Slavery, War, Jewish Supremacy, Axis of Evil-Doers (USA/Israel), 319 Jewish Billionaires and the rest 3,428 billionaires 3,428 billionaires in the world, holding a combined net worth $20.1 trillion
Apr 12, 2026
Zionism is not fringe within Judaism: It is ubiquitous. It is incumbent upon Jewish people of conscience to make the distinction between Zionism and Judaism materially true by destroying Zionism in our own communities, not denying our widespread complicity and policing others merely observing the fascistic reality of modern Judaism.
At great cost to themselves and their peoples, Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims have stated these truths plainly for generations; writer Nada Chehade vividly describes the reality of Jewish settler-colonialism everyday. None of what I’m stating is new, it is only rare for a Jew to hear it from a Jew. Jewish people are condescendingly and racistly dismissive of Palestinians as narratives of their own decolonial struggle and insist instead upon perpetual Jewish innocence: As a people, we are woefully out of touch with both humanity and reality.
This post by Andree Frieze, a Green Councillor for Richmond upon Thames, should give Green supporters cause for concern. It suggests that the Green leadership is sabotaging the very popular vote on Zionism.
I am on some Green England Substack, and here it is — Greens: Zionism is Racism
Polanski has said that he grew up in a “Zionist household” and attended King David, a Jewish school in Manchester. He said in an interview with the BBC that his views on Israel began to shift after he encountered Breaking the Silence, a group of Israeli veterans who say they are morally obligated to recount their experiences of military control over Palestinians. Polanski also said that the war in Gaza solidified his staunch criticism of Israel.
It really doesn’t matter if Zack Polanski is against the “Zionism is Racism” motion. That is the nature of democratic projects – there will be a spectrum of views on a variety of issues. What binds the project, or party, together are the core values. And Zionism is not, and should not be a core value of the Green Party.
It seems Andree Frieze, and if she is right, then Carla Denyer, Rachel Millward and Zack Polanski, would like to make Zionism a pillar of the Green project. It is not.
And this needs to be nipped in the bud, now.
The Greens have already passed an historic motion: proscribing the IDF as a terrorist group. That is a very popular vote, as I discovered from the more than 3,000 likes to a simple note I put up on my substack.
And the “Zionism is Racism” vote will also be very popular. Of that there is no doubt. None.
But fear prevents the Green leadership from taking that vote. It is afraid that a genuinely popular position will carry the motion. As Andree Frieze wrote, she is “relieved to say that the antisemitic Zionism-is-Racism motioned failed”.
Note/Context: Zack Polanski was born David Paulden on 2 November 1982 in Salford, Greater Manchester, where he also grew up. His Jewish ancestors had moved to the UK from Poland to escape the occupation by Nazi Germany, but originated from Latvia which they fled to escape pogroms (initially to Ukraine, then to Poland) in the early twentieth century. The family adopted the surname of Paulden hoping to evade antisemitism. His parents divorced when he was young.] At age 18, he changed his name, restoring his familial name of Polanski, later saying it was important for him to take pride in his identity. He also changed his first name, selecting Zack in homage to the Jewish character of the same name from the novel Goodnight Mister Tom, and to differentiate himself from his stepfather, also named David.
Oh, those Jews in the Greenie Weenie movement:
Since publishing Doppelganger in September, 2023, some of the most gratifying feedback I have received has been about what one reader called “the Jewish parts.” These passages are mainly (though not exclusively) in two chapters that come late in the book: “The Nazi in the Mirror” and “The Unshakable Ethnic Double.”
Klein: They wrestle with many tricky themes, including the persistence of antisemitism as an ancient conspiracy theory, and the dangers of a particular kind of trauma-forged identity politics as they play out in Israel. These are themes I have been writing about since I was teenager, yet this time, I found that the figure of the doppelganger, or the doubled self, opened them up in new and surprising ways.
Klein: These two chapters also get into the ongoing debates about how the Nazis were influenced by European colonial and racial segregation in the Americas—and how a failure to reckon with those connections shaped and misshaped Israeli history, and contributed to exiling Palestinians into an unbearable purgatory. Israel-Palestine has been described by many as the “open wound” of the modern world: never healed, never even bandaged. On October 7, 2023, that wound was ripped open in ways we cannot yet begin to comprehend.
Some clarity here: Yes, All Jews. All Jews must kill Zionism within Judaism
I have come to have tremendous disdain for my people, the evil we have wrought, and the demons we have become. Our craven hypocrisy, our holocaust handwringing, our selfish dissociation, our bottomless both-sidesing, our catatonic inaction, our feeble sign-waving, our condescending condemnations, our wallowing victim complex, our self-indulgent betrayals, our brazen self-centeredness, our exploitative careerism, our blood and soil racism, our liberal cowardice, our mountains of empty platitudes amongst mountains of Palestinian corpses that we annihilated in cold blood. ‘Israel’ has likely killed hundreds of thousands of people in two and half years of non-stop bombardment, executions, and engineered starvation in Gaza. The depths of our sadism seemingly knows no bounds.
[Star of David branded into a Palestinian’s face while he was being held hostage by the Zionist occupation (2023)]
One of the last times that Judaism’s breath and beating heart – that prophet Moses delivered – existed and showed itself died in Auschwitz, when Jewish Zionists were already busy building what would become the Jewish death colony, “Israel.”
Whether or not an echo of Moses’ Judaism can still exist or is recuperable is yet to be determined but I can confidently state: I don’t care, that’s not why I am here, I do not have the willingness or desire to even entertain possibilities of Judaism’s continuity until the Zionist entity is ashes and Palestine is free.
This is not a navel-gazing fight for the ‘soul of Judaism,’ Palestine is not our ‘Jewish moral reckoning.’ There isn’t a morsel of Jewish morality in sight. Palestine is an anti-colonial and decolonial liberation struggle in which we Jews are the fascistic overlords, the vicious propagandists and funders, the militarized soldier-settlers demolishing and stealing homes, igniting West Bank pogroms, and executing children en masse. Jewish Zionists will say this evokes “antisemitic tropes” – we don’t care, your words fall entirely flat as Jews in ‘Israel’ celebrate Purim by cheering on bombings like the murder of 165 schoolgirls and staff killed by US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran. The truth of Jewish terrorism is already seared into Palestinian land, jaggedly branded and carved into Palestinian skin with Swastikas of David. Jews now dwell in and animate the age of totalitarian Judaism; I don’t want to hear about “antisemitism” or “Jewish victimhood” ever again.
Zionists insist that hating ‘Israel’ is tantamount to hating Jews, then in the same breath demand that people do not conflate ‘Israel’ with Jews. When I remark to Jews that we all are responsible for ending Zionism and the ongoing Palestinian genocide, I usually hear, “Not all Jews / Say Zionists, not Jews / There are actually more Christian Zionists than Jewish ones.” Well I am speaking to Jews right now, a people who support fascist Zionism in lockstep across every institution in our community.
Enough with the incessant deflection of responsibility. Jews consider ourselves a proud collective people, an unbroken lineage from generation to generation (L’dor, vador) – up until the cracked mirror of modern Judaism reflects back nothing but terrorism, slaughter, blood, sadism, rape, and organ theft. Virtually every Jewish group supports the existence of Israel in some shape or form and we dare to point the finger at others instead of cleaning up our own filthy house?
Organized Jewish formations across our entire community keep the colony humming through diehard and consistent commitment, propaganda, money, and resources, considering strengthening and defending ‘Israel’ to not only be a mitzvah, but part of their duty towards the Jewish people and an extension of their Jewish identity. Mind you, Jewish people are currently operating a string of torture and rape dungeons in Palestine and pummeling Lebanon and Iran with airstrikes. Israeli torturers recently abducted and burned cigarettes into the thighs of a 1-year old Palestinian child. This is the “Jewish state,” this is how far gone we are.
Biden admin admits ‘acute and immediate need’ for border wall — despite campaign vow that ‘not another foot’ would be built
Fresh off a week-long tour of security installations along Arizona’s border with Mexico, Montana congressman Matt Rosendale blasted the Biden administration’s actions halting construction of former President Donald Trump’s southern border wall.
“The first thing that became extremely clear was the policies of the Biden administration are already, right now, having impact and not in a positive way,” Rosendale said. “It’s compromising our national security, its hurting the economy. There’s just a whole host of problems that are already beginning to show up.”
Last week’s journey to the Arizona desert was Rosendale’s first congressional trip as the newly elected Representative for Montana. He was joined by eight additional Republican House members including Arizona congressman Andy Biggs, co-chair of the Border Security Caucus, who organized the event.
[Smoke billows from Beirut’s southern Dahiya suburb following Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon as a two-week ceasefire is announced in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, April 8, 2026. ]
Everything is tied to the fucking Jews:
Michael Arria, our U.S. correspondent, documented this week how military aid to Israel has finally become a true litmus test in Democratic Party primaries. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced she will vote against all military aid to Israel, including weapons classified as “defensive,” a position she had previously hedged. Even J Street, the organization meant to offer a counter to AIPAC’s extremism but locked in perpetual confusion about its identity, is even now opposing U.S. support for the Iron Dome missile defense system. AIPAC, once considered the most powerful of all the many lobby groups, is now a liability in Democratic races, losing key primaries and watching candidates run against it by name. A recent NBC News poll shows just 13 percent of Democrats view Israel positively. These numbers are not marginal; they represent a fundamental and permanent realignment of the Democratic base. Politicians, candidates, and political institutions are paying attention.
Right now, the “blockade” is just talk, and it will remain that way for a number of reasons.
Among them, for an effective blockade, American naval forces would have to get closer to Hormuz than they are now, with the American carrier force located more than a thousand kilometers out to sea. The main targets would be Chinese ships or ships transporting oil to China, and if the Americans block these, the Chinese will restrict the exports of rare earths to America which would make it impossible for it to maintain its defensive or offensive capabilities.
Export restrictions on these vital strategic materials were recently loosened until November 2026 but these can be reinstated anytime.
In any case, the blockade would only work if the US Navy could take control of the Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island
Iran is not Venezuela!.
The strait is only 33km wide at its narrowest point; every ship that enters is within range of Iran’s entire coastal arsenal, which, after a month, is much more lethal than previously.
That arsenal is considerable.
Talks?
The US is “in very deep negotiations” with Iran, President Donald Trump said Saturday, as a delegation led by Vice President JD Vance held hours of talks in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. “They’ve been meeting for many hours,” Trump told journalists as he departed the White House. “We’ll see what happens. Look, regardless, we win. Regardless of what happens, we win.”
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE:
- 21-hour Iran-US negotiations in Islamabad end without agreement, no next round has been scheduled.
- Iran says US made “excessive and illogical demands” on nuclear program and Hormuz.
- US claims Iran rejected its “final and best offer” despite “significant flexibility.”
- IDF ordered to increase readiness after Iran talks fall apart.
140 heritage sites in Iran damaged in US-Israeli attacks — Culture minister says damage recorded across 20 provinces, with losses reaching $49M
Jews: In Lebanon, at least 2,020 people have been killed (165 children, 248 women).
Earth Day 2026?
Earth Day 2026 takes place on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, celebrating its 56th anniversary with the theme “Our Power, Our Planet”. The campaign emphasizes community-driven action to secure climate solutions, renewable energy, and environmental protections against policy rollbacks. Key events include global cleanups, rallies, and educational teach-ins.
Key National Leaders
- Rabbi Jennie Rosenn: Founder and CEO of Dayenu, a leading organization for national Jewish climate advocacy. She is a major voice in mobilizing the community for political action.
- Jakir Manela: CEO of Adamah, the largest Jewish environmental organization in North America (formed from the merger of Hazon and Pearlstone). He oversees the Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition, which includes hundreds of Jewish organizations.
- Rabbi Arthur Waskow: A “founding father” of the movement and director of The Shalom Center. He continues to lead high-level rabbinical calls for climate action.
- Dr. Mirele Goldsmith: An environmental psychologist and co-founder of the Jewish Earth Alliance, which advocates for climate policy in the U.S. Congress.
- Rabbi Katy Allen: President of the Jewish Climate Action Network (JCAN) and an “eco-chaplain” who focuses on the intersection of spirituality and environmentalism.
Prominent Voices and Educators
- Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin: A pioneer in Jewish sustainability who co-authored the official Conservative movement teshuvah (religious ruling) on the mitzvah of sustainability.
- Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman: A climate activist and songwriter whose anthem “The Tide is Rising” has become a staple of the movement; she recently published a related book in 2025.
- Nati Passow: A leader for over two decades in Jewish agriculture and co-founder of the Jewish Farm School; he currently serves as Director of Operations for Dayenu.
- Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi: A philanthropist and advocate who was appointed to the Maryland Commission on Climate Change in late 2023.
- Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action
Philanthropic and Business Leaders
- Stephen Bronfman & Michael Sonnenfeldt: Founding co-chairs of the Jewish Climate Trust, which recently pledged millions to make Jewish programs (like Birthright) more environmentally friendly and fund advocacy.
- Yossi Abramowitz: Often called “Kaptain Sunshine,” he is a prominent leader in the Jewish Green Business Network and a pioneer in solar energy in Israel and Africa.
Jews and their ZIonism, their Dirty Promised Land, their Dirty Chosenness, their Supremacist Ideology? Never ever bring this to Earth Day, man.
Oh, Earth Day and renewable energy? Slavery? Data Center Hell? Yep, no degrowth ethos at the Capitalist Earth Day.
Key reasons Earth Day does not actively push anti-war policies include:
- Mainstreaming and Corporate Sponsorship: Over time, Earth Day has become a more mainstream, global event often funded or supported by corporations and mainstream political organizations, leading to a focus on brand-friendly sustainability, recycling, and consumer actions rather than challenging the military-industrial complex.
- Need for Political Consensus: To achieve legislative successes (like the Clean Air Act), organizers aimed for a broader, less polarizing message that could include everyone, steering away from divisive foreign policy topics.
- Focus on Environmental Regulations: The core purpose shifted to lobbying for environmental regulations, protecting biodiversity, and combating climate change, which some organizers view as distinct from, though influenced by, the anti-war movement.
- Performative Nature: Some critics argue that modern Earth Day has become too performative, focused on social media challenges and greenwashing, which avoids tackling radical systemic changes like reducing militarism
If you think the West regrets either slavery or its colonial past, think again. The most recent vote at the UN shows clearly that the Political West has learned NOTHING from its sins and looks forward to doing it again.
I’m joined today by former Maltese foreign minister Evarist Bartolo to discuss the UN vote on slavery reparations, Western abstentions and opposition, the link between slavery, colonialism, and present power, compensation for slave owners, Haiti, Africa-Europe ties, rising pressure from the global majority, and the wider fight over dominance, debt, war, and solidarity.
Nine years ago, yep:
Earth Day Denial that War Causes Climate Change by David William Pear April 28, 2017
The liberal-middleclass is brain dead about the wars. They do not want to hear about war, speak about war or see war protesters.
The liberal-middleclass has emotionally numbed out. They have a complete lack of empathy for the millions of people that the USA has slaughtered, the nations that the USA has bombed to piles of rubble, and the suffering the USA has caused to tens of millions of people.
Out of sight and out of mind, the USA has destroyed millions of minds, bodies, homes and lives forever. The indifference of the liberal-middleclass is mind boggling. Some sadistically see the war images as entertainment and even beautiful displays of power.
I am still reeling from Earth Day and the March for Science. Where was the message that war is destroying the Earth? The Pentagon is the number one consumer of fossil fuels and the number one polluter of the Earth. Why was the Pentagon given a pass on Earth Day?
Do scientists deny that war causes global warming? The liberal-middleclass should not feel superior to Republicans and Donald J. Trump about climate change. They have their heads stuck in the sand too. At least the Republicans are honest in their stupidity of denial about climate change.
The liberal-middle-class’s dishonest stupidity is to lie by omission and not confront war as the number one polluter. The Pentagon and militarism are the greatest danger to the Earth and every living creature on it. The world is racing headlong towards nuclear war and the liberal-middleclass is in deep denial.
Earth Day and the March for Science were more hypocrisy and feel good faux solidarity of concern for the Earth. Earth Day was carefully stage-managed to not offend or affect any change.
Earth Day was just a fun day. Those that attended appeared to be mostly liberal-middleclass families, couples, singles and students. It was a sterile showing of solidarity, with the bonus activity of hugging science. Science is worth hugging, but scientists were mum on Earth Day that the Pentagon, militarism and war are the number one threat to the Earth.
There were very few speeches, posters or demonstration against war. None of the “Top Ten Posters” were antiwar. Talking about war was a conversation stopper and spoiled the fun for others who just wanted to enjoy organic snacks, browse among sustainable gadgets and grandstand.
George Orwell wrote about the mind control effect of conformist demonstrations. They let the public blow off a little steam without any risk, and they reinforce the status quo. It also gives the Thought Police an opportunity to take names of anybody that does not conform.
Earth Day was like Orwell’s two minutes of hate. Climate Change is the liberal-middle-class’s hated Emmanuel Goldstein. Big Brother and the main stream media know how to co-opt dissent and make it meaningless, while letting the people feel relevant and powerful. Real protests and real power of the people are brutally crushed by the police state.
Any act considered unpatriotic was discouraged during Earth Day. There was no mourning for the millions of people the USA has slaughtered in the past couple of decades. There was no mention of the USA poisoning South Asia with uranium and burn pits billowing out a smorgasbord of carcinogenic chemical pollution.
There was no scientific discussion of the poisonous ingredients in the Mother of All Bombs and the pollution caused by war. No discussion of nuclear winter, radiation sickness, and mass starvation from a nuclear war. Nor were there any pledges by scientists not to work for the military industrial complex.
Like Mark Twain said about the weather: everybody talks about climate change but nobody does anything about it. And they won’t until there is a stop to war. Until then there will be no budget for doing something about climate change. Nor will there be any budget for healthcare, education, mass transportation and relieving suffering and ignorance. Lacking is a massive anti-war movement.
I had the personal experience of being a spoiler on Earth Day. I belong to St. Pete for Peace in Saint Petersburg, Florida. It is an anti-war group that has been able to survive the peace drought after the USA invasion of Iraq in 2003. We thought it would be a good idea to take an anti-war rally to Williams Park in downtown St. Petersburg where there was an Earth Day fair. Our reception was anything but warm. It was like a cold bucket of Agent Orange.
We were warned not to take our anti-war posters into Williams Park. It was not the police that warned us, it was the organizers of St. Pete Earth Day. They told us to stay on the corner across the street and out of sight or they would have us arrested.
Thinking that I had a Constitutional right to do so, I walked through the park anyway with an upside down American flag as a freedom of speech statement. I was immediately accosted and told that no demonstrations were allowed. I thought Earth Day was supposed to be a demonstration, and a protest against the continued destruction of the Earth and all its living creatures.
Florida is one of those “Stand Your Ground” states. So we stood our ground with open carry of anti-war signs. We were not going to go quietly. As we walked through the fair with our anti-war signs we said “Happy Earth Day” to the vendors and attendees. Their responses were a few polite “thank you’s”. Mostly we got cold stares or avoidance of eye contact. My upside down flag of distress got a few hoots and confrontations. But few people wanted any dialog about war.
Normally I do not write about myself, but Earth Day has been eating away at me. It left me angry and dumbfounded. I keep asking myself, “is the liberal-middleclass braindead?” Is it possible for people to want to do something about climate change and not see the connection to war, militarism and empire? They just don’t get it: war, climate change, war, climate change, war…
The liberal-middleclass is as stuck in the American mythology as conservative Republicans. They still think that capitalism is the best of all possible worlds; that America is the best country in the world; that America cares about democracy and human rights; and that being anti-war is unpatriotic.
The liberal-middleclass are too comfortable in their isolated world of high rise condominiums and SUV’s. What will it take to bring them down from their ivory tower in the mostly white Northside of St. Petersburg? Do they ever think about the mostly black Southside of St. Petersburg and its lack of basic social services?
During the rainy season in Florida, the Southside is flooded with raw sewage because the city closed the Albert Whitted sewage treatment plant for lack of funds. The city saved $32 million a year by letting raw sewage flood the black neighborhood and flowing into Tampa Bay where it pollutes the water.
What has happened in St. Petersburg has happened in cities all over America. It is called austerity. Funding that should be going to education, housing, mass transportation, healthcare, poverty programs and infrastructure are being sucked out of the economy. The money is going for militarism, war making and war profiteering. The money spent by the Department of Defense, Homeland Security and the Police State are making us less secure, less safe, and less free.
Empire building, imperialism and war are perverting the domestic economy, sucking out its resources and denying citizens of the socialist programs that the Bernie Revolution talked about. Even Bernie Sanders does not take on the military industrial complex.
Either Bernie is just another politician or he suffers from cognitive dissonance. His supporters made excuses for him that being anti-war during his 2016 presidential campaign would be “political suicide”, and that secretly Bernie was anti-war.
If being anti-war would be political suicide, then how did Bernie’s supporters think that the country could pay for popular social programs like healthcare for everyone and free college? There is not enough money for Bernie’s boondoggle F-35 that doesn’t fly right, never ending wars that cannot be won and popular socialist domestic programs?
In a recent CNN interview Bernie said: “Assad has got to go. ISIS has got to be defeated, but I do not want to see the United States get sucked into perpetual warfare in the Middle East.” Bernie is part of the problem, not the solution.
“Assad has to go and ISIS has to be defeated” is magical thinking without “getting bogged down in perpetual war”. Thinking so is unconsciously letting the warmongers continue the status quo. It is saying more war, more destruction, more death and more climate change. Bernie’s revolution has melted like the Arctic ice.
Nothing. Absolutely nothing of significance is going to improve in America until the dogs of war are leashed. Education will not improve. There will be no single payer healthcare, no mass transportation, no free college, no antipoverty programs, no reparations for the oppressed, and no progress made against climate change until we stop the wars. Foreign wars and empire mean more austerity at home.
We can be relevant, powerful and do something about climate change and save millions of lives. We can hit the streets with mass protests against war. Support whistleblowers and those that refuse to obey illegal orders. Refuse to cooperate. Be disruptive. Use non-violent civil disobedience to sabotage the war machine.
Otherwise, wars have doomed us to the ravages of climate change. Nuclear war is a real possibility that the public is in denial about. A group of scientists just advanced the Doomsday Clock to 2 ½ minutes until midnight at which time we are doomed permanently. Is anybody listening to these scientists?
In such a rigged system, Earth Day doesn’t stand a chance, and so this widely celebrated international phenomenon has lost its relevance. It is a Band-Aid, a pat on the back, a Facebook like. It’s dumping a bucket of ice water over your head for ALS or wearing a pink ribbon for breast cancer. It’s nothing more than a symbol. We don’t need Earth Day or Earth Month or even Earth Year: What we need is for those in power to stop working for industry and start working for the people.
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The 12 Jews who are leading the green movement. Whether they’re demonstrating or making coffee with sustainably-raised goats’ milk, Jewish environmental advocates have plenty to kvell about on Saturday’s Earth Day
American Jews are well-represented among environmental advocates. They include leaders of the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC, and campaigners for cleaner energy, kinder treatment of animals, and a more sustainable lifestyle.
While those taking action to protect the environment are too numerous to count, here (in alphabetical order) are 12 Jewish activists and community leaders at the forefront of the battle to keep the Earth green.
‘I don’t know how good gefilte fish are from tilapia raised in a tank. But we’re going to try it’ Name: Rabbi Marc Soloway, Organization: Hazon and Congregation Bonai Shalom, Focus: Sustainable living.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Shalom Center turned its attention to what the rabbi calls “global scorching” — not global warming.
“‘Warming’ is [a] comforting, nice [word],” he explained.
Discomforting news about the environment may be presaged in the Torah, he said.
“Leviticus 26 asks the question, ‘What if you do not let the land rest?’” Waskow said. “Then it will rest on your head — famine, drought, flood, exile, disease. It’s as if it were written by a climate scientist.”
SIDEBAR: Political Clout and Climate Action
American Jews have successfully mobilized several climate-related efforts, and especially in an election year, there are many climate stories within the community to explore.
Jews, for example, are more likely to view climate change as a “crisis” than any other U.S. religious group.
Jews also vote at a higher rate than other demographics. Jews vote overwhelmingly Democratic and represent 2.3% of the electorate in Pennsylvania, 1.5% in Arizona and 1.2% in Georgia — critical states that President Biden won by 1.2%, 0.4% and 0.3% respectively.
Making Sense of Jewish Perspectives on the Climate Story
By Ethan Brown
As a Jewish climate journalist, I had the chance to travel to Israel this spring for the second time in my life. This trip came a month after moderating a “Jews and Climate Change” beat breakfast at the 2024 Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Philadelphia, where I spoke with two leaders at American Jewish climate organizations: Jennie Rosenn, the CEO of Dayenu, and Adamah chief program officer Yoni Stadlin.
There were many good reasons to dedicate a beat breakfast to talking about Jews and climate action, especially in an election year (see sidebar below).
But as we spoke to attendees in the leadup, we quickly learned most had a different topic in mind: Israel.
Our panel of three American Jews working on climate in the United States had no plans to cover Israel. But now, having just spent two months in Israel meeting new people and asking tough questions, I can report back some of the key differences between Israeli Jewish environmentalism and the American Jewish environmentalism we explored at the conference.
In short, the two philosophies have diverged, but both bring very intriguing and consequential stories.
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On the ground, activists at Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action played a role in pushing Jewish legislators to pass the Inflation Reduction Act and connect the bill’s passage with Tisha B’Av, a Jewish holiday commemorating historical destruction and rebuilding. Jewish donors also contribute 50% of the Democratic party’s funds and 25% of the Republican party’s funds.
It’s not just politics. Adamah, the largest Jewish environmental organization in North America, has mobilized a Jewish Climate Leadership Coalition with over 200 members and engaged 20,000 people in immersive retreats and Jewish environmental education.
And earlier this year, the Union for Reform Judaism, representing three million American Jews, approved a resolution recommending its institutions pull their money out of fossil fuels and engage in shareholder advocacy with other polluting industries.
Earth Day 2026, can it be anti-AI, anti-fucking computers replaced every fucking year DAY? Data centers are spreading around the country. Now, data-center bans are, too
This is the mindset of a Jew, the richest Jew, the richest billionaire. Days after Oracle fired up to 30,000 employees via a 6 a.m. email — as Moneywise previously reported — the company announced its next big move: hiring a new chief financial officer with a $26 million stock package.
Meanwhile, some laid-off workers have raised questions on LinkedIn and workplace forums about how Oracle chose who to cut — with one 30-year veteran suggesting the company may have targeted employees with outstanding stock options.
Holocaust Harris: At one of the first cattle calls for prospective 2028 Democratic presidential candidates, former Vice President Kamala Harris showed that she would enter the race with a head start on the rest of the field.
Harris drew the loudest cheers and the biggest crowd at this week’s National Action Network conference in New York City. Despite her 2024 defeat to President Donald Trump, very early polling of a potential 2028 presidential race shows Harris at the top of the Democratic field, due in part to her higher name recognition.
The sickness of USA is death-encouraging and death-delivering. Cuba’s worsening fuel crisis is now severely hampering the delivery of humanitarian aid distributed through the Roman Catholic Church, a senior American church official said in an interview.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who has helped coordinate aid shipments to Cuba for three decades from South Florida, told USA TODAY that what his diocese is able to send to Cuba is “small potatoes” because it’s proving increasingly difficult to find ways to distribute the supplies it sends to the island amid extreme fuel shortages.
[Amid heightened tensions with the United States, the Cuban government announced Thursday evening it will release more than 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture amid Holy Week celebrations.]
Wenski said that in the past week his community was able to ship a container of chicken to Caritas Cuba, an aid group associated with the Catholic Church, but that when it reached the area “Caritas was using almost what I would describe as wheelbarrows to distribute it. They sent me the photos.”
Fucking Mickey Mouse VD Hillbilly Vance Smiles? Illegal war against a people? SMILES? No deal: Vance and Iranians fail to reach agreement after marathon session. Fucking infantile AmeriKKKa.
AmeriKKKa:
Companies that traditionally did not offer suppressors are adding them to their lineups at a scalding pace—including some major leaguers. The migration began long before the price of a National Firearms Act (NFA) Stamp dropped to $0 on Jan. 1, 2026. New names taking the field at the SHOT Show, and since, clearly indicate managers recognized the approaching demand, and let engineers loose in labs and on ranges months before.
The wisdom of that infield shift showed early this year. Roughly 178,000 NFA applications—most for the muzzle-mounted devices—were submitted to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) in the first three weeks of January alone. The demand has yet to fade. In March, BATFE received 206,871 according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. That’s up 121.2 percent when compared to the same month in 2025, when 93,518 were submitted.
Yeah, shoot to kill, those silencers.
A recent poll shows AI’s increasing role in how students decide on college majors, creating a rapidly developing situation for universities that are still struggling to determine how the technology will shape higher education.
The Lumina Foundation-Gallup 2026 State of Higher Education survey found 47 percent of currently enrolled college students have thought about switching majors “a great deal” or a “fair amount” over AI concerns.
And so in a land that isn’t theirs, the Penal Colony Brits are now worried about immigrants?
But Gamlen argued the Canadians did two things wrong: the 5% target was arbitrary; and “they’ve cut so fast that they’ve caused themselves economic harm”.
Gamlen and McDonald in their paper said Australia should also pursue a set number of temporary migrants, and manage long-term population by moving more or fewer temporary visa holders into the permanent program.
But Gamlen argued the Canadians did two things wrong: the 5% target was arbitrary; and “they’ve cut so fast that they’ve caused themselves economic harm”.
Gamlen and McDonald in their paper said Australia should also pursue a set number of temporary migrants, and manage long-term population by moving more or fewer temporary visa holders into the permanent program.
“That means that the number of people you’re accepting into the temporary program is linked to Australia’s capacity to support permanent settlement through the development of infrastructure, and you don’t have this … population of guest workers who are having all sorts of unintended consequences,” Gamlen said.
“Our argument is not that migration should simply be cut, it is that Australia needs a better way to govern ‘temporariness’. Our goal is a stable temporary population.
“The question is not what Nom [net overseas migration] number sounds politically attractive. The question is what scale of temporariness Australia is willing and able to sustain.”
“That means that the number of people you’re accepting into the temporary program is linked to Australia’s capacity to support permanent settlement through the development of infrastructure, and you don’t have this … population of guest workers who are having all sorts of unintended consequences,” Gamlen said.
“Our argument is not that migration should simply be cut, it is that Australia needs a better way to govern ‘temporariness’. Our goal is a stable temporary population.
“The question is not what Nom [net overseas migration] number sounds politically attractive. The question is what scale of temporariness Australia is willing and able to sustain.”
[Australian Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe said the harmful effects of colonisation were still being felt by Indigenous people today]
On the eve of King Charles’s coronation, Indigenous leaders from around the globe have called on the British monarch to apologise and make amends for what they call ‘genocide’.
A joint letter published on Friday by 12 Indigenous advocacy groups in former British colonies demanded the new king “acknowledge the horrific impacts on and legacy of genocide and colonisation of the Indigenous and enslaved peoples of Antigua and Barbuda, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”.
British colonisation began in the late 16th century, and at its height in 1922, the United Kingdom, with the monarch as its head of state, held sway over more than 450 million people across nearly a quarter of the globe.
Indigenous peoples in colonies such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada were severely harmed by the invasion of their traditional lands, and thousands were killed as the British sought to cement control over the territories they had seized. Indigenous people were also exposed to new diseases, while punitive assimilation policies led to the loss of language and culture, and the forced removal of children in policies that continued into the second half of the 20th century.
Leo: “The principle of humanity, inscribed in the conscience of every person and recognized in international law, entails a moral obligation to protect the civilian population from the horrific effects of war.”
Dirty dirty fucking people, Jews in Israel: Writing through war: Helping Israelis process trauma across generations – Over the past two and a half years, I’ve often turned to my pen. While so much has been rattled and shaken – writing became my way to make sense of it all, and a source of comfort.
“From living in tents, to refugee centers that are not fit for living in at all… We have suffered torture, torture, and more torture.”
Paul Haeder, Author 