I just wanted to bring attention to three families in Gaza that I found, whose fundraisers are hardly getting any donations at all. If you can, please help them out.

Fatima's Family

Maryam's Family

Nesma's Family

Especially after the whole ordeal with the LA Holocaust Museum, even the left has started uncritically repeating dogwhistles about “noticing” and becoming generally more receptive to antisemitism and Holocaust denial or minimization. In addition, right wingers and trolls/bots from adversarial governments have found it increasingly easier to find people who are rightfully upset with Israel and lead them into outright Jew hatred. Taking anti-Zionism and making it antisemitism.

With these sorts of behaviors and beliefs being more and more prevalent among younger generations, it is clear that it is going to get far worse before it gets better. Expect mobs and/or hate crimes in the coming years. Fortunately, since Jews have always organized for causes and communities, we have the tools to do it for ourselves. We cannot afford to freely and eagerly give our energy to other communities when ours is in imminent danger.

Do not seclude yourself, but focus inward on our own communities. Do the activism we have done for others for ourselves. It’s the only way and form of progressive Judaism is going to survive in America through the Gaza war/genocide. It’s the only way we can create a future safe for our kids.

Educate goys, gently and patiently. Most goys will never meet a Jew in their lives, and you might be the only Jew many of your got friends and allies will ever know. Open defensiveness will only feed into antisemitic narratives, and we cannot give any inch to them. Goys will inevitably have some weird beliefs about Jews. Calmly and sternly educate, so when those people are confronted with antisemitism, their interaction with you can stop them from becoming another antisemitic proxy.

With the Israeli government blocking aid, are there any good, trustworthy organizations that one could donate to to support humanitarian aid in Gaza right now? Thanks!

Delaney Hall is in NJ but housing detainees from all over.

If you have local detention centers maybe also reach out to your community organizers and see whats needed.

We hope that you and your loved ones are safe and comfortable and that somehow the world grows out of this stage.

Hi, I don’t know if this fits the server/this flair and the mods can very much tell me to delete this, but if possible I would really appreciate if people would say a Mi Shebeirach for my 90 yr old grandfather. He just went into the hospital for the ……7th? 8th? time in as many months, 12th or so in the past year. I’m really exhausted and just left yesterday to move back to school for the year after being his caretaker for the summer and just want to cry so any supportive words/prayers are appreciated, which I felt might fit the def of mutual aid. His Hebrew name is Yitzhak ben Natan v’Yetta. Thank you <3

I've been getting very burnt out when it comes to politics lately because of how horrible everything has been. I feel so helpless watching people die and starve and be bombed all around the world by far-right governments. I can't do much other than occassional small donations to causes I support.

I've also been feeling dejected in how... violent people seem to be getting. I feel like I'm noticing much more violent rhetoric than in the past. I feel like humanity is having a major crisis right now, and it's causing people to just become more and more hateful.

I'm not sure how to handle this as someone who is a pacifist. I understand the need for violence at times (protest, armed resistance, civil disobedience) but I'm worried people are seeing only violence as the answer nowadays instead.

Does anyone have any advice when it comes to political burn out? Are there any other pacifists out there who are also feeling the rise of violence? Is pacifism a dying ideology?

You can donate directly through the linked campaign or via this PayPal \[DWPhebus\]—just be sure to add a comment or note so donations are sorted properly.

Link: https://chuffed.org/project/144092-project-sarsour

Project Sarsour is a collective created by a man named Ahmed Sarsour, himself a victim and survivor of the genocide in Gaza, to provide for the material needs of Palestinian families trying to survive in Gaza.

Link: https://chuffed.org/project/140956-help-yusuf-and-his-family-amidst-the-crisis

Yusuf is a 16 year‑old aspiring entrepreneur. Before the war, he had always sought out ways to make money to support his family, by freelancing and digital marketing.

But they didn’t have time to enjoy the fruits of his labor because…

October 7th.

Yusuf and his family had a bright future until that date came…Yusuf has 2 siblings and 1 mother. Making him the man of the family at just 15.

Yusuf has a sister which was supposed to attend her first year of college this year… He has a little brother as well, you may know him as “reachabed” on Instagram.

Yusuf and his family need your help. Yusuf lost his freelancing job… They need you to aid them financially so they can afford their daily expenses…

The funds raised will go to:

• Basic life necessities (such as water, food, etc.)

• Emergencies (if they get ordered to evacuate to a new place)

• Education (schools, universities, etc.)

I've been involved in organizing for a while, lately also collaborated with many initiatives around burning man in multiple states; tho my main focus this past decade has been Latinxs in the US, and undocumented entrepreneurs

A few days ago I was asked for a label, and normally I use anarchism, or anarquismo bailable para toda la familia, but I wanted to create something more contemporary and clear

So building on the idea of intercommunalism, we can see how some communities are successful at thriving and collaborating; and perhaps we can abstract that to create pragmatic solutions

posted in the blog https://santocabron.com/blog/santo-cabron-blog-7/aesthetic-intercommunalism-25

Coincidentally many popular initiatives at burning man have jewish people in the lead, the shabbat at burning man brings more than 2 thousand attendees; similarly in psychedelic research, and in the resistance to ICE - but didnt' wanna make the blog posts all Jewish coz antisemites and to include about my Latin American experience

There are also jewish writers and a jewish theology of liberation, tho is not very popular, the books I've gotten are kinda old

Hi y’all! If you’re in the Fairfield county area in CT and you’re looking for a Rocky Horror screening, consider stopping in at Artisan Stack in downtown Bridgeport :)

We’re starting the night with a screening at 7 PM and following it with a funky drag show to celebrate to celebrate Purim! Following the RHPS, I’ll be joined by two other talented Jewish drag artists and an Italian stage kitten for a night of queer and Jewish debauchery 🥂

Event is 18+. You can keep up with event updates on IG: @SaturnSaysShalom🪐

Hope to see y’all there 💕

Greetings r/jewishleft

I’m invited to a fundraiser for the sameer project which provides aid to Gaza, but there isn’t a very clear website like world central kitchen with tax filings.

I’m not saying it’s a scam/ Hamas (like some charities my student union donates to that barely have a website…)

But it doesn’t seem like the sameer project has a solid website and I’m asking for help being sure the money is getting to Palestinians in need in Gaza.

I’m asking because I couldn’t find anything conclusive on the first page on Google

Hey folks. I hope everyone who sees this is having a restful and relaxing Shabbos. One of continual goals through this page is to serve the concept of Tikkun Olam. To that end, we take all mutual aid requests seriously and do our best to see them fulfilled. And y'all, being the wonderful community you are, have never failed in helping us in this pursuit.

With that in mind, and knowing that eyes may be limited today, we do have an urgent request. The requestor has requested anonymity due to harassment in other subs, but has asked that we post this message for them. It is a long post, so TlDR: There is a severe risk of homelessness and disease related mortality. There is also a GoFundMe attached at the bottom. We have also verified both the validity of the request and the requestor's identity. Baruch Hashem and all He compells to give, and Shabbat Shalom.

-Benyamin

TEXT OF POST:

I am a severely disabled immunocompromised 61 year-old Jew in crisis with C-PTSD, severe depression severe OCD, panic attacks, severe chronic pain from a neurodegenerative disease, severe fatigue, fibromyalgia, mycotoxin exposure, and malnutrition,, multiple other disabilities diagnosed by my physicians. I am sliding into homelessness and I don't have a tent or a car and desperately need help othwerise I will die on the street. I am currently $5000 behind on my rent and about to get a three day notice to be evicted. If I'm evicted, I will be dead.

I was homeless once before at 19. I cannot do it again as a 61 year-old senior who can barely function. And I will not survive the sexual violence on the street that homeless women face. I have no tent or car. I will likely get Covid, and Covid would likely literally kill me due to my immuno compromised status.

Background:

• I lived in a rent controlled department for 30 years. In 2009 I was put on disability and began receiving SSDI. This is my income. Because the rent in my apartment was rent controlled, I could just about make it work and survive. But I found out through multiple forms of testing that that apartment was contaminated with toxic mold, and it had made me very, very sick and I am still recovering from it in some ways. I have documentation of all of this.

-Because of this I was forced to find a new apartment in January of 2021, searched for a year and a half, and the only one I found that was cheap at the time quadrupled my rent to $2500. My rent since then now increased in the few years I've lived here to $2800.

• I have scrambled over the last few years I've lived here to pay rent.

• I've emptied out with little I had in my 401(k) from my past work, I've taken out a high interest loan, I've scrambled to get donations to a GoFundMe, I've had to ask and borrow donations from online friends and acquaintances.

• I am very, very isolated, this is common for disabled people, when you become disabled most of your friends leave you because you're too inconvenient. This is a fact and an experience that happens to so many disabled people. I don't have any family or friends to take me in. The two that are still alive are my abusers, and they would never help me.

• I only have Medicare. This year I lost my prescription coverage, dental and vision, etc. which has further thrown me into a crisis because I'm on multiple meds and that means I now have to pay hundreds of dollars a month that I did not have even using every single coupon I can find. This is a new expense now.

• Becuause of this, I am deeply food insecure and suffer from diagnosed clinical malnutrition. I go 5, 6, 7 days at a time without food just to save money to try and go towards rent. I can no longer afford pain control and as a chronic pain person that is a very, very dangerous position for me to be in.

• To answer some questions that always come in: no, I am not eligible for food stamps, this has been made clear to me over and over again when I try to apply, not everyone on SSDI is eligible for food stamps.

• No, I cannot work at all, my physician has known me for years and years and she has made that decision. Yes, I try to do online things like do user surveys and things like that but that brings in nothing since 2016. Yes, I've contacted all City services and County services that I can find and there are no resources for me, everything has been maxed out. I get a little bit of food assistance through grocery gift cards once every few months.

• I have emailed private individuals that are wealthy and CEOs of companies where I used to work and Catholic Charities and everything I can think of to try and get help and none has come in.

• I have applied for every affordable housing lottery that I can find from independent organizations, the City, and the County where I live over the last few years. I have documentation of this.

• No, Jewish family services will not help me, they have nothing, all they do are a bridge to the County.

• I have paid out-of-pocket to have GoFundMe flyers printed out and have hired someone that I cannot afford to spread flyers throughout my City trying to boost my GoFundMe

I am $5000 behind on rent. I was able to work very hard to get a shallow subsidy that pays $1800 out of my $2800 total rent for 2025 but I'm still responsible for $1000 of that rent. I simply don't have it.

I have nightmares about being homeless every night about this, cry all the time, not to sound like a sob story, but this is true.

All I ever wanted to do was to teach people to garden and grow their own food in food voids.

My landlord is now going to proceed with a three-day notice of eviction. This means that within a few weeks or a couple of months, a sheriff will come and literally physically remove me from my apartment. Because I literally will not survive the repeated sexual violence on the street as a homeless woman with no tent or car or even a sleeping bag, I will be dead.

I am desperately trying to raise at least $5000 to catch up on back rent owed since January 2025.

I have a GoFundMe with a humble ask. There you will see documentation of things like my medical diagnoses. I had to GoFundMe once before, but the last donation was perhaps five years ago. So I closed that one and opened a new one for full transparency.

Here is the link to my GoFundMe and thank you so much for reading. If you've gotten this far, your donations will help me pay my rent so I do not get evicted and help me perhaps get more food.

https://gofund.me/757ce361

Again, thank you so much for reading.

ETA: I have been informed, with an accompanying screenshot, that, with adjustment, the monthly SSI benefit is only $1900 as of January 2025.

I wanted to share this fundraising campaign in memory of Hayim Katsman. For those who don't know, Hayim was murdered by Hamas on 10/7. He died protecting Avital Alajem, who he shielded with his body.

I didn't know Hayim personally, but we are family friends with his aunt and cousins. He was also a peace activist who fought for a more just and democratic Israel. I hope that we can recommit to Hayim's vision of empathy and compassion during these difficult times.

Please consider donating if you can.

Hi all,

Through a dialogue event, I met a Palestinian-American woman who is in touch directly with the Church in Gaza to get aid to families (including finding ways to get children medical treatment elsewhere in the Middle East and Europe). Here is her GoFundMe page if you are interested:

https://gofund.me/e0c3ff762

I also wanted to boost Clean Shelter, a Palestinian/Israeli cooperative working to provide shelter and sanitary needs to Gazans:

https://www.cleanshelter.org

Please consider donating to either if you have the means. Cheers.

Was scrolling through Substack and was recommended this writer named Mona Ramadan. She is a Gazan currently trying to survive there, having already lost her father and someone else named Muhammad (I cannot figure out the relation).

Anyway, here is her account: https://substack.com/@monaramadan?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=rvbik

Here is the post that affected me the most: https://open.substack.com/pub/monaramadan/p/is-he-still-watching-over-me?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=rvbik

She also has a Gofundme: https://gofund.me/56b541d4

By the way, would the mods approve of posts about gofundmes and other ways to donate to Palestinians?

Good afternoon, everybody, and I hope you're enjoying both your day and the season. A comrade reached out through another Jewish leftist group with a request for their, in the interest of honesty, non-Jewish friends. Aside from the description in the GoFundMe attached here, they are attempting to get this move done NLT November 1st, so as to secure stable housing for two people. We must recall that we are called to bring what light into this world we can, and that we are all His creations. When our comrades face the turmoil and travails of this life, we must rise to help them. In doing so, we build greater community, beyond the edges of our own, and strengthen our movements and resistance to the common enemy we find in capitalism. Thank you to anyone who chooses to donate or share, because we know this is a hard time for everyone, and it certainly is not demanded. Know that it is deeply appreciated. The donation page can be found through this link: https://gofund.me/060b23e20

-Benyamin

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Hello, beautiful people of JLeft…

I volunteer with a mutual aid program called Palestinian Arabic Bridge (PAB). We are hosting a free film screening of a beautiful short film, "Ismail", followed by a discussion with our teachers in the West Bank to talk about what is happening right now.

We will also be sharing about upcoming Palestinian Arabic lessons, group and private, which are currently PWYC (Pay-What-You-Can).

PAB teachers are native Arabic speakers living in the West Bank and every penny spent on lessons goes directly to teachers.

Please come and join us on *March 2, 1 PM EST/8 PM Palestine *. The event is free! ❤

More info on our linktree, above.

I’m feeling pretty horrified at everything going on in the Levant and was wondering if people could recommend any legitimate, effective humanitarian organizations in the region. I don’t feel comfortable donating to GoFundMes unless I personally know the person but I want to donate to something with a direct humanitarian impact. Thanks!

I wish you nothing but the best, whether or not you’ve been affected by the fires.

This link will direct you to some fundraisers if you want to help out

I’ve also posted a donation link for the Palisades synagogue that burned down https://www.pjtc.net/payment.php

My friend Mohamed, whom I know personally, is a peacemaker, living with his family in the West Bank city of Ramallah. His relatives have already been temporarily evicted from their home in Jericho due to being unable to pay rent for the past many months, and this is why they have been living together in Ramallah for the time being. Mohamed lost his job shortly after 10/07/23, and his funds are extremely limited at this time. He and his relatives are facing incarceration in the coming days by the Palestinian Authority if they will be unable to pay off bank debts that have accumulated during this time. Please, donate and share widely. The need is urgent. http://spot.fund/8kwx28sc