Sign in

Rabbi Andy Kahn

@rabbiandykahn.com
1.5K followers 1.1K following 170 posts

Another lefty Brooklynite Jew. Executive Director of the American Council for Judaism. Editor of The Sacred Earth: Jewish Perspectives on Our Planet: www.ccarpress.org/shopping_product_… Read more: www.rabbiandruekahn.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 28/09/2026
This episode got quickly passed over last year. Carlson’s Fuentes episode, the timing around the Kirk assassination, and the rightwing anti-Israel turn, all signs of a schism on the right, has yet to be fully grappled with. Its impact on 2028 is going to be massive, and the left can capitalize.
010
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My thoughts after seeing NAZA, ICYMI:
thehandbasket.co
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.
13354118
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 27/09/2026
So I think this is illustrative of religion in America being used as a tool of cultural enforcement. The experience he had (alienation) is the point. Religion itself is not the problem- religion is weaponized as part of the arsenal of hegemonic cultural policing to signal fealty and membership.
130
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 27/09/2026
I have a proposal: let’s switch to Joyva jelly rings. joyva.com/products/jel...
google.com
Joyva Jell Ring Bulk Wrapped (96 Pieces-Box) at UsaCandyWholesale.Com
Joyva Jell Ring Bulk Individually Wrapped 1's  Quantity 96 Pieces Per Box  Sweet Browse at UsaCandyWholesale.Com
011
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 27/09/2026
There were a ton of High Holiday sermons this year trying to thread the needle between centering Zionism and the "listening" to those outside the mainstream Jewish camp. When peoples' words say one thing and actions another, pay attention to the actions: www.rabbiandruekahn.com/divrei-torah...
rabbiandruekahn.com
Who Is In and Who Is Out in 5787? — Rabbi Andrue Kahn
By Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove's accounting delivered in his Rosh Hashanah sermon this year, only a third of American Jews positively identify as Zionists. A similarly large share say they're unsure...
171
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 21/08/2026
The @socialismconference.org virtual program will feature Angela Y. Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Michelle Alexander, Saul Williams, @silkys13.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, Vaishnavi Patel, @reallandsend.bsky.social, @avierkant.bsky.social, and more!
events.haymarketbooks.org
Register now – Socialism 2026 Virtual Program – YouTube
Socialism 2026 Virtual Program – YouTube, Fri Sep 4, 2026 - Sun Sep 6, 2026 - Can't make it to Chicago for the Socialism Conference? Check out our live-stream schedule, and RSVP to attend virtually! *...
05427
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
acjna.org
A Slow-Moving Coup: Zionism's authoritarian takeover of Reform Judaism | The American Council for Judaism
At its 2026 gathering, the Recharging Reform Judaism conference passed a resolution demanding that HUC-JIR, the seminary of the Reform movement, stop admitting and ordaining anti-Zionists. The core in...
1112
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Harper Zacharias @harperzacharias.com · 03/06/2026
If you don’t already know about ACJ and the incredible work @rabbiandykahn.com is doing, you can get familiar by reading this particularly urgent statement: “Will your future be Reform Judaism, rooted in our highest aspirations, or Reform Zionism, which is seeking to expel all other commitments?”
092
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Abe 🌻🦉 @abeplaut.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"It is now the choice of those at the helm of the Reform Movement to choose: Will your future be Reform Judaism, rooted in our highest aspirations, or Reform Zionism, which is seeking to expel all other commitments?" @rabbiandykahn.com & @acjna.bsky.social acjna.org/articles/a-s...
acjna.org
A Slow-Moving Coup: Zionism's authoritarian takeover of Reform Judaism | The American Council for Judaism
At its 2026 gathering, the Recharging Reform Judaism conference passed a resolution demanding that HUC-JIR, the seminary of the Reform movement, stop admitting and ordaining anti-Zionists. The core in...
082
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The Israel Day Parade — which features some of the Israeli politicians who have not only cheered on the genocide of Palestinians, but are part of the government committing that genocide — is not a celebration of Jewish identity or pride. @mayor.nyc.gov knows this. We're grateful he is not attending.
07221
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Also marching in the Israel Day Parade: Yitzhak Kroizer, who said "there are no innocent civilians, no innocent children in Jenin" after Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian family in March of this year. "Even if the collateral damage includes children or women, it doesn't matter to me."
haaretz.com
'No innocent children': Israeli lawmaker defends killing of Palestinian family
MK Yitzhak Kroizer of Ben-Gvir's Far-right Party Made the Remarks in the Knesset After a Palestinian Family Was Gunned Down in the West Bank; MK Ayman Odeh Filed an Ethics Complaint, Saying 'Everywher...
23512
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Other Israeli officials marching in NYC's Israel Day Parade: - Knesset Member Ariel Kallner, who called for ethnic cleansing in Gaza, advocating for "removing population away from it and cleansing it." www.un.org/unispal/docu...
un.org
Letter from South Africa: Public dossier relating to the State of Israel’s exacerbated acts of starvation, weaponisation of aid and further expressions of genocidal intent against the Palestinians in ...
Letter dated 8 September 2025 from the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council I would like to transmit to you a document enti...
1277
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Some of the Israeli gov officials marching today are: - Amir Ohana, Knesset Speaker, who has called for a total annexation of the West Bank. (www.jns.org/israel-news/...) - Knesset Member Meirav Ben-Ari, who said in 2023 that "the children of Gaza have brought this upon themselves." (link below)
truthout.org
Israeli Politician Says “Children of Gaza Have Brought This Upon Themselves”
When children are explicitly framed as “not innocent,” all-out genocidal warfare is possible.
23110
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Mark Treyger of the JCRC says his "main focus and main concern is about those who are showing up" to the Israel Day Parade. Let's talk about that: 🧵
nytimes.com
Waning American Support for Israel Sets the Scene for Parade in New York
15519
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 22/05/2026
"Redemption arrives through the abolition of all forms of oppression and separation, while leaving room for the difference that makes that redemption beautiful." New in @truthout.org with @daniarajendra.bsky.social for Shavuot. truthout.org/articles/jew...
truthout.org
Jewish Holiday of Shavuot Links Economic Justice With Expanding Social Freedom
The divisions the ruling class manufactures and depends upon hinder the universal liberation that the Torah envisions.
030
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Sophie EG @egsophie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
There should be just as much political pressure on elected officials to condemn Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism as there is to condemn antisemitism.
1237
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Sophie EG @egsophie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A JDL member was arrested for attempting to assassinate Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani. Yesterday, JDL members were outside City Hall calling for the council to pass buffer zone bills & they testified last month for the bills, using disgusting anti-Palestinian racism & Islamophobic rhetoric.
Photo of a JDL member holding a sign saying "no more Jewish victims. Keep synagogues safe. Vote for 100 foot buffer zones/"
1168
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 14/03/2026
Vayakhel-Pekudei: Constructing an Honest Mishkan On Thursday, a man drove his truck into a synagogue in an indefensible attack on that community. His grief had erupted into antisemitic violence. We must be honest about what precipitates this sort of attack in order to prevent them. 1/
100
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 12/03/2026
Thank God the people of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield are safe. May the security guard who was injured heal quickly. This is another painful reminder of the increasing violence of our world. May we soon see the dawn of a day when all people, in solidarity and care, exist together peacefully.
1110
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 12/03/2026
Can confirm- participated in MANY active shooter trainings in synagogues.
0193
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
You can now register to attend my book launch for HERE WHERE WE LIVE IS OUR COUNTRY with @naomiaklein.bsky.social 4/7 at The New York Public Library! Also remember to preorder bookshop.org/p/books/here... so I can sign your copy! www.showclix.com/tickets/moll...
showclix.com
Here Where We Live Is Our Country: Molly Crabapple with Naomi Klein
Here Where We Live Is Our Country: Molly Crabapple with Naomi Klein in New York - Checkout. The award-winning artist recounts the rise and fall of the revolutionary socialist movement the Jewish Labor...
18611
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 01/03/2026
Excellent analysis of this moment in comparison to 2003, and with clarity as to the probable outcomes open.substack.com/pub/hedgeofs...
open.substack.com
Farce, Again?
Some preliminary thoughts on the US-Israeli strikes on Iran
000
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 28/02/2026
Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.
5099261412
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
damniel spookradski @self.agency · 28/02/2026
leading the charge against antisemitism by endorsing the criminal actions of a deeply unpopular president in pursuit of a war deeply unpopular with the american people on behalf of a country that interferes in u.s. elections in support of right-wing extremists
430886
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 28/02/2026
It should go without saying that the realization of Bibi and Bolton's decades-long dreams of a war with Iran is a horrific reality to wake up to, and also I hope folks don't lose sight of the war being waged on trans people in the USA right now. We can fight both! www.aclukansas.org/publications...
aclukansas.org
Understanding the New Kansas Law Targeting Transgender People - ACLU of Kansas
This resource will be further developed as we have more information. If you or a loved one is impacted by Senate Bill 244 becoming a law, contact us by visiting aclu.org/KS_SB244 or by clicking the li...
000
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Sherry CD-ROM 🏳️‍⚧️ @sherrycdrom.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
this bill is legitimately a three-alarm fire. if they manage to define trans existence as explicit then there is nothing stopping them from genocide. i need every single cis person talking about this, calling their reps, getting out in the streets.
3836712828
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 17/01/2026
🔴 Israel killed up to 15 people in Gaza yesterday, including women and children, wiping out entire families. The pretext was an alleged clash with fighters in western Rafah 2 days ago... Follow the thread below for the sequence Israel itself laid out for the killings it carried out yesterday: 🧵
🔴 Israel killed up to 15 people in Gaza yesterday, including women and children, wiping out entire families. The pretext was an alleged clash with fighters in western Rafah two days ago.

What’s likely happening is a familiar pattern. Israeli and American forces conduct constant surveillance, identify where “targets” live, then manufacture a trigger to eliminate them.

Fighters in Rafah, east of the yellow line, are trapped and denied any negotiated exit. When Israeli forces move in and open fire, return fire is framed as a “violation,” which is then used to justify wider strikes across Gaza, including assassinations of senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders along with their family members.

Follow the thread below for the sequence Israel itself laid out for the killings it carried out yesterday: 🧵🔴 Israel killed up to 15 people in Gaza yesterday, including women and children, wiping out entire families. The pretext was an alleged clash with fighters in western Rafah two days ago.

What’s likely happening is a familiar pattern. Israeli and American forces conduct constant surveillance, identify where “targets” live, then manufacture a trigger to eliminate them.

Fighters in Rafah, east of the yellow line, are trapped and denied any negotiated exit. When Israeli forces move in and open fire, return fire is framed as a “violation,” which is then used to justify wider strikes across Gaza, including assassinations of senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders along with their family members.

Follow the thread below for the sequence Israel itself laid out for the killings it carried out yesterday: 🧵
210175
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 30/12/2025
Hi everyone - we start next week! This class is open to all interested - Jewish, not Jewish, Jew-ish. Would love to see you there.
15112
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
gonna try the “Jewish woman who can’t be controlled” accusation of antisemitism to try and get a chance to pet goats at the zoo after hours (image with alt text)
Tweet from Eve Barlow:

What's happening to Bari Weiss is Jew hatred.
Plain and simple. She is being held to a different standard while trying to do a job she is highly skilled at because the knives are out from the jump. And why? Because she's a Jewish woman who refuses to be controlled. I experienced the same thing. We all have. We are being hounded out of society.
2614
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
There is no murderous fascist of the past 100 years that The New York Times has not exalted
NYT

A Whisperer
to the Stars
on the Middle
East Conflict
Many in Hollywood have struggled to
navigate how to talk about their
support for Israel on social media.
Some of them have turned to Hen
Mazzig for advice.

[w/pic of Mazzig trying in vain to look like Hasan Piker]

Hen Mazzig is a founder of an organization created in 2019
to reach younger people who didn't trust traditional news
media and instead found most of their information through
influencers. Chona Kasinger for The New York Times
14642139
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 28/12/2025
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.
020
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 24/12/2025
FWIW, going to your grave believing something completely irreconcilable with reality is the hallmark of a cult.
000
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 24/12/2025
While some Judaism is being used to justify violence, nationalism, and supremacy, we need a Judaism that benefits everyone. This course seeks out what to preserve, what to reject, and what will guide us to liberation for all. Synch + asynch. Open to all. Starts Jan 6. givebutter.com/acj-introcoh...
givebutter.com
Introduction to Judaism Beyond Nationalism: Cohort 3
By American Council for Judaism, Inc.
0205
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Honored to get to contribute to this "telling" of Chanukah - published by The @acjna.bsky.social, in partnership with @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social. שבוע טוב, א גוטע וואך - A Good Week to us all, and א פרייליכען ערב חנוכה - a Happy Hanukkah Eve! Download: lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/oHfriYA
1198
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
My part is for the Eight candle, but check out all days, for some great insights from amazing teachers including Arielle Kormam, @lovingfife.bsky.social, @rabbiandykahn.com, and more! Free download: bit.ly/acj-hannukah...
263
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 10/12/2025
Three great learning opportunities coming up! Join us for Intro to Judaism; Theory and Practice of Jewish Antifascism; and a special co-taught class with Shel Maala on the concept of Covenant in Judaism. givebutter.com/acj-introcoh... givebutter.com/acj-jewishan... givebutter.com/acj-shelmaal...
Introduction to Judaism Beyond Nationalism with Rabbi Andy Kahn 
A 16 week course about Jewish life, history, and practice. The course is offered in two 8-week modules. Module 1: Jewish Thought and History, Jan 6th-Feb 24, 6-7:30pm Eastern; Module 2: Jewish Practice: March 3-April 21, 6-7:30pm EasternJudaism in Times of Facism: An Eight Week Course in Theory and Practice with Dr. Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Drawing on historical readings, case studies, and guided discussions, this course will provide students with a unique venue for inquiry into how Judaism should be interpreted and practiced in an age of Fascism. 

Thursdays Jan 22-March 23th, 6-730pm EasternTerms of Service: An Exploration of Covenant and Jewish Collectivity

Join Shel Maal and the ACJ as we discuss the past, present, and future of covenant, contracts, and relationships between Jews, God and Each other. 
December 22nd, and 29th, January 5th,
063
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 23/11/2025
Yes yes and yes Thank you for this, @rabbiandykahn.com
acjna.org
Toldot: Choosing Which Israel We Become | The American Council for Judaism
This past week was one of the largest gatherings of Jewish people and power in the world: the Jewish Federation’s General Assembly. For those who may not know, the Federation system distributes over $...
1113
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 22/11/2025
At the JFed GA, claims about Holocaust education and antisemitism were used to explain away outrage over Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The story of Jacob and Esau uncovers what the Torah teaches about responsibility and the possibility of transformation. Full drash here: acjna.org/articles/tol...
White text orange background. American Council for Judaism: Toldot: Choosing Which Israel Ve
Become
A viral moment captured an attempt at explainging protesting Israels genocide in Gaza through the lens of antisemitism. The Torah gives us a higher truth.At the Jewish Federations® General Assembly, Sarah Hurwitz claimed that young people critique Israel because Holocaust education taught them to side with "the weak against the powerful." She framed antisemitism as a unique force that explains why people oppose Israel's actions in Gaza.Antisemitism is a real and dangerous threat, but removing it from its material contexts turns it into a political tool. Condescending to young people who seek justice shous the true goal: To obscures the real suffering of Palestinians and prevent honest engagement with the material realities shaping this moment.The story of Jacob and Esau in the Torah offers a different way to understand power and human relationships. Jacob deceives both his father and his brother, and the text does not hide his wrongdoing. Esau is left bereft, tricked by his brother.
041
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 14/11/2025
Just a few weeks ago, Batya was speaking at 92Y alongside Kathy E. Manning, Yehuda Kurtzer, James Kirchick and Bret Stephens. I'm guessing she's spinning up a book tour about her upcoming book. If and when you see other institutions choosing to platform her, please remember this exchange.
an image of Megyn Kelly next to Batya Ungar Sargon, with a quote from Kelly saying "We have not seen some slew of young women come forward to say 'Me too,' on Donald Trump molesting them." and Ungar Sargon responding "Jeffrey Epstein would prey upon women when they were underage...Then they would age out of Jeffrey Epstein's pedophilic interests, at which point he would then start to pass them around to his friends...There were not actual crimes committed by anyone...There's no pedophile ring. There's a pedophile, and then a bunch of friends who were getting massages at that point from women who were no longer underage."
1103
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 08/11/2025
“Do not fear” is a motif throughout the Hebrew Bible. It is on us to control our fears and, in the words of the sages, to fear God. This doesn’t mean fear a man in the sky. It means to recognize our own limitations, to not be reactive, and to put righteousness before a desire for perceived safety.
0121
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility. Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
125107164064
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
31158597418091
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We are New Yorkers for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social because we know he is dedicated to creating a city for ALL New Yorkers - his love for our city is felt through each of his policy platforms. Join us in voting for him tomorrow, voting for a candidate that leads with love over fear. 3/3
0286
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The rabbis of the Talmud teach us that "the actions of our ancestors are signs for us to follow." Like Abraham welcoming strangers into his home, like Sarah feeding the needy, we, too, are taught to embody the virtues of God to provide sustainable living for all. 2/3
1188
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We are Rabbis for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social because we know his policies align with values core to our Judaism, especially found in this week’s Torah portion. With @jfrejnyc.bsky.social, @rabbiandykahn.com, and Rabbi Ellen Lippmann. 1/3
38522
Rabbi Andy Kahn @rabbiandykahn.com · 29/10/2025
Ready to build a Jewish practice that reflects your values? Join The Four Cubits, an 8-week course exploring halakhah, prayer, Shabbat, and ethics through freedom, conscience, and community. givebutter.com/acj-ijbn32025
Blue text on a background of Talmud "The Four Cubits: A guide to building your own jewish practice"
052
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Love this @rabbiandykahn.com. Thank you for writing it!
Text: The “Rabbinic Call” issued last week seeking to slander Zohran Mamdani, which quoted statements by Rabbis Ammiel Hirsch and Elliot Cosgrove, is not a neutral intervention. It is a repressive and political attempt to enforce conformity regarding Israel and to police the boundaries of acceptable discourse within Democratic Party politics.
151
Reposted by Rabbi Andy Kahn
Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Absolutely 🔥 essay (in the NY Daily News of all places!) by @rabbiandykahn.com, providing a response to the rabbis-against-Mamdani letter. Kol hakavod! (= 👏👏🙏🙌)
This kind of authoritarian maneuver — an attempt to equate Jewish identity with loyalty to a foreign state — is antithetical to the Jewish communal legacy of dissent, debate, and democratic participation. It heretically likens Zionism, a modern nationalist movement, to Torah, the core essence of Judaism. It echoes antisemitic views which conflate all Jews with the state of Israel, and essentialize all Jews into a singular political force.
0158