PLEASE READ: Yotam Haim was 28 years old when he was mistakenly killed.
Yotam lived in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. He had long, ginger hair and beautiful blue eyes that you could get lost in. Yotam was a gifted musician and dedicated metal music fan who idolized the band Megadeth. 1/4
When you say the quiet bit out loud...
"...why does Suella Braverman, probably her Jewish husband, her Zionist husband..."
It's things like this that the Jewish community are talking about when they aren't accepting this is *just* a peace march!
Yotam was an avid animal lover and raised dogs and cats at home. He loved his mother deeply, used to imitate her, and called her “Mamo”.
Yotam left behind two parents, a brother, and a sister.
4/4
Tonight, I got caught in the middle of a pro-Palestinian march. The march supported "the resistance".
I believe in peace. Deeply and truly. But marching through the streets of London just two days after 800+ civilians were brutally massacred, 100+ kidnapped... I'm lost for words
He spoke with his parents until 10:44 AM on Saturday, when he opened the window to get some air and was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.
Yotam loved to cook Italian food and even taught himself Italian. In his free time, he liked to work out at the CrossFit gym in Sderot. 3/4
He had played the drums for 20 years and was part of the band Persephore, with whom he was supposed to perform at a Metal Music Festival in Tel Aviv on October 7th.
When the war started, Yotam spoke with his family and told them his house had burned down. 2/4
I visited a Jewish secondary school today.
I drove in past two sets of gates, a barrier, and anti-ramming bollards.
I said thank you to the security guard who let me in.
Today's thank you felt a little weightier than usual.
Once more hooked to the news aa the next hostages are released. First to be identified are Sharon Avigdori, and her 12 year old daughter Noam. Welcome home!
This just hits differently. Maybe it's that I can see the faces of my own two boys in these two children. I don't know. but how can the world not be screaming from the rooftops to bring them home??
50 hostages released leaves 200 still in captivity.
I've made it! I've bloody made it! For years I've seen great ppl posting
#BlockedByGalloway
, quietly wondering, when will I get the accolade & secretly jealous of those that had.
Well friends (and foes!), that time is FINALLY here! Don't know when it happened, but IT HAPPENED!
Kanye goes on a rant, proudly comparing himself to Hitler as he mouths off against Jews, to cheers from the anonymous onlookers.
This is 2023, from one of the world's most famous people.
And how many people do you think will speak out against this...?
(Via
@JewishNewsUK
)
1/5 The absolute dregs of society. This is absolutely DISGUSTING (a short 🧵)....
My boss, the
@UJS_PRES
, tweeted about the rally in Trafalgar square. The Jewish community coming together to demand the release of 200+ hostages....
It was the honour of a lifetime to share this stage with the
@chiefrabbi
amongst community leaders and families of those brutally murdered and taken hostage by Hamas.
United as a Jewish community, there is little we cannot achieve- we have hope.
Leeds Hillel House has served the city's Jewish students as a home, and as a community centre.
It is still all of that and more. But for the first time since it's establishment it has been targeted.
But we will not be deterred. We will celebrate Jewish life, proudly and LOUDLY.
27 years ago today 85 people were killed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when an Iranian backed Hezbollah linked terrorist detonated a suicide van bomb outside the Jewish community's AMIA centre.
Zichronam Livracha, may their memories be a blessing
Displaying of these cartoons is never an accident. Latuf (the artist) openly entered the
#Iranian
"Holocaust Denial cartoon competition" & accepted prize money.
🚫This is not a political opinion
🚫This is not a point of view
☑️This is anti-Jewish racism
☑️This. Is. Antisemitism.
Horrendous to see an antisemitic cartoon outside
@UKLabour
conference for the SECOND year running
I feel sick and unwelcome, as a Jewish member, to have to walk past this racist bile on the way into conference
The second photo is another of Latuff’s works for context
#Lab19
.
@twitter
and
@TwitterSupport
failed to act when Wiley went on a tirade of antisemitism on their Platform.
THEY. STAYED. SILENT.
Join Jews and allies. Stay silent for 48hrs on twitter to show that there is
#NoSafeSpaceForJewHate
In 1980,
@UJS_UK
were joined by many others in the student movement (and
@nusuk
at the time, under the leadership of
@DAaronovitch
), to stand against the oppression of Soviet Jewry.
Today we stand in solidarity against the oppression of the Uyghur Muslims in China.
I said yes to doing a thing.
Managing the volunteer Community First Responders unit across the Borough of Barnet. Trained by
@stjohnambulance
/
@futurequals
, responding to 999 calls on behalf of
@Ldn_Ambulance
. If you want to join the team and save lives in your community, DM me
On June 1st, 2001, 20 years ago today, a terrorist went to a youth nightclub, and blew himself up, killing 21 people, 16 of whom were teenagers, and injuring more than 100. If you don't know about this massacre, or feel moved to find out more, read on:
At one point I was right in the middle of it. Protesters banging on my car, demanding I "hoot for palestine". I'm just glad I didn't have anything that outwardly defined me as Jewish, whilst 5,000 people marched past and around my car.
4/5 This is just the surface of what is being sent to Jewish students and to UJS. This is what Jewish students in the UK are dealing with. This absolutely cannot be allowed to continue. Allies need to stand up against this, together with their Jewish friends and colleagues
A place where Jewish activists once called home. A place where many of our leaders cut their teeth. And now, a place where my community are told to go to a quiet space, while a man who hates us (and me personally) performs. Thanks
@nusuk
This speaks to a wider problem of NUS failing to make Jewish students feel at home within their movement. We have tried to engage in good faith to work with them to make NUS welcoming for Jewish students, but time and time again NUS have brushed Jewish students aside
Under such terrible circumstances - with more than 200 hostages including babies, children, parents, grandparents - there is something incredibly moving about more than 15,000 people standing together to call on the worls, with one voice, BRING THEM HOME NOW! 🇮🇱
So this is happening. Very excited to join
@UJS_UK
, as the organisation celebrates 100 years, and to working with Students, with
@UJS_PRES
and the incoming
@EstherOffenberg
(and hopefully many more) to continue the exceptional work of
@davidbrown_83
and all the team!
Breaking News: The head of the
@ZionistFed
,
@AriehMiller
, has announced that he is to leave to become the next chief executive of the
@UJS_UK
(Union of Jewish Students).
Jewish Students at Queen Mary deserve to a) have their voices heard on defining anti-Jewish racism, and b) feel safe on campus. The actions of the past two years of QMSU says different. Solidarity with the Jewish Students and Jewish Society at Queen Mary SU!
We are disappointed yet unsurprised by the motions passed last night at Queen Mary Students’ Union endorsing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel and dismissing concerns about antisemitism and homophobia in the National Union of Students. 1/6
Once more, families are reunited and friends are brought back together. The first to be reunited are Sharon Alony Cunio and her 3 year old children Emma and Yuli. Their father David remains in Hamas captivity.
Massive thanks to
@LTCPeterLerner
, formerly of
@IDFSpokesperson
giving a strategic overview of the threat from Lebanon & spending the day with us, ending with LTC Eyal Dror, Commander of Op "Good Neighbor" (), sharing his absolutely incredible story.
Last week I was on shift supporting
@Ldn_Ambulance
, responding to most urgent 999 calls.
Community First Responders are trained by
@stjohnambulance
, assessed & dispatched by
@Ldn_Ambulance
, and provide lifesaving care to local community. Proud to be one of many CFRs in London.
I needed some advice from the
@ChtyCommission
.
I called and got through to their call centre. The person who took my call, Steph/Stef (sorry for sp), was helpful beyond words, nice, understanding and just all round brilliant. Well done CC on an exceptional hire! 🦸♀️
Finally, after 2 years, able to get (almost) all of the team in the same room as (almost) all of the trustees!
Ready for a PHENOMENAL year!
@UJS_UK
@UJS_PRES
2/5 There were twelve replies to the tweet. Three of those replies were unequivocal antisemitism. Jews being Nazis, Jews being wealthy, and one that simply informed the world that "Jews peoples is dirt of earth [sic]". BUT THAT ISN'T EVEN THE WORST OF IT!...
Just hosted a meeting on
@zoom_us
for the first time. Callers from multiple countries, on phones and computers, and over 40 participants. Worked like a charm. Excellent tool and doesn't cost a penny!
🚨 Israel’s ch. 12 News are reporting that Israeli officials say Hamas violated agreement with Israel, separating captive mothers from children, releasing 13 year old Hila Rotem Shoshani while keeping her mother Raya captive. 🚨
This week I passed a
@futurequals
#Level3
up-skill as an Ambulance Community First Responder (CFR), to increase skills, expand clinical knowledge and enable me to carry & use more equipment when responding to
#999
calls. Taught by
@stjohnambulance
, assessed by
@Ldn_Ambulance
. 🚑
Over 200 students who believe Jewish students shouldn't have a society on campus. A campus where a lecture shares racism, hatred and Holocaust Denial. Words fail me.
This weekend,
@UJS_UK
ran the biggest national event in 20+ years with 100s of ✡️students coming together from across the country. Student-led sessions, exceptional educators, and an immense amount of fun! But mostly an incredible team behind it!
#MyColleaguesAreBetterThanYours
Incredible team behind an exceptional weekend - More than 400 Jewish students just came together for 3 days of learning, singing, eating, debating, celebrating and more! And electing my next boss, the next UJS President!
Congrats to Sami, looking forward to working together!
And just like that, I'm a parents to a school kid!
As Tevye says,
...Is this the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older
When did they?…
#imnotcryingyourecrying
#allgrownup
For the past few weeks, people have often asked me what it’s like at work, for students on campus, and what
@UJS_UK
are up to.
@UJS_PRES
answered that and more, on tonight’s Jewish community briefing.
Stand by our students. They are the future of our community [Part 1]
I remember when sunrise was a thing you saw when you stayed up all night at the end of Summer Camp. Or when you climbed Massada. 🌅
Now it's just an autumn morning with children. 🤦♂️
Both kids and wife all off ill (party starts here!). Eldest devastated won't be going to school. In part, because he won't see his frnds. This particular tantrum is because he won't get to learn the letter "נ". Please boychick, never lose this love of learning! (He totally will)
Yesterday, at Muhraka Monestry I met Zawad, a
#Muslim
,
#Arab
#Israeli
(his description) who lives in the area & visiting with his family. He & I spoke for about 20 mins about the future of
#peace
, the barriers and how we can work better together. He was the highlight of my day.
Tim Llewellyn is complaining that
@BAFTA
has nominated the excellent Panorama episode on Labour Party antisemitism. Is this the same Tim Llewellyn who once said "the Jewish Lobby is not much fun. They come at you from every direction... they use Jewish connections to get you"? /1
3/5 Then there was this... a video (I censored the screenshot) of an actual decapitated baby, posted in reply with absolutely no censorship. A death threat ("you must be killed"), with such horrific and graphic imagery that the poster can only have done it to cause horrific alarm
This is going to ruin so much fun for English speakers! BUT, if its going to happen, I feel like the combined power and influence of
@YairZivan
@kerenhajioff
and
@EylonALevy
should at least be able to make sure it is ENGLISH and not American! 🇬🇧 🇮🇱
Knesset votes 33 to 1 to start the process of having a consistent way of spelling names of cities and streets in English on signs. The bill, sponsored by MK
@EitanGinzburg
, will still need to be legislated in cmte and plenum.
@JewishLabour
@TheGolem_
Hey
@OwenJones84
is this the CLP that Frank was about to be deselected from? The deselection that was clearly the real reason he stood down. Not that pesky antisemitism issue. Not at all.
Thanks
@LTCPeterLerner
for 2 great talks and for your amazing insights and thoughts. Looking forward to finding a time we can work together again in the future!
An exceptionally honest, personal and heartfelt piece by
@gaxenderrie
, looking at a Welsh national hero with deeply problematic and antisemitic views. Thank you Gareth for having the strength and courage of allyship. (With comment from
@daverich1
@CST_UK
)
This is going to be of very niche interest but for the first time in living memory, the Esso petrol station at Henleys Corner isn't any more expensive than all other petrol stations. This felt tweet worthy.
We're playing hide and seek. At what age do I need to tell him he's not very good at hiding? 😆 🤣 😂
(This is my current view from where I am counting. I haven't moved)
Despite unprecedented levels of antisemitism, Jewish students will not let their Judaism be defined by hate.
✅Jewish socials
✅ Lunch and Learns
✅ Shabbat and Havdallah
✅ ceremonies and vigils
✅ meetings with Gov and Uni leaders
✅ Celebrating Judaism in EVERY possible way
Jewish students won't be defined by hate.
They are PROUD of their Judaism, and Jewish life on campus will continue to grow and thrive.
UJS is here to lead, defend, and enrich Jewish life on campus.
A lovely message received to
@ZionistFed
over the weekend. Thanks Matthew for your kind words! As I’m sure the other kids in your playground will tell you... I’m rubber and you’re glue, what you say bounces off me and sticks to you.
#PlaygroundBantz
#GrowUp
!
Today is a sad day. My son loves his nursery. Today is his last day until I don't know when. He's too young to understand. He probably won't even remember in years (or months). But that doesn't make me any less sad. Hope all the team at nursery are OK and ride this out. Xx
SHARE THIS to make sure these sickos can't threaten Jews with impunity!
Singing, smiling, having a great time. Whilst chanting that the army of Mohammed is coming for the Jews.
Not even trying to conceal their identity! Brazen antisemitism.
Chants of "Khayber Khayber ya yahud jaish al Mohammed Sa'ar Yaud" in Trafalgar Sq, while carrying a fake dead baby.
'Khayber Khayber O Jews the army of Mohammed is coming'
This is an anti Jewish hate crime
@metpoliceuk
Yesterday he turned 1! His first year had all the ups and downs of COVID, and lets be honest, most of that wasn't GREAT, but it did mean I was at home loads more than I would have been and got to see him at every step (as did some of my Zoom meetings!). Happy Birthday munchkin xx
Very excited about this appointment.
@Emmabergen29
will be absolutely brilliant and take the
@ZionistFed
to new and incredible strengths! Looking forward to working together!
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of
@Emmabergen29
as our new Executive Director. We re looking forward to Emma joining the team and taking the ZF forward into our 120th anniversary!
This is just disgusting! Jenny Tonge you should be ashamed of this! The condemnation of a violent and murderous attack NEVER requires the word "but" after it. This should receive widespread condemnation from corners.
I work next door a nursery. It's 🌞so the windows are open. Can hear them playing. Then one kid shouted "daddy daddy I want daddy" and I got choked up! 😥😳.
This would not have happened before I was "Daddy" 🧑. I was never emotional. Now I cry at sounds👂🙈.
Software update is complete, I am now 5g ready, microchipped and fully vaccinated thanks to
@Ldn_Ambulance
@stjohnambulance
(
@pfizer
of course) and the wonderful nurses at Croydon University Hospital!
Watch out world, I'm coming for you.
So pleased to have been at
@UJS_UK
student awards last night. Congrats to all winners, the excellent team this year, and to a pretty damn impressive group of current and former sabs & staff. Well done particularly to
@WoodcockNatacha
& all of
@UJS_PRES
’s team (&
@davidbrown_83
!)