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@RabbaSusan

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#Mother | #Activist | #Author | #Speaker | #CastingLots ; Creating a Family in a Beautiful, Broken World | @DaCapoPress | Founder @2ndNurture

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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
4 years
Maybe congress should have invited school children to teach them what to do in the case of an active shooter.
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@RabbaSusan
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5 years
Jewish citizens of Alabama: Sue the state on behalf of religious freedom: a pregnancy that threatens the health of the mother is, in our religious laws, a "rodef" a pursuer threatening the pregnant woman and abortion is not just allowed but obligated.
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@RabbaSusan
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6 years
He'd be so much prettier if he just smiled. #kavanaughisjusttooangry
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
I'm a rabbi. But it's my sister @SarahKSilverman who calls for תשובה, a turning toward good, I may be funnier -- but she is holier.
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Sarah Silverman
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@RabbaSusan
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5 years
I have an idea! Let's be like this and take care of the already born kids!
@DTFA
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
5 years
Dalton and Dawson spent more than 3 years in #fostercare . They now have a permanent, loving home thanks to the tireless work of their Wendy's Wonderful Kids recruiter, Rachel Adler. "To me, family is so important," says Rachel #Adoption #NFCM2019
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
The rabbi sister learns every day from the comedian sister about love, empathy, respect and turning those into meaningful action. I am so proud of you @SarahKSilverman
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@RabbaSusan
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6 years
Brave to admit mistake. Hopefully gives others courage to publicly state regret as well. We all screw up. Takes strength to own up!
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@RabbaSusan
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6 years
Dear RightWingersGleefullyPointingOutAntisemitismontheLeft. It's not an opp for you to win me. Its existence breaks my heart, but does not make me anti-choice/immigrant/LGBTQ/prison reform/economic justice or pro- guns/racism/islamophobia/separating kids from parents at border.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
Brilliant, Sis!
@ilyamerica
I Love You America
6 years
Was the crowd at Donald Trump’s United Nations address really “laughing with him”? @SarahKSilverman recaps the president’s latest embarrassment. #ILYAmerica #UNGA
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@RabbaSusan
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6 years
Republicans: We will cover up Kavanaugh's domination of women's bodies in the past so we can legally dominate women's bodies in the future. #norapistjustices #ourbodiesourchoice #keepyourbodyandyourlawsoffofme
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
This last day of #Hanukkah join @2ndNurture ’s #10Ask to support #adoption into loving families 🧡
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@RabbaSusan
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6 years
Today wd've been mom's 77th bday. Memories of her pins, like "Keep your laws off my body" @SarahKSilverman has them now. They are still needed. She is too. I love & miss you so crazy much, Mama! @LauraJSilverman @JodyneL @mrAlizaRose @JustHallel
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
Who's got the "Stop Caging Children" posters for @Mike_Pence @VP as that Death Eater bows his head at the memory of concentration camps at this week's World Holocaust Forum? #WeRemember75 #WerememberNOW #NoFamilySeparation
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
A woman rabbi walks into an Orthodox shul and everybody loves each other and focuses on getting kids into families Thank you @RabbiHerzfeld !
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
I am so sad to have done this, but I just unfollowed what had been one of my heroic organizations, @MoveOn , for calling for presidential candidates to boycott AIPAC. Please don't isolate Israel with only the right as allies! Dear God, how would that move anything "on."
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
I'm sick to my stomach by Israel's actions -- arresting a Conservative rabbi for performing weddings, villainizing Arab citizens, allowing violence against women, making the police into an arm of the ultra-Orthodox rabbinate. What happened to our democratic and Sinaitic ideals!
@AlizaRSilverman
Aliza Rose Silverman
6 years
My two loves, my two homes - Israel and America. The country I defended in the military and the country I was born in. They’re both crumbling into the same warped ideals my ancestors escaped in WWII. My heart is broken. #israel #america #Veteran
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@RabbaSusan
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7 years
A #refugee made the journey through #Egypt 's Sinai Desert to cross into #Israel , telling himself that "the people of #AnneFrank will understand & protect me."
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
“People are very sure about what is right and wrong until it comes to their front door.” My brilliant sister. The real rabbi in the family. @SarahKSilverman
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
At our mom's second Yahrzeit, anniversary of her death. My sissies and I miss her like crazy.
@SarahKSilverman
Sarah Silverman
9 years
My Mom. Beth Ann O'Hara. http://t.co/r557DS4Uxv
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Happy #Kwanzaa to all who celebrate. The first day is for Unity. May all children know the joys of belonging to strong families -- and communities -- sowing and reaping love together.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
"Like peanut butter and jelly."
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(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
#Israel ’s 70th can either be a celebration of our innovation, contributions & values or it can be symbolized by deporting African #AsylumSeekers to trafficking & death #MiklatIsrael
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
I call them my twins, to which they respond, "But we're a year apart!" #foundanoldphotoanditwastoocutenottoshare
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Something that really does happen at home with the sisters @LauraJSilverman @JodyneL @SarahKSilverman .
@ilyamerica
I Love You America
7 years
Check out what's coming up on an all new special #Thanksgiving episode of #ILYAmerica , streaming TOMORROW night at 9pm PT/ 12am ET on @hulu !
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
I deeply believe we are CALLED TO ACT. This is our #AnneFrank moment. Or, more accurately, our #MiepGies moment. Overwhelm our embassies and consulates with passionate calls. SHARE.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
8 years
Mazal tov! @AshiraPants reads Torah @ the #Kotel ! Sadly the Torah is still forced to be snuck in @Womenofthewall
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
I would vote for @daylinleach for anything! Although I'm not sure he's grabbed enough pussies to be prez.
@daylinleach
Daylin Leach
7 years
My GOP friends get mad when I say #AHCA will make people die. So, lets say... it will make people go live on a farm where they'll be happy!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
He surprised me! I am so happy.
@JustHallel
Hallel Silverman هاليل سيلفيرمان הלל סילברמן
7 years
Baby brother surprised our mom by coming home to #Jerusalem today. #ShabbatShalom from our home to yours ✨🍷
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
3 years
When Linda Sarsour shares a post from a Twitter account that vilifies Israel expressing gratitude for the safe release of the hostages who were taken because they were vilified as Jews and Zionists. #justgottashakemyhead
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Yay Yosef and team! Go solar!
@RantsFromBoca
Donald Silverman
7 years
Trump says coal, Yosef says solar. Where would you put your money?
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Just spoke w/ @theemilyfrances about my son in the #IDF & the recent attacks online LINK coming soon!
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@RabbaSusan
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2 years
Any man that co-creates an embryo must pay the woman who carries that pregnancy to term half his salary for 18 years. I assume that is not too burdensome, right?
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
To my mind, this is the heart of the question: What are we willing to risk? For some -- their own lives. For others, not even a demographic or electoral shift.
@humansofny
Brandon Stanton
6 years
“My father was a talented engineer. He could fix any type of truck, and he used his income to help the poor. Our neighbors’ school fees and hospital bills were always paid. My mother would bring needy people to our table, and order us to give them the best portions of..."
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@RabbaSusan
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6 years
First in a series
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My #sister @SarahKSilverman was, in fact, paraphrasing @Womenofthewall . But if the #Jew fits...
@SarahKSilverman
Sarah Silverman
8 years
So only these assholes' version of Judaism is allowed? @Womenofthewall say EAT ME (I'm paraphrasing) -- my kickass sissy @RabbaSusan in pic!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Older kids and teens need loving families. Are you one?
@AdoptUSKids
AdoptUSKids
7 years
Faith is looking for a family to bake with. Hope says she will be a great person in a new family -Faith & Hope, both age 13. Follow our #30DaysOfFosterTeens this January, and learn more about adopting teens from foster care: #adoption
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
SISTERS! Loving each other, missing our mom.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
I can't stop crying. This is not what a Jewish state is supposed to do! Benjamin Netanyahu: Don't deport asylum seekers to Rwanda via @Change
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(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
I hear she makes fun of her favorite sister....
@SarahKSilverman
Sarah Silverman
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
A joyful and loving Christmas from Jerusalem to all who celebrate!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
8 months
Please read @HillelNeuer 's thread of UNWRA=Hamas. If we don't see what is actually happening, change is impossible.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Scary Israeli Zionist at Pride!!! Waaaaahhhaaaaaaaaahhhhaaaaaa!!!!!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
3 years
@IfNotNowOrg Not sure Jewish Israelis whose generations since the expulsion lived in Africa, North Africa and eastern Europe (and were clearly never of the nations among whom they dwelt) would take comfort in your Euro-American-Centered statement.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
It's been twenty years since this day. In the microcosm of our family, this moment was the holiness of wholeness. @RantsFromBoca @LauraJSilverman @JodyneL @SarahKSilverman @AlizaRSilverman @JustHallel @Ashira321 @kaptainsunshine @SamSeder
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Thank you @Michal_Rozin & all for having us speak today about the Anne Frank Home Sanctuary & #Refugee University!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 months
@RepBarbaraLee @POTUS Is it your understanding of this region that Iran targeting Americans is Israel's fault?
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
10 months
From an Israeli leftist: If you didn't demand "ceasefire" during the past 20,000+ rocket, mortar (and more) attacks from Gaza at Israel; if your "context" goes only as far as "blockade;" if you accuse us of genocide while chanting "from the river to the sea," I don't trust you.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
The women's march leadership has made me feel the need for a Jewish State more acutely than I ever have.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
4 years
@LivnWLupus @Samantha_J9 @nikonchick @KymKettler @PatriotGirl2020 @BrandonStraka I am that entertainer's sister and I can attest that @davidmweissman did NOT fall in love with her and she did NOT get a restraining order. He is a gentleman through and through.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
1 year
We fail Passover if we only see ourselves as coming out of Egypt but not ask: In what ways are we Pharaoh and apathetic Egyptians? Why aren’t more of us Shifra, Puah and Bat Paro? And as the Israelites—what is the purpose of our redemption? Thoughts on each over chol hamo’ed…
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
Same states that outlaw abortion also have highest infant mortality rates.
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7 years
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(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Last Shabbat before I’m home with the kids ❤️ #shabbatshalom
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
With my sister @SarahKSilverman on her funny and brilliant show @ILYAmerica . I had a great time and fell in love with everyone on the show!
@ilyamerica
I Love You America
7 years
. @sarahksilverman interviews her sister @rabbisusan in a special #Thanksgiving episode of #ILYAmerica . Now streaming on @hulu
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
#ShavuaTov to my 5 kids, near & far! 💕😍 Love you all the whole 🌏 and the whole 🌌
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
@lizzwinstead Hi Honey, I'd love to see Jewish residents of Alabama sue the state on behalf of religious freedom: a pregnancy that threatens the mental or physical health of the woman is, in our religious laws, a "rodef" a "pursuer" and abortion is not just allowed but obligated.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
Yup, that sums it up.
@mrbenwexler
Ben Wexler
6 years
To sum up: The @gop WON'T forgive you if you were a rapper years ago, but they WILL forgive you if you were a raper years ago
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
I was relieved to here from @realDonaldTrump that he had left the Middle East til I saw that he was right down the street from me.
@JoshMalina
(((Jew)))
7 years
He dumb.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
If my math is correct, this is the equivalent of a million people coming to a demonstration in US! This is the Israel I love!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
1 year
Our dad grew up with abuse and turned his vulnerability into love.
@2ndNurture
Second Nurture
1 year
Please support our work at
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
4 years
This person's experimental twitter account @SuspendThePres , in which he simply retweets DJT, has been suspended for harassment, incitement and wishing someone physical harm.
@BizarreLazar
Bizarre Lazar 🥥🌴
4 years
Experiment Update - Suspension #2 . This time for abuse and harassment. Forced deletion and 12 hour suspension. The Presidents tweet still stands. Will post to @SuspendThePres when suspension lifts.
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@RabbaSusan
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7 years
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(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
This is kidnapping.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
Shalom @Madonna ! Just heard you’re performing at #Eurovision in Tel Aviv! That’s so great - I would love to host you for Shabbat dinner in #Jerusalem while you’re here ❤️
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
Here's pro-life for you. God, you Republican anti-choices are such fucking hypocrites. AAAAUUURRGGHH!
@TUSK81
Gabe Ortíz
5 years
A two-year-old boy is now the fourth Guatemalan child in the past six months to die after being taken into federal immigration custody. Border Network for Human Rights: "This is an appalling pattern of immorality and inhumanity."
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Thank you @PJLibrary 4 sharing clip of @SarahKSilverman and me on @TheView discussing my memoir. #kidsarewired4love
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Amidst the challenges -- love and joy! #sisterlove @LauraJSilverman @JodyneL @SarahKSilverman 🤟🏽
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
2 years
@mhdksafa Yes! I'm imagining a bill that any bio father has to give 1/2 his salary to the mother and child for 18 years.
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6 months
@JoshMalina If only we had pressure to bring the hostages home.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
Missing my mom who always seemed to know the exact right thing to say at the exact right time. Here we are in the '70s.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
Once again it is #RoshHashanah - blessed to be surrounded by family #ShanaTova 🍎🍯
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@RabbaSusan
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6 years
Happy birthday Yosef! Thank you for the beautiful family we built together 💕 Love you to the 🌙 & back
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6 years
@SarahKSilverman AIPAC doesn't rate or endorse or fund candidates. Even Friedman got that wrong. Oy.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
"Those who claim that a #Jewish symbol is solely representative of everything that is wrong with #Israel is the hardest point for me to fathom." @HenMazzig ❤️🇮🇱🌈
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
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Early morning October 7th As the sun is rising In the desert sky Stars of David They took your life But they could not take your pride. This means the world to me. Thank you Bono!
@rabbicreditor
Rabbi Menachem Creditor (he/him)
11 months
Bono of @U2 changed the lyrics to ‘Pride’ in memory of 260 young Israelis murdered by #Hamas in a music festival. I'm weeping. #Israel
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(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Grateful to share the #miklatisrael struggle with @bbcworldservice .
@bbcworldservice
BBC World Service
7 years
Rabbi Susan Silverman is appealing to Israelis to help protect African migrants at risk of being deported.📻 ?
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
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@ifamericansknew My son served on that border where Gazans with wirecutters were at the fence and people were sceaming calling for the murder and kidnapping of Israelis. He said, Mom, if one person burst through the fence we would have thousands running into Israel and terror. He was right.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
“...I’m using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use...” May Aretha’s spirit inspire a world where everyone can use the gifts that god gave them. May your memory be a blessing, Aretha Franklin, #QueenOfSoul
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
6 years
In my living room are the sabbath candle sticks that my great grandmother carried with her, fleeing pogroms in Poland with her 2 little girls. These candlesticks hold the candles that are lit on Friday nights in a sovereign #Jewish state. #YomHashoah #NeverForget
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Crucial! Help #Second Nurture get kids into families!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
8 years
Caption Contest: Go!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
4 years
A moment we need. Love me my sister @SarahKSilverman
@CCFPeace
Creative Community for Peace
4 years
The amazing @GalGadot got a couple of her close friends together to sing and send a message of hope and peace. Hang in there and stay strong everyone! ✌🏽🇮🇱🌎
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
8 years
Comfort Sabbath in month of Av Also 1 yr since mom's death She needed much comfort in her last days Kid love helped
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
8 years
Don't miss the stop near you on the Casting Lots book tour! …
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
What bedtime songs were these Republicans raise with? "Hush little baby, don't say a word. Mama's gonna teach you how to fuck the poor..."
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
8 years
In Queens w/ @MusicRose666 . Look what she has of Baba/mom's @LauraJSilverman @JodyneL @SarahKSilverman @JustHallel I remember these!
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
5 years
1/2 We oppose Bibi’s decision to bar @RashidaTlaib & @Ilhan ’s entry. Many Israelis are working to fight such antidemocratic actions. Just as we are wrong to categorize American society as representative of Trump, #Israeli society isn’t representative of Bibi - or this policy.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
Says it all.
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
7 years
South #TelAviv says NO to the deportation of asylum seekers
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@RabbaSusan
(((SusanSilverman)))
4 years
@RashidaTlaib Does a Secretary of State have the power to suppress First Amendment rights in the US?
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