He/him. Rabbi who tweets sometimes. Is not @fensterbot, contrary to popular opinion.
Houston, TX
Joined April 2009
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Josh Fixler retweeted
Mansfield ISD salutatorian used her platform and time wisely. She gave a terrific speech calling out book bans and vouchers. Bravo!
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Today I learned something amazing about a very special sculpture in the Louvre โ and its surprising connection to Hanukkah. Follow along for a thread! ๐งต 1/
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10/7 is a day of profound grief and mourning for the Jewish people. Things to know and what you can do to show โค๏ธ for Jews: ๐งต
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Just found out that the tradition of looking at your fingernails during Havdalah is first reported the 9th century text Pirฤทรช de Rabbi Eliezer. "If he have no wine he puts forward his hands toward the light of the lamp and looks at his nails, which are whiter than his bodyโฆ"
ALT Illustration of a man looking at his fingernails in front of Havdalah candles
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Reminder: Jewish law permits abortion and requires it when the life of the pregnant person is at risk.
Laws limiting or restricting access to abortion violate our religious freedom.
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Pretty remarkable: Houston has 2.3 million residents, nearly 1.8 million of whom are 18+ years old. About 1.2 million are registered to vote.
Fewer than 202,000 ballots were cast in Saturday's mayoral runoff election โ under 17% of registered voters.
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I'm so dismayed by Liz Magill's resignation and I so hope that Claudine Gay @Harvard will not follow. I fear too few of us have said what many of us think: She did nothing wrong, & the real failure of leadership would be surrendering to a campaign so hostile to our values. /1
Josh Fixler retweeted
The majority of American Jews support:
-an Israel that is both Jewish and democratic
-a right of self-determination and safety for both Israelis and Palestinians, and
-a right for Israel to defend itself against terrorism, consistent with the Law of Armed Conflict.
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Dedicated with โค๏ธ to all the friends from all over the world who reached out the last few days - Legendary Israeli musician David Broza went down south to play for our troops.
We are strong together ๐ฎ๐ฑ โ at Israel
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School Boards across TX are beginning to debate and vote on whether to allow chaplains into their districts (SB763).
Before your board votes, be sure they consider the amendments that were rejected, and the goals of the chaplain group who pushed the bill. 1)
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The death toll from the Hamas massacre is so high that Israeli cemeteries have to post electronic signs to direct mourners to the right funeral.
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90-year-old Gina Smiatich was a resident of Kissufim, a kibbutz in southern Israel.
On Saturday, as Hamas terrorists invaded her community, she hid in her apartment's bomb shelter.
They found her, dragged her into the living room, and shot her in the head.
Josh Fixler retweeted
Some more perspective from my days in the IDF: In the weeks ahead, you'll struggle to reconcile your anger at Hamas with awful images of civilian casualties in Gaza. To help you arrive at your own conclusions, here's a primer on the IDF's moral framework for urban combat. 1/x
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Itโs deeply heartbreaking that so many still canโt muster the moral courage or clarity to speak out about the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
You can do so AND also mourn Palestinian lives, oppose the Israeli government & policies, & believe in human rights for all.
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The number of Israelis confirmed dead following the Hamas invasion on Saturday has risen to over 1,200.
There is simply no way to grasp such a number.
The shattered families, the bereaved parents, the orphaned children.
There are no words.
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The stories from southern Israel get worse by the hour.
A woman found murdered with a fetus next to her, still attached to its umbilical cord.
An elderly woman found in a pool of blood, her body riddled with bullet holes.
Entire families found burned to death in their homes.
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Thank you, @JGreenblattADL.
Not mincing words.