What motivates Kraft and other Zionists is the pessimistic view that antisemitism will persist in pluralistic society and the only solution is a Jewish ethnostate and one that displaces Palestinians. He doesn’t hold those beliefs because he’s Jewish.

Peter Beinart is wrong to separate these two things. First, Palestinian self-determination is a regular talking point in the movement. Second, he is the one separating disarming Israel from Palestinian freedom as if those things aren't tied together.

God be with all of my Jewish friends and family on this Yom Kippur. I'm disturbed by the news in Ontario. May your love outshine the world's hate. May your values eclipse the evil in this world. I stand with you and love you. God have mercy.

The immorality of genocide is not complex. But entrepreneurs of violence always want to complicate your moral clarity. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/opposition...

Opposition to Israel’s atrocities is the only moral option

The immorality of genocide is not complex. But entrepreneurs of violence always want to complicate your moral clarity.

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Those who strive to complicate the immorality of a genocide are complicit in it.

My heart is softening a lot these days. And I do believe that, for the most part, members of the armed forces believe that what they are doing is noble. And frankly, even if I disagree, I understand the courage it takes. We can honor them without rewriting the history of these sordid wars.

Despite their ideological differences, the anniversary of 9/11 should remind us that Bush’s militarism and Trump’s authoritarianism are similarly oppressive. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/george-w-b...

George W. Bush and Donald Trump are two sides of the same coin

Despite his efforts to rehabilitate himself, the anniversary of 9/11 should remind us that Bush’s militarism and Trump’s authoritarianism are similarly oppressive.

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Here's a reminder that ICE was formed by the Department of Homeland Security shortly after September 11. The seeds of fascism that are growing today were planted 25 years ago by the Bush Administration. Never forget.

An ultimate betrayal for the Pennsylvanians who voted for him. John Fetterman is a disgrace--not for not being loyal to a political party, but rather because he was dishonest about his values when he courted progressives to vote for him. www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...

Sen. John Fetterman appears in GOP convention video praising Trump on supporting steelworkers

The Pennsylvania Democrat's latest appeal to the Republican Party was a remarkable move at at party's election-year convention.

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"Anabaptist ethics call for us to live simply, share charitably and not hoard resources. Our faith tradition lines up with the church in Acts and, I believe, with democratic socialist values." anabaptistworld.org/godless-demo...

Godless democratic socialism? | Anabaptist World

President Trump has called democratic socialism “the biggest threat to our nation.” At a Christian gathering in Iowa, Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, said democratic socialists ...

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Appreciated Anabaptist World's review of Mennonite Action's "Courage To Enter The Song," a volume I contributed to with many other comrades. anabaptistworld.org/want-to-orga...

Want to organize an action? | Anabaptist World

Mennonite Action, a grassroots group organizing against Israel’s war on Gaza (and recently against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s oppression of immigrants), emerged on the scene in late 2023 an...

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Pastors are not executives or special servants of God; they are workers. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/considerin...

Considering pastoral labor on Labor Day

Pastors are not executives or special servants of God; they are workers.

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The "vote blue no matter who" people are a lot quieter about Zionist Michiganders not voting for El-Sayed than they were about Arab Michiganders not voting for Harris. That's a racist double standard.

Christian nationalism is not applying Christian ethics to politics; it is applying a Christian veneer to fascism. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/what-chris...

What Christian nationalism is and is not

Christian nationalism is not applying Christian ethics to politics; it is applying a Christian veneer to fascism.

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"Whatever happened to Big Foot?"

I wonder if the folks who thought Trump was only going to arrest and deport violent criminals still think that.

Ezra Klein is screaming at us that pundits are way smarter than posters. All I see is a dude whose ideas have less reach because regular people can challenge him.

I took a sabbatical for the first time in sixteen years of ministry. I’m grateful that my church has a sabbatical policy, and I think yours should too. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/five-reaso...

Five reasons your pastor should go on sabbatical

I took a sabbatical for the first time in sixteen years of ministry. I’m grateful that my church has a sabbatical policy, and I think yours should too.

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Pandemic-era organizing and activism wasn’t crazy; it offered us the opportunity to see the world in a new way and resist conformity to the patterns of the status quo. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/woke-10-ma...

“Woke 1.0” made us more faithful to the Gospel

Pandemic-era organizing and activism wasn’t crazy; it offered us the opportunity to see the world in a new way and resist conformity to the patterns of the status quo.

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Yes, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Naming that fact showcases moral clarity. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/why-gaza-i...

Why Gaza is the moral issue of our generation

Yes, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Naming that fact showcases moral clarity.

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It’s not that the genocide in Gaza is the only issue, it is the fact that candidates who name it and commit to a politics of ending it are demonstrating moral clarity. If you can’t see the truth about Israel and Palestine, what else will you fail to see the truth on?

Both ignorant of and impressed by the engineering marvels around me, I want to lean on God, our collective discernment, and the power of the people to face their consequences. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/on-navigat...

On navigating technology I don’t quite understand

Both ignorant of and impressed by the engineering marvels around me, I want to lean on God, our collective discernment, and the power of the people to face their consequences.

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How observing a pigeon helped me know more about who God created me to be. open.substack.com/pub/jonnyras...

Becoming more like a Rock Pigeon

How observing a pigeon helped me know more about who God created me to be.

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Recently, the Evangelical Matthew Vines penned an op-ed for the New York Times that protected himself and left the rest of the queer community vulnerable. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/you-can-be...

You can be gay and homophobic. It matters.

Recently, the Evangelical Matthew Vines penned an op-ed for the New York Times that protected himself and left the rest of the queer community vulnerable.

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The wave of electoral victories for democratic socialists in the U.S. is a welcome birthday gift on the nation’s 250th birthday. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/your-prote...

Your protests worked.

The wave of electoral victories for democratic socialists in the U.S. is a welcome birthday gift on the nation’s 250th birthday.

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A reminder: Trans rights are human rights. Non-binary rights are human rights. Intersex rights are human rights. Asexual rights are human rights. Aromantic rights are human rights. Demisexual rights are human rights. Queer rights are human rights. Solidarity. 🏳️‍🌈

At this point, the list of things I’m just not gon argue about anymore is longer than the human genome. You just gon have to be right. Here’s a cheat sheet tho: if you bout to hide a bigotry behind “scripture/the Bible is clear,” take your trophy & go on. I’m unavailable, lol

As magical as it seems to fly forever, birds and humans alike need to find their resting place. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/every-soar...

Every soaring bird eventually lands

As magical as it seems to fly forever, birds and humans alike need to find their resting place.

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Try as they might, even historical-critical readers of the Bible come with theological presuppositions. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/you-cant-d...

You can’t divorce theology from Bible study

Try as they might, even historical-critical readers of the Bible come with theological presuppositions.

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Cornell’s Merlin bird identification app made an error that only true human eyesight could correct. Its error mirrors the many misperceptions of AI that fill our social media feeds. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/the-fantas...

The Fantastical Bothsidesism of Artificial Intelligence

Cornell’s Merlin bird identification app made an error that only true human eyesight could correct. Its error mirrors the many misperceptions of AI that fill our social media feeds.

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