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This Rabbi was murdered tonight during the Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach. Light a Menorah in his honor.
The best response to antisemitism. Happy Chanukah!
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Carly Pildis
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Carly Pildis
@CarlyPildis
Personal account. Advocacy Director, One Mitzvah A Day. Formerly @ADL, @USjewishdems, @RESULTS_Tweets, OFA, @jdforward @tabletmag All opinions personal only ✡️
- My baby girl is 6 month old today. Everyday, I get notifications from daycare on what she is doing, how much she ate and napped, etc. Today, I got sent a photo of her in the park, holding a LGBTQ pride flag while being read a book celebrating Pride. As a parent, I was thrilled.
- Kanye West has more twitter followers than there Jews in the world. There are an estimated 14.8 million Jews and he has over 30 million followers. American Jews are experiencing a historic rise in antisemitic incidents. His actions are extremely dangerous and must be called out.
- On January 6th, my daughter’s preschool will be closed. This is the second time this school year her Jewish school has had to close because of Nazis and far right extremist marching in support of President Trump. We cannot allow this to be normalized.
- My husband bought wine and cheese. Then he took our 4 year old daughter to the park determined to tire her out and have a nice adult date night with me. He is currently passed out on the couch and my daughter is laughing about how she tired him out. Nice try my darling! 🤣🤣
- We are overjoyed to welcome our daughter Aviva!!! Our rainbow baby is finally finally here!!! After sharing our pain last year, we are overwhelmed with gratitude to now share our joy!Baruch Hashem, we feel beyond blessed.
- A former colleague from a progressive org wrote me a nasty note telling me to "just stop talking about the Bibas family." No, I won't. I won't ever be silent. Shame on you. We will not quiet our grief to suit your hate and propaganda. Am Yisrael Chai. We will outlive you.
- I am so inspired by these brave activists!Say it again until the end of time : RAPE IS NOT RESISTANCE.
- Replying to @CarlyPildisI want my children to know that they are loved unconditionally. I want them to know that we will love and treasure them if they are queer or straight. That's appropriate at any age.
- Replying to @CarlyPildisYou may wonder why I am happy about this. Why would I want my tiny baby, who doesn't even have teeth yet and can't find her toes, to learn that it's okay to be gay? Why would I want her exposed to Pride? Isn't that too adult? This is about love, acceptance, and harm reduction.
- One of the hardest parts about the past 100 days is realizing just how much people hate Jews. Even if we already knew it intellectually, it’s viscerally different now. The denial of rape, the celebration of death, the justification of our pain - even our most cynical were shocked
- Replying to @CarlyPildisThere are definitely Pride events that are not kid appropriate. There are Purim events that aren't kid appropriate. Christmas parties that aren't kid appropriate. But Pride is not inherently dirty and inappropriate. Gay familes are not inherently inappropriate. That's bigoted.
- Replying to @CarlyPildisLGBTQ children are oftened othered at a very young age. They may know they are "different" and feel isolated, frightened, and alone. This can have severe consequences - LGTBQ kids are at higher risk for depression, drug abuse and suicide.
- I don’t think people outside the Jewish community have a clear understanding of what a traumatic event this is to the entire global Jewish community. The pain and anger are intense. It is a definitive moment in modern Jewish history.
