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Everyone’s favorite Polynesian Jew. Attorney, author and ex-Fed. 🥇2022 IBJJF World Master Jiu-Jitsu Champion. 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇼🇸🇦🇸🇮🇳

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David Cohen
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is right that there are strong parallels between Israel-Palestine and America’s racial legacy. But, perhaps because of the antisemitism he inherited from his father, he has it completely backwards: In the Jim Crow era, why did Southern whites hate Blacks more
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In “The Message,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes that his father, publisher Paul Coates, taught him to see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through an American racial lens.
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Should've been five. #NirbhayaCase
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All India Radio News
5 years
All four convicts in the #NirbhayaCase have been hanged at #TiharJail . #NirbhayaJustice
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The people of #India live on the frontlines in the war on terror. They have experienced unspeakable atrocities in places like Kashmir, horrific terror in places like Mumbai. India’s solidarity with #Israel is truly heartfelt and truly appreciated. #IndiaStandsWithIsrael 🇮🇳 🇮🇱
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Narendra Modi
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Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour.
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Modi's win was a rejection not only of the dynasty but of the colonial Brits, who tried to teach Hindus to be ashamed of their culture.
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“When the British pulled out of India, they left behind an entire civilization.” No, when the British pulled into #India , they destroyed an entire civilization. #ColonialismSucks
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Tucker Carlson
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Queen Elizabeth II was the last living link to a truly Great Britain.
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@joseletemuniz But the larger lady here is actually Gabi Garcia, who is not trans.
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David Cohen
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Outrageous to blast @isro Chairman K Sivan for offering prayers ahead of #Chandrayaan -2 launch. No one would call a NASA chief "superstitious" for offering a prayer before an important mission. Kudos to #ISRO for honoring Indian traditions.
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Hindi Yahudi Bhai Bhai.
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Aditya Raj Kaul
6 years
Israel may not have diplomatic ties with Pakistan. Yet bombs from Israel did find their way into heart of Pakistan via India this morning. Read the technical details from my dear friend @sneheshphilip
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Thank you, #India , for the positive influence that you have had on the world, and for the refuge and acceptance that you have unstintingly granted to those fleeing intolerance and persecution (including #Jews !). May more learn from your example. #HappyIndependenceDay
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I had the pleasure of visiting this synagogue, the oldest in the British Commonwealth. The only persecution #Jews ever faced in #India was by foreign invaders, never by the indigenous Indic civilizations.
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3 years
As much as I’d love to see #India join the effort to isolate Putin, I completely understand and respect India’s position and don’t think the West is in any position to lecture India about it.
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Bruno Maçães
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I used to think India would become a great power by 2050. After this crisis I think it will be 2100 if ever
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5 years
#India accepted Jews, just as they accepted many others fleeing religious persecution. One of the few places in diaspora where Jews were not persecuted by the majority population. @Claire_Voltaire
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Claire
5 years
I'm gonna say this once and I will not get into long arguments here over this. Which Jew was accepted anywhere? Tell me, which country accepted Jews? We were kicked out of our homeland which started 2000 years of diaspora all over the world. 2000 years of persecution. 1/
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Line from @spacemomsmovie : “Space exploration is in the Indian DNA.” Another line (woman talking about her granddaughter): “She’s going to ace [her exam]. Science is in her blood.” Kudos to @NASA interns Pratima Roy and Pooja Roy for embodying the spirit of #SpaceMOMs !
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Yeah, I’m sure he was a budding Mahatma until that incident and did absolutely nothing to deserve it.
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Prashant Bhushan
6 years
"Pulwama bomber Adil Ahmad Dar became terrorist after he was beaten by troops". It's imp to understand why so many young men in Kashmir are becoming militants&willing to die. Even US forces couldn't hold Afghanistan & Iraq after large-scale suicide attacks
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David Cohen
6 years
Hypocrisy is pretending to celebrate Gandhi's legacy to further your career, while also boasting about slaughtering animals to score political points.
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Ramachandra Guha
6 years
I have deleted the photo of my lunch in Goa as it was in poor taste. I do wish however to again highlight the absolute hypocrisy of the BJP in the matter of beef, and to reiterate my own belief that humans must have the right to eat, dress, and fall in love as they choose.
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1 year
So it’s a human rights abuse to keep Gazans from crossing at will into Israel to return “home”? Then what about the tens of millions of Hindus who were chased from their homes in 1947 to make way for a Muslim state? Is it a human rights abuse that Hindus aren’t allowed to cross
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AJ+
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Israel and Gaza are not two countries at war. Gaza is a territory under siege, where every aspect of life is controlled by Israel. Palestinians didn’t break through a “border” to enter Israel. They destroyed a fence separating them from the homes they were forced out of.
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David Cohen
5 years
Wait, are the Brits ruling #India again? I was offline for a while, so help me catch up. 🙂
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Liam Byrne MP
5 years
The decision by the Indian Government to revoke #Article370 of the constitution is simply unacceptable. We need justice and a pathway to peace for the people of the troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Freedom at Midnight, 75 Years On: The great, messy miracle of Indian democracy is something to celebrate. Set up to fail by centuries of divide-and-rule colonialism, modern #India will triumph and soar thanks to the great ancient civilization that it’s built upon. #IndiaAt75
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David Cohen
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Proud Jew here. Hindus, Buddhists & Jains SHOULD teach us the true meaning of an important symbol of their cultures, & how the Nazis stole & perverted it. #India 's one of the only places where the majority never discriminated vs. #Jews . I know #antisemitism well; this is not it.
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StopAntisemitism
4 years
. @BrandeisU Student Union President, Simran Tatuskar, wants to re-invent the swastika's reputation in the school's curriculum and present it as a peaceful symbol. And nope, she's NOT Jewish. But she IS trying to normalize the largest symbol of hate in America.
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1 year
So nice to see the Hindu community coming out to support Jews in this time of crisis. Not surprising.
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Siddhant Mishra
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#BREAKING : Hindu Forum #Canada successfully mobilised the entire Indian community to participate in a powerful display of solidarity with ‘Canadian Jewish organizations’. Several thousand individuals joined together with Israel's Jewish population and innocent civilians to
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David Cohen
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Well shouldn’t 200 years of your White Man’s Burden colonialism have left #India in wonderful shape?
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Andrew Duncan
5 years
@BBCWorld This from a country where the majority of people don’t have toilets.
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David Cohen
6 years
Can the Western media also stop sending correspondents to #India who are hostile to Indic culture...k...thanks
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David Cohen
5 years
I’m a clairvoyant. I sent out this tweet on the results of #IndiaElections2019 five years and five days ago! 🙂
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David Cohen
10 years
Modi's win was a rejection not only of the dynasty but of the colonial Brits, who tried to teach Hindus to be ashamed of their culture.
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David Cohen
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Does becoming the CEO of Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, MasterCard, Deutsche Bank, Citibank or Adobe count as “assimilating”?
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Lauren Witzke
4 years
Most third-world migrants can not assimilate into civil societies. Prove me wrong.
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David Cohen
3 years
A Washington Post writer denounced Indian food as “the only ethnic cuisine in the world insanely based entirely on one spice.” So there’s only 1 type of Indian food, based on 1 spice? How’s that any less racist than saying that members of a certain ethnic group “all look alike”?
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The #Jews and the #KashmiriPandits have a lot in common: 1. Devotion to education. 2. Education leads to success when given even the slightest opportunity. 3. Success breeds resentment. 4. Resentment leads to violence, sometimes barbaric, sadistic cruelty. 5. Many blame the
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David Cohen
1 year
As a Jew, I have a special place in my heart for the Kashmiri Pandits of India. Their culture places great emphasis on learning. They were forced to flee their homes after suffering unspeakable, sadistic atrocities. The massacre in Israel made me think of them. ❤️
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It’ll probably be tough for him to find a job now. Perhaps he could apply to Hamas to be a suicide bomber.
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Aditya Raj Kaul
1 year
EXCLUSIVE: Stamford oil analyst Kurush Mistry fired after online video of antisemitic incident
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India is one of the few places where Jews have never been persecuted by the majority culture. Not coincidentally, India’s Hindu majority does not proselytize. There’s a natural respect between people who do not try to convert each other, be it by force, persuasion or denigration.
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David Cohen
1 year
Antisemites pretend to wonder why Jews are hated everywhere. Unlike the religions that Jews typically live amongst, Jews don’t seek converts. Hence Jews are always a small minority that has “rejected” the beliefs of the majority. That has always led to resentment & scapegoating.
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David Cohen
2 years
Suggesting that Indians and others should be grateful for the “benefits” of British colonialism is like suggesting African Americans should be grateful for slavery because the slaves all got food and shelter.
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Dinesh D'Souza
2 years
As a tribute on the death of Queen Elizabeth, I’m re-posting my essay from the ⁦ @sfchronicle ⁩ from two decades ago called “Two Cheers for Colonialism.” Many Indians today would give three, but I’m taking a moderate position on this issue
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David Cohen
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While the word “genocide” is cynically abused by Hamas-supporting antisemites, Bangladeshi Hindus were victims of a real genocide in 1971. We must say “Never Again” and protect Hindus and other minorities from the Islamist mobs terrorizing Bangladesh. #AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus
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Visegrád 24
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It’s time for international mainstream media to start reporting. The world needs to know what is being done to Hindus in Bangladesh right now! The hashtag to spread is #AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus
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David Cohen
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@andrewsduncan1 @BBCWorld Their country may need more toilets but your country is going down the toilet.
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David Cohen
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If telling Jews, Hindus, etc that their faith is false and they should convert is your way of showing LOVE, then shove your LOVE and learn to treat us with respect instead. What we need to be saved from is proselytizers like you.
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Jews are being attacked in New York, in Europe, and all around the world. But not by #Hindus . #India is the only place I can think of where the majority has never mistreated its Jewish minority. 1/2
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Gems of Bollywood बॉलीवुड के रत्न
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"Hindus attacking Jews ..." - from Boston Legal, Season 2, Episode 6 currently streaming on @DisneyPlusHS When did Hindus attack Jews? On contrary, Jews are the oldest foreign religious groups to have lived in India and have no rifts with Hindus
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As a Jew, I have a special place in my heart for the Kashmiri Pandits of India. Their culture places great emphasis on learning. They were forced to flee their homes after suffering unspeakable, sadistic atrocities. The massacre in Israel made me think of them. ❤️
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Sunanda Vashisht
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Well.. Jews didn’t conquer Kashmir through deception and Jews didn’t trigger 7 exoduses. Jews didn’t kill us, torture us, rape us or tell us to leave our homes leaving our womenfolk behind. Jews didn’t deny our tragedy. Jews never left the dream of returning to promised land. Nor
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Happy #IndependenceDay , #India ! Here's our tribute to India, Indic culture and the remarkable #women of @isro . We answered the call to #MakeInIndia , mortgaging our house to fund our investment. I hope our act of love and trust will one day be rewarded.
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David Cohen
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We already had a ‘proud Christian’ ruling #India : The Queen of England. But thankfully those days are over.
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Paul Golding
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I am sick of my country being a laughing stock. We have degenerated from the likes of Winston Churchill to an unelected librarian. A ‘proud Hindu’. I look forward to a ‘proud Christian’ ruling India.
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When #India ’s elite media mocks its own culture—which they don’t even understand—it’s a residue of #colonialism . No one can walk far in borrowed shoes: To achieve anything, Indians must stand proud in who they are. More straight talk from ⁦ @radhabharadwaj ⁩ on #SpaceMOMs
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5 years
🤮 I love Kerala food (aviyal, olan, erisseri), but this looks just like 💩. So I’m sure it is indeed “tender” and “aromatic.” #vegan
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Kerala Tourism
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Tender chunks of beef, slow-roasted with aromatic spices, coconut pieces, and curry leaves. A recipe for the most classic dish, Beef Ularthiyathu, the stuff of legends, from the land of spices, Kerala:
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By this "logic," you would expect the #KashmiriPandits to be terrorists. But they aren't. And had they been, you would be the first to denounce them rather than bending over backwards to make excuses for them. #NeverAgain
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Prashant Bhushan
6 years
"Pulwama bomber Adil Ahmad Dar became terrorist after he was beaten by troops". It's imp to understand why so many young men in Kashmir are becoming militants&willing to die. Even US forces couldn't hold Afghanistan & Iraq after large-scale suicide attacks
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David Cohen
7 years
I can't think of another country in the region where I'd rather be a minority. And, if you're being honest, neither can you.
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Khaled Ahmad
7 years
@DavidBCohen1 Are you sure about that? Minorities are been crushed in India by Hindu nationalists.
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David Cohen
3 years
The indigenous #KashmiriPandits were massacred, kidnapped, raped, tortured, forcibly converted and ethnically cleansed from their ancient homeland. To claim they didn’t suffer from isolation or discrimination, and to compare them to white Afrikaaners, is evil gaslighting. #India
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Indu Viswanathan
3 years
The intellectual and moral bankruptcy of Western journalists and scholars who virtue signal and profit by spreading false equivalences is violent and disgusting. One day, Werleman will be a J-school case study in propaganda, rhetorical violence, and historical erasure. Repulsive.
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The dwindling number of Indians who care what Westerners think have yet to decolonize their own minds. The growing majority of Indians are standing up with pride to celebrate their country and their great indigenous civilization. #IndiaElections2019 #India
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David Cohen
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Modi's win was a rejection not only of the dynasty but of the colonial Brits, who tried to teach Hindus to be ashamed of their culture.
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Even if the terrorists who just killed at least 10 of our troops in #Afghanistan are not affiliated with the Taliban terrorists: How the hell did we get ourselves into a situation where we have to rely on terrorists to guarantee the safety of thousands of stranded Americans?
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David Cohen
6 years
Offering two Jewish sayings in support of #India and the brave soldiers who defend her: "May their memories be a blessing" and "Never again"
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Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳
6 years
Brave sons of proud Mother India. Sacred is their memory, sacred their sacrifice. Om Shanti. @crpfindia
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Space MOMs touches Indians’ hearts & makes non-Indians admire #India . Corporate media, in India & the West, would never offer such an unabashed celebration of India, her culture & ALL her people. Such films can’t survive without your support. WATCH NOW:
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#SpaceMOMs engineer seeking blessings for the success of the #MarsMission . #India #WomenInSTEM #Mars
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David Cohen
5 years
Looks like someone’s trying too hard to fit in with all the other correspondents that Western media outlets have sent to New Delhi over the years.
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David Cohen
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“If India felt like it may end up as a one party democracy one day....” Um, you’d think that #India would have already felt that way, having been ruled by one party for five of its seven decades of independence.
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barkha dutt
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Finally, India has an Opposition. I argue in @washingtonpost : the message from #Karnataka is that the non BJP parties have shed their complacency & flabbiness. If India felt like it may end up as a one party democracy one day; well at least that's stopped
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David Cohen
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If you insist that your country is a laughingstock then I’ll take your word for it. But it’s not because your prime minister is Hindu.
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Paul Golding
1 year
I am sick of my country being a laughing stock. We have degenerated from the likes of Winston Churchill to an unelected librarian. A ‘proud Hindu’. I look forward to a ‘proud Christian’ ruling India.
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Another scene from #SpaceMOMs : As #India prepares to launch her historic #MarsMission , the space agency chief enters Siva’s shrine with humbly bent body.
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The word “genocide” was coined after the Holocaust because no existing word could capture the depravity of the *intentional* slaughter of 6 million Jews. The genocide blood libel against Israel, which was planned before October 7, is an attempt to trivialize, mock and appropriate
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Fox News
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Harris appears to agree with protester accusing Israel of genocide: ‘What he’s talking about, it’s real’
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David Cohen
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An #Indian space agency chief shown honoring Indic tradition in @radhabharadwaj 's new movie #SpaceMOMs , the first dramatic production inspired by the women of #Mangalyaan . @isro should be celebrated, not blasted, for honoring indigenous #Indian traditions.
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David Cohen
2 years
This hateful piece of trash abused and assaulted women because of their Indian heritage. She’s been arrested and her identity and workplace have been made public. If you hate like this, you ruin your own life.
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David Cohen
5 years
Wrong. But just to play along, what type of Indian cuisine are you referring to? South Indian? Punjabi? Gujarati? Bengali? Never mind. You have no clue.
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Tom Nichols
5 years
Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn’t.
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David Cohen
2 years
Britain “took over the world and ruled it with decency unmatched by any empire in human history.” That’s like saying a slave owner treated his slaves with decency unmatched by any slave owner in human history. And the statement isn’t even close to being true. #ColonialismSucks
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Tucker Carlson
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Queen Elizabeth II was the last living link to a truly Great Britain.
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3 years
Happy #RepublicDayIndia ! Emerging from a bloody partition, after generations of divide-and-rule colonialism, #India become the world’s largest democracy overnight. India’s miraculous ability to maintain its democracy under such difficult conditions is a testament to its culture.
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David Cohen
5 years
The racists are the ones who ordered the minorities in their midst to flee, convert or die. No amount of Orwellian whitewashing will stop #KashmiriPandits from speaking the truth about the racist ethnic cleansing of their indigenous homeland.
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Deepa Iyer
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A witness at the @TLHumanRights hearing on #Kashmir tried to frame the situation in Kashmir abt radical Islamic terror. But human rights advocates powerfully called out this racist dog whistle + focused on two points: (1) self-determination, and (2) the role of the Indian govt.
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David Cohen
3 years
Shameful that a nation’s foreign minister would traffic in blatantly antisemitic tropes. He represents a country where bigotry and oppression of minorities is national policy, a country that has committed genocide and displaced tens of millions of indigenous people. #antisemitism
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Noa Landau נעה לנדאו
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OMG, this is a must-see: Discussing Israel's actions in Gaza, Pakistani FM said Israel has "deep pockets" and "they control media," prompting an impressive pushback from CNN's @biannagolodryga 👇
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"All of the ISRO women I interviewed have solid, Indian middle-class values and are proud of their culture. To present them as otherwise would have been a betrayal." 1/2
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David Cohen
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Great interview of @radhabharadwaj on #SpaceMOMs , the first feature film inspired by the women of #Mangalyaan . #GirlPower @isro #Mars #India
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I’m disappointed that our President is accusing #India of being “xenophobic.” India encompasses an astounding diversity of cultures including many that found refuge there after being chased out of places that really were xenophobic.
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RedState
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Biden May Have Just Created an International Incident With Comment Insulting Our Allies, Japan and India
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David Cohen
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I stood up for @AkshayaPatra recently during that phony #MiddayMealControversy . I was touched when #AkshayaPatra official @naveenadasa came to thank me personally, bringing prasadam and telling me about the great work they do to feed nutritious vegetarian (👍🏽) food to poor kids.
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What the Indian media have learned from the Western media's playbook: Demonize conservative leaders when they're in power. Afterwards, praise them for the sole purpose of demonizing the current conservative leader. (I'm using "conservative" to refer to the Western leaders.)
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David Cohen
6 years
Bloody Mary : What Modi can learn from the Vajpayee playbook: via @TOIOpinion
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Wishing everyone much joy on the Hindu festival of Deepavali. May good always triumph over evil. #Deepavali
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David Cohen
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Could Ramdas Sunak, growing up in Britain’s racist colonial Raj, ever imagine that his grandson would become Prime Minister—not of #India , but of the colonizer itself? Politics aside, when @RishiSunak is sworn in on the Bhagavad Gita, Indians & Brits alike should take great pride
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If you want to feel a burst of pride in #India and Indic culture, take three minutes to watch this video. And then make it go viral! #SpaceMOMs #GirlPower #STEM #WomenInSTEM #BetiBachaoBetiPadhao #Mars #Mangalyaan via @YouTube
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David Cohen
6 years
Is there anything more culturally daft than trying to ridicule an "oldtimer" from Indian society for not having a "hot Saturday night"?
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David Cohen
3 years
This is my wife’s grandmother.
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Sreemathy Mohan
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Andavan pichai. The lyricist of the well known song ullam urugudayya!
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David Cohen
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Because #India ’s majority culture has fostered a diverse community where Christians, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Zoroastrians and others have all thrived. If that were ever replaced by the ethic that governs, say, Pakistan, it would be quite a loss.
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Arfa Khanum Sherwani
7 years
So what if Hindus become a minority in India ? Why do you fear being a minority so much ? What exactly are you doing to the Minorities that you don’t want to be in their place ?
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David Cohen
4 years
This is not an apology, and no apology was necessary. Simran is performing an important public service. Her dialogue with the Rabbi can be a model for building inter-cultural understanding. 1/
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StopAntisemitism
4 years
After much backlash, we are thrilled to see Simran has issued an apology and clarified her stance on the situation!
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David Cohen
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Hindus in India were never forced to convert. They did so voluntarily to avoid beheading. 🤡👇🏽
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David Cohen
5 years
Why don't big #Bollywood films celebrate Indic culture as proudly as #SpaceMOMs does? Space MOMs proves the story of #Mangalyaan can be told with dignity and respect. No pandering or phony melodrama. Space MOMs remains true to the spirit of the real scientists. #India
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David Cohen
3 years
See the moving film that has made so many feel so proud! Space MOMs is @radhabharadwaj ’s heartfelt tribute to her culture, celebrating #women , #India , #science & indigenous pride. In India: Watch on Google Play or iTunes Outside of India, use this link:
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David Cohen
6 years
From the world's oldest democracy to the world's largest democracy: Happy Independence Day, #India ! #IndianIndependenceDay
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David Cohen
6 months
Hindus and Jews are united by a common enemy: Rutgers University. 🙂
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New York Post
6 months
Jewish Rutgers professor slams university in scathing letter to the president: ‘All I do is confront antisemitism’
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David Cohen
4 years
We have liftoff...IN INDIA! Space MOMs is finally available in #India ! It tells the inspiring story of the #Mars mission, but also subtly shows how these women are the products of a remarkable heritage. A heritage that all Indians share. Here’s the link:
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David Cohen
4 years
If a hate group appropriated the Star of David, Jews wouldn't abandon the symbol. We'd reclaim it and educate others on why it's important to us. Let's show our allies in the #Hindu and other communities the same respect. @StopAntisemites @Spinozasrose @ynkutner
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David Cohen
6 years
Now that @ABCNetwork 's been forced to drop @QuanticoTV 's "Hindu terrorists frame Pakistan" plot, let's help @QuanticoWriters think of new plot lines to fill the void. I'll start: Yazidi terrorists unleash murder & mayhem on peaceful ISIS members. Use #QuanticoPlotIdeas hashtag.
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David Cohen
6 years
One reason #Jews have always gotten hatred from all directions--and #Hindus will relate to this--is that they don't seek converts, and hence will always be outnumbered by faiths that do. Jews will always be an "othered" minority & all-purpose scapegoat everywhere but in #Israel .
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David Cohen
6 years
READ this "Brief History of Jew-Hatred" by @CliffordDMay . #Jews were chased out of their ancient communities throughout the Middle East. #Israel 's now the only enclave where they can live safely. Else they'd suffer the fate of the #Yazidis in a region that brutalizes minorities.
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David Cohen
6 years
As Jews say, may his memory be a blessing. And indeed it will be. #AtalBihariVajpayee #India
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David Cohen
2 years
Oh, and it wasn’t the British who built that stupid train station. It was their Indian slave labor. #ColonialismSucks
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David Cohen
6 years
From the country created as a Muslim nation-state by displacing several million Hindus and Sikhs from their ancestral homelands, and which brutally oppresses the minorities that remain there.
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David Cohen
6 years
Pakistan rejects Israel’s Jewish Nation-State law
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David Cohen
7 years
Didn't realize that slaughtering innocents was a valid response to people feeling "alienated." #apologists
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Siddharth
7 years
Past Continuous: 1993 Bombay blasts were in response to an entire community being alienated via @thewire_in
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David Cohen
5 years
#India 's rich legacy in math and science, from Aryabhata all the way through #Mangalyaan , is celebrated in #SpaceMOMs . The film is a moving tribute to Indian womanhood in particular, and will unite all Indians with heartfelt pride. Coming in #2020 . @narendramodi @spacemomsmovie
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Narendra Modi
5 years
It is a matter of pride for all Indians to learn about our rich legacy in this sphere. I hope this inspires our youth to make their mark globally in further advancing science and maths in this century.
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David Cohen
1 year
Bless these heroes who make Israel and #India proud. 🇮🇳 🇮🇱 ❤️ #IndiaWithIsrael
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Aviva Klompas
1 year
Three fallen heroes. These Indian-Israelis died fighting Hamas. Staff-Sgt. Halel Solomon 🕯️ Captain Or Moses 🕯️ Inspector Kim Dokraker 🕯️ May their memories forever be a blessing
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David Cohen
3 years
I would also add that Pakistan committed genocide and mass rape against the indigenous Hindus of East Pakistan/Bangladesh in 1971.
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David Cohen
4 years
All she asked was that Hindus displaying the swastika as part of their ancient culture not be lumped in with antisemites. And for that she was (wait for it) lumped in with antisemites: "named & shamed," bullied as if she were a Nazi. Appalling lack of judgment by @StopAntisemites
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StopAntisemitism
4 years
. @BrandeisU Student Union President, Simran Tatuskar, wants to re-invent the swastika's reputation in the school's curriculum and present it as a peaceful symbol. And nope, she's NOT Jewish. But she IS trying to normalize the largest symbol of hate in America.
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David Cohen
6 years
If she had really been threatened by these folks, her tweet wouldn’t have been so flippant and condescending to Hindus. She’s trying to create a diversion by lurching for the mantle of victimhood.
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David Cohen
1 year
Jews were oppressed under apartheid conditions for centuries across the Middle East before being ethnically cleansed, forced to flee to #Israel . The supremacist majority in the region cannot tolerate Jews, who are supposed to be below them, controlling even a tiny spec of the
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Saba Naqvi
1 year
There was a time when India stood with oppressed people across the world including #Palestine . If you speak to world strategists (not Akshay Kumar) that is when India was a moral force in the world. And no matter how hard we imagine we are one with the West, and not the post
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David Cohen
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#India is probably the only place that never oppressed its Jewish minority. As a Jew, I appreciate that immensely, and I don’t get to censor the great indigenous culture of India because of the acts of evil Westerners.
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Roxy Striar
4 years
Here is what happens when you Google swastikas. For those of you at-ing me, calling me ignorant, saying this is the Hindu symbol for hope, you try having 6 million of your people gassed to death and then explain why if you turn the symbol on it’s side, it’s somehow acceptable.
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David Cohen
3 years
Tens of millions of Hindus and Sikhs had to flee their ancient communities so Muslims could have their own state in India. More people *died* in the India partition than were displaced in the Palestine one. Yet no one questions the right of Pakistan or Bangladesh to exist.
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David Cohen
9 years
Is Barkha Dutt in Paris?
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David Cohen
5 years
@radhabharadwaj @isro K Sivan, @isro 's chief, is a farmer's son from a rural village. ISRO engineers Radha interviewed are from similar backgrounds. This is shown in #SpaceMOMs . They were inspired by past ISRO missions to study science. Today's missions will inspire millions more, boosting India. 2/2
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David Cohen
7 years
No, but Indology is dominated by academic colonialists. Let Hindus tell their own story rather than always having it filtered through the biases of Western "experts."
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Sadanand Dhume
7 years
Can only those who revere a religion analyze its sacred texts? [Recent @AudreyTruschke kerfuffle is part of a larger debate about Indology.]
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David Cohen
7 years
#Israel is the only country in the Middle East that does not oppress women, minorities and gays. Only an anti-Semite would single out the world's only Jewish state for this hysterical hyperbole while ignoring the hateful supremacist ideology that infests the rest of the region.
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David Cohen
1 year
Without making any value judgment, there’s a big cultural disconnect between religions that seek converts and those—like Judaism and Hinduism—that do not proselytize.
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David Cohen
6 years
I’m sure Gandhi would be very proud of you.
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David Cohen
6 years
Misleading headline: The UN is allegedly hindering the probe of a *UN* official who is not Indian, but is responsible for an India program. The alleged victim is Indian.
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