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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson

@mhughesrob.bsky.social
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ED @ NYJA — New York Jewish Agenda. Rabbi, organizer, parent. Views here are my own.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
12th c. Moroccan liturgical poem gone metal 2 generations of Yemenite tunes given incredible DJ treatment what the Beastie Boys might have sounded like if they'd drawn more on their ancestors DEBBIE FRIEDMAN REMIXED! among other things. thx @self.agency + @mhughesrob.bsky.social for A+ ideas
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Jewish Bangers, Remixed
traditional tunes made new
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Partners for Progressive Israel Responds to Reports of Rape and Sexual Torture of Palestinians Our full statement can be found here as well as on our website - www.progressiveisrael.org/partners-for...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The annual Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony, hosted by Combatants for Peace + The Parents Circle, will be streamed on Monday, 4/20. We're proud to again be cosponsoring this event of shared mourning, a necessary step toward collective healing. Register: www.afcfp.org/2026-joint-m...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
THURS., 4/16, 12pm ET. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Join us for an in-depth discussion with 3 panelists intimately familiar with the society/politics of Israel’s Palestinian-Arab community - @thairabu.bsky.social, Dr. Anwar Mhajne, Wadea Awawdy; moderated by R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We condemn - on both Jewish and progressive grounds - Israel's explicitly racist death penalty law (unequal punishment on the basis of national origin), passed yesterday by the Knesset. Nor will the law deter terrorism, admit Israeli security authorities. www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-de...
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Partners for Progressive Israel Condemns Israel’s New “Explicitly Racist” Death Penalty Law
Partners for Progressive Israel Condemns Israel’s New “Explicitly Racist” Death Penalty Law March 31st, 2026 –  Yesterday, the Knesset voted into law an explicitly racist death penalty bill. The law...
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Halachic Left @halachicleft.org · 30/03/2026
סַנְהֶדְרִין הַהוֹרֶגֶת אֶחָד בְּשָׁבוּעַ נִקְרֵאת חָבְלָנִית. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר, אֶחָד לְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה "A Sanhedrin that executes a transgressor once in 7 years is a destructive tribunal. R Elazar ben Azarya says: once in 70 years." -- Mishnah Makkot 1:10
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"To target emergency medical vehicles is a cowardly act of hate and a chilling reminder of the rising tide of antisemitism in the UK." Sharing the important words of our Meretz UK colleague, @josharonson1.bsky.social, who spoke to Israel's Kan TV about the arson attack against Hatzola ambulances.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Now on our YouTube channel if you missed it live last week: "The US and Israel War on Iran: Global, Regional, Local, and Cultural Perspectives", with Barbara Slavin, @mauriciolapchik.bsky.social, and Galeet Dardashti, moderated by our ED, R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVlX...
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The US and Israel War on Iran: Global, Regional, Domestic, and Cultural Perspectives
YouTube video by Partners for Progressive Israel
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Heartsick over yet another attack on a synagogue, this time Temple Israel in Michigan. I’m so relieved the community members, synagogue staff, teachers, and children present are safe, and horrified by the way our places of worship and Jewish community are targeted again and again.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Our ED, R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social, moderated a scintillating and diverse panel - “Allyship in a Post-October 7 World: How to build Jewish-Inclusive Coalitions for the Sake of Democracy”, with Evan Wolfson, Shifra Sered, Shaul Magid, and Nancy Kaufman. Photo credit: @giligetz.bsky.social
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"‪Israeli annexation of the West Bank is here," our ED, R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social wrote last Friday ahead of our Wednesday, 2/18 webinar, "The West Bank 2026: An Inexorable Path to Annexation and Apartheid?" (registration at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...). www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
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Israel approves West Bank land registration, Palestinians slam ‘de-facto annexation’
Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved a process to register land in the West Bank, a move far-right Finance Minister ​Bezalel Smotrich hailed as "continuing the revolution of settlement". The Palestinia...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We are proud to support this protest against injustice - Weds. Feb. 11 at 1:30pm in DC (outside ICE Headquarters, 500 12th St SW), alongside our friends at @truahrabbis.bsky.social, @bendthearc.bsky.social, and dozens of other cosponsors. Up-to-date details can be found at truah.org/events/jews-...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The advancing Israeli bill is racist by design- mandating a death penalty only in cases involving Palestinian suspects in the West Bank and excluding altogether cases in which Israeli settlers kill Palestinians. Read about it: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... Full statement: truah.org/press/a-jewi...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Our statement today on the recovery of Ran Gvili, z"l, which at long last brings to a close the Israeli hostage crisis. The statement is also on our website at www.progressiveisrael.org/partners-for....
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Security and equality are for everyone! A Jewish–Arab solidarity demonstration in Sakhnin. “We must stop standing by. It’s time to stop the murders, protection rackets, organized crime, and the bloodshed. We stand together in a strong call to end the abandonment of Arab society! 📸 Gal Musenzon
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 12:30pm ET webinar - "Political Motherhood as a Moral Force: Meet 'Mothers Against Violence - Israel'" Our panel will include: -Ketty Bar -Susan Feit -Iris Rappoport @yaelniv.bsky.social Our ED, R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social, will moderate. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Read the whole thread, please! Our communities are well-served when we hold all these pieces.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
“Ensuring access to humanitarian aid is a legal obligation, not a discretionary choice.” Grateful for the moral clarity and dedication of these 18 organizations, many of whom we’ve featured and worked with at @partners4israel.bsky.social www.phr.org.il/wp-content/u...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This "delegitimizes the Palestinian Authority at a moment when its credibility, capacity, and international support are essential." Proud to have signed this letter, together w/@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social, @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, @nyjewishagenda.bsky.social, @truahrabbis.bsky.social, et al.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The "slamming" came from eight prominent liberal and progressive Jewish organizations, including @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social, @nyjewishagenda.bsky.social, yours truly @partners4israel.bsky.social, and @truahrabbis.bsky.social. www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...
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Progressive Jewish organisations slam Trump's Palestinian travel ban
Several Liberal U.S. Jewish Organizations, Including J Street, Condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's Restriction of Holders of Palestinian Identity Cards as Counterproductive to Promoting Peace in t...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
"Conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism does a disservice to combating actual Jew-hatred." Our joint letter w/@truahrabbis.bsky.social, Israelis for Peace, @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social is at truah.org/wp-content/u... Additional criticism of ADL below www.commondreams.org/news/adl-mam...
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Progressive Jews Decry ADL 'Mamdani Monitor' for Conflating Israel Criticism With Antisemitism | Common Dreams
The head of one group decried the ADL's "disproportionate attention on left-of-center activists’ views on Israel while failing to apply the same scrutiny to the Trump administration."
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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
"[The ADL's] approach to Mayor-elect Mamdani is disingenuous, counterproductive, and ultimately harmful to the cause of addressing antisemitism." A new letter from T'ruah, @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social, @partners4israel.bsky.social, and Israelis for Peace. Read: buff.ly/rLKpd6v
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Don't let'em fool you: Katz is STILL saying the plan is for the IDF is to introduce "garinei Nachal" - IDF units that have been repeatedly used in the West Bank to first establish settlements as a military deployment before those locations were "civilianized". www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israeli defense minister walks back claim that Israel will establish Gaza settlements
Speaking in the West Bank Earlier Tuesday, the Defense Chief Said Israel Will Establish Israeli Communities in Northern Gaza 'When the Time Is Right,' Adding That the Military Will Not Withdraw 'One M...
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
So Netanyahu, as he’s being investigated for war crimes internationally and corruption within Israel, can come to the US at Trump’s invitation — but 5 million+ Palestinians cannot?! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States
During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States to prevent national security and public Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where ...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
THURSDAY, 12/18, 12:30pm ET An ongoing WB Settler campaign of intimidation, destruction, violence seeks to drive out Palestinians. With Israel's army and govt failing to provide security, it falls on courageous volunteers to provide a nonviolent human buffer. Join us: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
In @us.theconversation.com, our board member, Prof. Joshua Shanes, discusses the ongoing Jewish tug-of-war between the traditional rabbinic interpretation of #Hanukkah and the more recent Zionist approach drawing on pre-rabbinic sources. #ChagSame'ach theconversation.com/hanukkah-cel...
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Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light – modern Jews can pick from either tradition
Zionists draw on the military imagery of Hanukkah, while others look to the synagogue prayers that focus on the miracle of divine light.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This #Hanukkah event, taking place tomorrow, Tuesday 12/16, was planned well in advance. We feel today that it's an especially important opportunity to come together in community. You're warmly welcome to join us online at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
This holiday of resilience, of hope and light in the darkness— I’m heartbroken, and I can (in the words of the latter-day psalmist L. Cohen) see the cracks where the light gets in. Holding it all, holding it gently.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This is not Judaism, this is not Torah. This is shameful. I’m grateful every day for my Muslim colleagues and friends.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
ONLINE TUESDAY, 12/16, 6pm ET/3pm PT As we approach the end of a very difficult 2025, we invite you to gather with us to celebrate the 3rd night of Hanukkah. We'll light candles and nosh (BYO), learn with our board member, Prof Josh Shanes, and enjoy community! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
To invert the yellow hostage ribbon into a noose is… I don’t even have words. This is the worship of the power to dominate, to cause harm, to kill. Sickening.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
"The only possible deal is for Netanyahu to take responsibility, admit guilt, leave politics and free the people and the state," rightly reacted Yair Golan, chair of the Labor-Meretz union, HaDemocratim. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu rejects retirement from political life in exchange for pardon in criminal cases
Asked by a Journalist at the Press Conference Alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Whether He Would Retire in Order to Attain a Pardon, Netanyahu Answered: 'No'
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
PM and criminal defendant Netanyahu is asking for a full pardon, but adamantly refusing to admit culpability for any crime. In doing so, he is displaying a "flagrant disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israel". Our full statement is at www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-ne...
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“Flagrant Disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israel” – Partners for Progressive Israel Responds to News of Netanyahu’s Request for Pardon
“Flagrant Disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israel” – Partners for Progressive Israel Responds to News of Netanyahu’s Request for Pardon December 3rd, 2025 –Partners for Progres...
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Come for the hot takes on French colonial maneuvers, stay for the rabbi hands 🙌🏻 thanks for having me @hiremeimfunny.bsky.social!!
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Join us - TODAY at 12pm NOON ET/9am Pacific Time! Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
My latest in @haaretzcom.bsky.social Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
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Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers | Opinion
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Netanyahu is simply making this up. Check out any poll over the last 2 years. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu says most Israelis don't support state commission of inquiry for Oct. 7
Netanyahu Said a Separate Committee Would Be Established That Would 'Represent All Parts of the Nation.' While He Spoke, Relatives of October 7 Victims Turned Their Backs on Him in Protest, as October...
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We built an incredible bloc that passed resolutions ranging from support for liberal Jewish institutions within Israel, to a state commission of inquiry into October 7th, to the blockage of illegal settlement activity in Gaza and the West Bank. This is where most Diaspora Jews *are.*
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We just prevented the World Zionist Organization from funding any Israeli settlement in Gaza. The Meretz-backed union at the World Zionist Congress ran this resolution, and I’m beyond proud of @partners4israel.bsky.social and @hatikvahslate.bsky.social right now! THIS is why we stay in the room.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Imagine having such a brittle and venomous worldview that you have this kind of reaction to the words “peace” and “diplomacy,” or go after my board member and THE Sabbath Queen. Get real.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Einav Zangauker and other hostage family members are facing a smear campaign backed by Netanyahu, who'd like them all to just disappear and stop calling for accountability via a state commission of inquiry to investigate the failures of October 7. We stand with #WeAreAllHostages. You're Not Alone!
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
How dare you not hope. There’s going to be years more of hurdles, and the end goal is not only to get the hostages home. People were going practically door to door in northern Gaza to spread the news because there’s no internet/WiFi there. Several people died of starvation in Gaza yesterday. 1/x
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Plurality of Jewish Americans (48%) disapproves of Israeli government's military action in Gaza; 61% say it's committing war crimes there; 39% say it's committing a genocide; 59% say it's not doing enough to allow food in. Major new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I had just been reflecting with a colleague a few days ago about the shooting in Halle on Yom Kippur six years ago, and this morning arrived to lead services and heard the news of this terrible antisemitic attack in Manchester. Seeing the image of blood on Rabbi Walker’s kittel is chilling. No more.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
WASHINGTON DC - THIS MORNING at 9am - as Netanyahu comes to the White House We'll meet up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Hosted by: @truahrabbis.bsky.social @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social Combatants for Peace @newisraelfund.bsky.social @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social Interact Israelis for Peace @giligetz.bsky.social Lab Shul Partners for Progressive Israel @mhughesrob.bsky.social
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This guide is the result of a lot of careful research, soul-searching, and deep listening. This conversation is so painful for Jewish communities, and our discomfort can’t override the reality of what is happening in Gaza.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
This kind of zero-sum thinking makes for good clickbait 🙄 but this is a historic moment for Palestinians AND Israelis. This recognition means an international commitment to an end to Hamas in power in Gaza, self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians alike, and human rights for all.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
My former teacher R’ Avidan is no stranger to sudden arrest and police violence— he founded a small NGO called Yanshoof, dedicated to creating moral limits on Israel’s international arms sales. Bibi is afraid of the shofar, of a call to accountability? Clearly.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson @mhughesrob.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Today in Haaretz: there will be no successful movement for democracy in Israel without Palestinians— not just at the table, but at the center. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
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Here's who still has hope for Israel and democracy despite Gaza and Netanyahu | Opinion
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