IfNotNow Boston 🔥

@ifnotnowboston.bsky.social

American Jews organizing our community to end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system + demand equality and justice for all.

Join us for a community Shabbat with @evanforcambridge.bsky.social! The event will be a chance to hear from Evan about their policies and views, and learn about ways to get involved. You do not need to be an INN member to attend! This Friday, 7/31 at 6:30pm in Cambridge. RSVP: bit.ly/EvanShabbat

photo of Evan MacKay with text that reads IfNotNow Community Shabbat with Evan MacKay for State Rep, 25th Middlesex. Friday, July 31st at 6:30pm, Cambridge. RSVP for location details bit.ly/EvanShabbat
IfNotNow Boston 🔥@ifnotnowboston.bsky.social · 3w ago

In the State House, @evanforcambridge.bsky.social will be a bold new voice against the entrenched corrupt system that allowed that definition to be enacted, in the face of vocal dissent from the Jewish community.

IfNotNow Boston endorses Evan Mackay for State Rep, 25th Middlesex

Candidate statement: "As our government continues to unconditionally aid and abet Israel’s atrocities in Palestine and suppress free speech in the United States, the work of groups like IfNotNow is so important in standing up to injustice and articulating a just and thriving future for all. We need to invest in babies, not bombs. I am grateful for IfNotNow’s trust in our campaign and I look forward to continuing to build with them."

We cannot mourn our own historic losses without mourning those who suffer and die today because of crimes committed with U.S. weapons in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran.  Mourning today calls us to act tomorrow. And so, together we say loudly and clearly: not another bomb.

After receiving urgent medical treatment, Palestinian-American Sama Safi is being forced back into detention by the Israeli military, despite being wrongfully detained in the first place. Tell your Senators to demand Sama’s immediate, unconditional freedom so she can go home to her family safely.

Call Your Senator: Bring American-Palestinian Student Sama Safi Home Now — IMEU Policy Project

Sama was abducted and now her life is in danger. The U.S. government must act now for her immediate and safe release.

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IfNotNow Boston is proud to endorse our first-ever slate of electoral candidates, for the Massachusetts Democratic Primary on September 1! As Jews in the Boston area committed to a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis, this primary election gives us a chance to act on our values.

IfNotNow Boston endorses the Shared Safety Slate: Evan MacKay, Erika Uyterhoeven, and Jonathan Paz

A middle school in Lexington ran an antisemitism training that conflated Jewish identity with support for the Israeli government. Fortunately, parents pushed back and the principal apologized. Unfortunately, extremist groups are trying to spin this apology as evidence of antisemitism. (1/2)

Jonathan Feingold@jpygold.bsky.social · last mo.

“TribeTalk materials and workshops do not teach the Holocaust, they exploit it. They insist on the disingenuous “Three Ds” coined by former Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky… to shield Israel’s policies…from criticism.” @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social @margaretlitvin.bsky.social

Yesterday we honored Erin Axelman at the first ever Commonwealth Pride Awards put on by the LGBTQ+ Caucus! Erin is a Queer Jewish filmmaker based in Somerville where they have lived for almost 10 years. They’re the Co-Director and Producer of the documentary Israelism, their directorial debut.

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We were honored to co-sponsor yesterday’s Jewish & Muslim solidarity rally and canvas for @bradlander.bsky.social. It was thrilling to join our partners, community leaders (including @mayor.nyc.gov), and HUNDREDS of neighbors to support Brad and our shared vision of a thriving future for all.

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is what Jewish & Muslim solidarity looks like. Neighbors coming together around a vision of shared safety, dignity & peace. In NYC. In DC. In Israel & Palestine, and across the world.

Standing with Mohsen Mahdawi

CodePink activists visited the office of U.S. Representative Katherine Clark to call for action on behalf of Sama Safi, a Palestinian American student at Birzeit University who was abducted by Israeli soldiers during a nighttime raid on her home near Ramallah.

Thank you Rep Stephen F. Lynch for cosponsoring the Block The Bombs Act! In one year, the Block The Bombs Act has reached 75 cosponsors in the House. Israel’s genocide in Gaza and their illegal invasion of Lebanon won’t come to an end until our government stops being complicit.

75 Representatives
Now Support the Block the Bombs Act
Thank You, Stephen Lynch (MA-8)
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Contact them at blockthebombs.org75 Representatives now supporting
H.R. 3565, the Block the Bombs Act, to block bombs, tank shells, and artillery rounds to Israel:
• Delia Ramirez (IL-3)
• Robin Kelly (IL-2)
• Sara Jacobs (CA-51)
• Ro Khanna (CA-17)
• Pramila Jayapal (WA-7)
• Summer Lee (PA-12)
• Mark Pocan (WI-2)
• Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-3)
• Alma Adams (NC-12)
• Becca Balint (VT-AL)
• Zoe Lofgren (CA-18)
• Nanette Barragán (CA-44)
• Stephen Lynch (MA-8)
• Donald Beyer (VA-8)
• Seth Magaziner (RI-2)
• Thomas Massie (KY-4)
• Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1)
• Betty McCollum (MN-4)
• André Carson (IN-7)
• Jim McGovern (MA-2)
• Troy Carter (LA-2)
• LaMonica Mclver (NJ-10)
• Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
• Christian Menefee (TX-18)
• Greg Casar (TX-35)
• Analilia Mejia (NJ-11)
• Judy Chu (CA-28)
• Dave Min (CA-47)
• Danny Davis (IL-7)
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
• Madeleine Dean (PA-4)
• Ilhan Omar (MN-5)
• Chris Deluzio (PA-17)
• Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10)
• Chellie Pingree (ME-1)
• Maxine Dexter (OR-3)
• Ayanna Pressley (MA-7)
• Lloyd Doggett (TX-37)
• Mike Quigley (L-5)
• Jamie Raskin (MD-8)
• Veronica Escobar (TX-16)
• Andrea Salinas (OR-6)
• Dwight Evans (PA-3)
• Maxwell Frost (FL-10)
• Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5)
• Valerie Foushee (NC-4)
• Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)
• Lateefah Simon (CA-12)
• Chuy Garcia (L-4)
• Sylvia Garcia (TX-29)
• Melanie Stansbury (NM-1)
• Mark Takano (CA-39)
• Robert Garcia (CA-42)
• Bennie Thompson (MS-2)
• Al Green (TX-9)
• Mike Thompson (CA-4)
• John Garamendi (CA-8)
• Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)
• Adelita Grijalva (AZ-7)
• Jill Tokuda (HI-2)
• Jahana Hayes (CT-5)
• Paul Tonko (NY-20)
• Val Hoyle (OR-4)
•Derek Tran (CA-45)
• Steven Horsford (NV-4)
• Lauren Underwood (IL-14)
• Jared Huffman (CA-2)
• Gabriel Vasquez (NM-2)
• Jonathan Jackson (IL-1)
• Nydia Velázquez (NY-7)
• Yassamin Ansari (AZ-3)
• Maxine Waters (CA-43)
• Hank Johnson (GA-4)
• Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
• Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37)

What becomes possible when you become an IfNotNow member? 🌱 Here’s how your donations – whether you can only give once, or on a monthly basis – directly support our work to organize our U.S. Jewish communities to stop the flow of U.S. weapons to Israel. 🧵