA, to glean if they’re interested in antisemitism…or just in squashing the voices of non-Zionists (Jews and otherwise). newvoices.org/2025/03/23/b...

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Say it with me (and with @benlorber8.bsky.social, author of this great piece!): They. Don't. Care. About. Antisemitism. They're. Using us. To deport. Political. Opponents. (And, I would add, to decimate higher education as well) thehill.com/opinion/civi...

thehill.com

Conservatives claim to be fighting antisemitism. Don’t believe them.

Conservative Christians are pushing themselves to the front of the fight against antisemitism and claiming, in essence, to be better Jews than the Jews themselves.

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

If you oppose the conflation of Zionism and Judaism, I do not understand why you would vote for any slate in the World Zionist Congress elections. This is one of the biggest projects perpetuating that conflation. It's a "Zionist" congress, without "Jewish" in its name, where only Jews can vote!

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Lex Rofeberg @lexaphus.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Many of us who have participated in non-violent pro-Palestine work are learning that if we were arrested tomorrow and called "a Hamas supporter" that y'all would believe it. Even if there's no evidence whatsoever. Some of you might follow with "Maybe still don't deport him." Still a wild feeling!

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