My friend Rabbi Jill Jacobs of @truahrabbis.bsky.social, the US rabbi for human rights org, with whom @bradlander.bsky.social was arrested helping Palestinians harvest their olives, on NPR. R' Jacobs has been doing this work for decades. She's the real deal.

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I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee). But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention.

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T’ruah CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs and 11 other T’ruah-affiliated American rabbis were detained by the Israeli army Wednesday morning while accompanying Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest in the West Bank.

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Fun fact: When I was in college, I got a letter inviting me to join Phi Beta Kappa, but I assumed it was a fraternity and I threw it away.

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🧵I agree with the conclusion of this essay that chatbots are not conscious. I'm glad it's out there, but unfortunately, it has some fundamental flaws. This greatly matters because people who push back on AI true believers need to have proper logical and technical grounds....

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