Omri Gal
@omrigal.bsky.social
Comms and Content Specialist. Loves Orit, breathes music, adores animals and is an avid fan of NBA basketball. "Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh" (George Bernard Show)
#MakingHeadlines This week, JPR, the European University Institute and @ec.europa.eu launched NERON - the Network for European Research on Jewish Life and Antisemitism, a three-year initiative to strengthen the research needed to combat #antisemitism and foster #Jewishlife in Europe and the UK.
You can't win a fight without intel. If we wish to combat antisemitism. we need more intel. We need it to be academically robust. We need it to be sustainable. We need to connect it to policymaking. NERON is the first step, and it just took its first step.
Last evening in Vienna, the European Commission Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, launched '𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐍' - network for researching antisemitism and Jewish life, to be led by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) and the European University Institute (EUI).
My #weekend #playlist is all about likes. Sorry, not likes. Lakes. It's all about lakes. open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ev... @listigeplaylists.bsky.social
מוזיקה מאי בודד 174: לייקים
Playlist · Omri the Glueckselig, Ja? · 23 items
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If you keep calling these platforms 'social media'. I don't think it means what you think it means... Let's, at least, call it what it is: DIGITAL ADVERTISING PLATFORMS. www.omrigalcomm.com/post/social-...
Social media isn’t public opinion. It’s not even social media.
Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram – almost all of us have a least one account on one of these platforms. In fact, according to Statista.com, the UK was home to 57.6 million active social media user...
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#MakingImpact JPR Executive Director Dr Jonathan Boyd participated in the 16th EU–Israel High-Level Seminar on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life in Brussels, sharing the latest data on the rise of antisemitism in Europe and how it affects Jewish life, identity and demography.
#MakingHeadlines Tonight begins the Jewish holyday of #Shavuot – the Feast of Weeks – which commemorates one of the most foundational moments in Jewish history: the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. It marks the point at which a collection of tribes became a nation: The #JewishPeople.
Tonight marks the beginning of Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks), commemorating the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Yet despite being the birthday of the Jewish People, only 4 in 10 British Jews celebrate it. I wrote about it in the @jewishnews.bsky.social: www.jewishnews.co.uk/shavuot-has-...
Today, in a joint session of the WJC Governing Board and the Special Envoys and Coordinators Combating Antisemitism Forum, Dr Jonathan Boyd delivered a presentation on responding to antisemitism, calling on leaders and policymakers to adopt a more strategic approach to researching and policy-making.
Years ago, a griffon vulture was detained in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of being an Israeli spy. I turned that into an international story that set the bird free - a reminder of what comms can do in complex environments: make people stop, care, and act. (Watch the video, it’s hilarious)
My latest op-ed for @jewishnews.bsky.social and @jprdata.bsky.social website.
As Israel prepares to mark its Memorial and Independence Days, what does it mean to British Jews today? In his latest op-ed for The @jewishnews.bsky.social, @omrigal.bsky.social explores how #BritishJews are navigating their relationship with #Israel. www.jpr.org.uk/insights/hol...
My #weekend #playlist is loud, yet somewhat nostalgic. Something for your ears while standing in line. It starts here: open.spotify.com/playlist/4Nn...
מוזיקה מאי בודד 169: נשורת
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And don't forget our annual 'Whose Passover is it Anyway?' family quiz, with ten new questions to read along the #Haggadah: www.jpr.org.uk/insights/who... From all of us at JPR, Chag sameach! 🍷🍷🍷🍷
Whose Passover is it anyway?
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This coming Wednesday, Jews worldwide will attend seder night - the main tradition of Pesach (Passover). That's why we have produced our '𝗪𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆' 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘇 for you to download, print and bring to the seder table: www.jpr.org.uk/insights/who... Chag sameach from JPR!
Whose Passover is it anyway?
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My #EndOfTheWeek #Playlist starts like this... open.spotify.com/playlist/7ov... Shabbat shalom! @listigeplaylists.bsky.social
🎵 AzureSky Harmonies 🦋 - Hourly Fresh Picks Thanks to our latest contributor(s), choosen from 3 incoming post(s): • @tinkerhack.bsky.social • @omrigal.bsky.social 🔁 to spread the word and help us reach more music lovers!
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Don't stop them - expose them! Expose those who mourn the death of a murderous dictator. Expose those who support the totalitarian Ayatollah regime. Expose those who root for the IRGC. Place those who support darkness in the light.
One last #playlist for #Purim, with quiet songs in costumes to send this holiday away for the year. open.spotify.com/playlist/4Kx... @listigeplaylists.bsky.social @spotifyweird.bsky.social
מוזיקה מאי בודד 166.3: הנגאובר
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Purim is here. A festival of masks, paradoxes and noisy joy, marking the story of how Persian Jews thwarted the evil Haman’s plot to annihilate them. A tale that takes a real form in current events. Compared with other key festivals, Purim is among the least widely observed by British Jews...
Bombs and alerts... this is not what I meant when I wrote 'have a noisy' Purim. However, this is: 90 more minutes of songs in costumes, because, despite everything, it's still Purim y'all. open.spotify.com/playlist/2wz...
מוזיקה מאי בודד 166.2: אלכוהול
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Something I wrote for @jewishnews.bsky.social on the festival of Purim. Have a noisy one 🥸
Visible Jewishness is not a neutral act. For a significant minority, it carries risk, hesitation or calculation
#Purim is the holiday when Jews fancy dress in costumes. So are these songs... 1/3 playlists of cover songs for Purim + a song that isn't wearing any masks - can you find the original one? open.spotify.com/playlist/1sz... Chag Sameach 🥸
מוזיקה מאי בודד 166.1: איפור
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My weekend #playlist is rock-ish without the ish part. open.spotify.com/playlist/6QO...
מוזיקה מאי בודד 165: אבן מרמאללה
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My weekly #playlist is bass-ish, with SAULT, Flea, Black Pumas, Jim Bob, Stereolab, Ian Brown, RAYA and more. open.spotify.com/playlist/3Fh...
מוזיקה מאי בודד 164: כפי ארימה
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You are invited to two upcoming #JewishBookWeek 2026 events featuring JPR researchers: Dr @keithkahnharris.bsky.social and Dr Jonathan Boyd will share the latest data on Jewish life, and how it has changed over the past couple of years. @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social
From Tu B’Shevat to #ClimateAction: How can we turn Jewish tradition and growing environmental awareness into action? My latest op ed for The @jewishnews.bsky.social: www.jewishnews.co.uk/from-tu-bshe... @jprdata.bsky.social
From Tu B’Shevat to Climate Action
How can we turn Jewish tradition and growing environmental awareness into action? Looking into the latest data might help.
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In his latest op-ed for @jewishnews.bsky.social, Dr Jonathan Boyd asks: Can we move beyond “permanent crisis” in 2026, and create space for long-term vision, growth and resilience? Read the insight here: www.jpr.org.uk/insights/bey... Shabbat shalom from JPR!
Beyond permanent crisis: Rebalancing Jewish communal priorities in Europe
Everything feels urgent right now. Across the UK, Europe, and indeed, the world, Jewish communities have been living since 7 October 2023 in a state of near-permanent alert: following events in Israel...
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Work, work, work....
For the first time, support for Labour and Conservatives combined drops below 60% among Jews in the UK, as Green and Reform UK climb. Thank you @theguardian.com, @jewishnews.bsky.social, @jewishchron.bsky.social, @relmedcentre.bsky.social for sharing our research and insights.
#MakingHeadlines BBC Radio 4 dives into the relationship between #Jews in the UK and Israel, and how the #October7massacre impacted what #BritishJews feel about #Zionism, the war and more. With JPR's Dr Jonathan Boyd. Now available on @bbcsounds.bsky.social: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Currently - The Split - BBC Sounds
A Jewish journalist explores his community’s relationship with Israel.
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The wider atmosphere surrounding Jews has been febrile for at least two years now, with one in three British Jews reporting feeling unsafe as Jews in the UK today, compared to 9% before October 7. Read Dr Jonathan Boyd's insight: www.jpr.org.uk/insights/wri... Shabbat shalom from JPR 😞
The writing was on the wall, and in the data
Two weeks ago, on the eve of Rosh Hashana – the Jewish New Year – I spoke to one of the senior teams at the European Commission involved in combating antisemitism across Europe. We were mainly discuss...
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