Yossi Mandel
@ymandel.bsky.social
Writer. Former rabbi. One typo, and I could've been a former rabbit. Here for the conversations.
See? If you don't follow Gail, you don't get educated
Also, Gilligan's Planet is basically the same plot as Star Trek: Voyager.
September 25, 2026 at 11:18 AM
See? If you don't follow Gail, you don't get educated
I'm sitting here breaking my fast after Yom Kippur with -
you guessed it -
an everything bagel.
Gail is a lie.
you guessed it -
an everything bagel.
Gail is a lie.
“Everything” bagels are a lie.
September 22, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I'm sitting here breaking my fast after Yom Kippur with -
you guessed it -
an everything bagel.
Gail is a lie.
you guessed it -
an everything bagel.
Gail is a lie.
It's also "traditional" - meaning Jewish groups being disdainful of each other, including in this way - and it's definitely one of those traditions - minhag - for which we say that minhag has the same letters as gehenom - hell.
A Jew is a Jew - whether you agree with their politics or not, whether you like them or not
Attempting to cast aspersions on that material fact because they don’t behave how you want them to is deeply immoral and antithetical to Jewish values
For shame
Attempting to cast aspersions on that material fact because they don’t behave how you want them to is deeply immoral and antithetical to Jewish values
For shame
September 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM
It's also "traditional" - meaning Jewish groups being disdainful of each other, including in this way - and it's definitely one of those traditions - minhag - for which we say that minhag has the same letters as gehenom - hell.
We condone this use of Oy
("The former is is how I write novels" I meant to say, not "the latter." Oy.)
August 20, 2026 at 3:40 PM
We condone this use of Oy
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And inevitably someone comes along to suggest "Then why can Black people use it?"
...Because language is contextual and we have both the personal relationship with the word and history, and the cultural framework, to separate its previous usage against us from our own rebellious reclamation of it.
...Because language is contextual and we have both the personal relationship with the word and history, and the cultural framework, to separate its previous usage against us from our own rebellious reclamation of it.
August 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
And inevitably someone comes along to suggest "Then why can Black people use it?"
...Because language is contextual and we have both the personal relationship with the word and history, and the cultural framework, to separate its previous usage against us from our own rebellious reclamation of it.
...Because language is contextual and we have both the personal relationship with the word and history, and the cultural framework, to separate its previous usage against us from our own rebellious reclamation of it.
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Behind fatphobia is the belief that being thin makes someone MORALLY superior. It's not the luck of genetics, being thin is PROOF that you are better than everyone else. And if you're not thin... all you deserve is pain and suffering. Socially, professionally, personally. That's how fatphobia works.
August 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Behind fatphobia is the belief that being thin makes someone MORALLY superior. It's not the luck of genetics, being thin is PROOF that you are better than everyone else. And if you're not thin... all you deserve is pain and suffering. Socially, professionally, personally. That's how fatphobia works.
YES
The Jewish people created Adam Sandler specifically to be a role model for fashion
The Jewish people created Adam Sandler specifically to be a role model for fashion
some days i think i should really get back into hyper feminine cutesy dressing flippy little skirts and whatnot and then im like no i am 40 years old i deserve to dress like adam sandler. i earned this.
August 17, 2026 at 11:26 AM
YES
The Jewish people created Adam Sandler specifically to be a role model for fashion
The Jewish people created Adam Sandler specifically to be a role model for fashion
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Anti-Blackness is a distinct vector within racism
Calling it out is abt acknowledging how POC's undermine Black people to gain points within PWIs
Racial solidarity, collective strength can only happen when we identify Anti-Blackness and specifically act together against it
bsky.app/profile/sand...
Calling it out is abt acknowledging how POC's undermine Black people to gain points within PWIs
Racial solidarity, collective strength can only happen when we identify Anti-Blackness and specifically act together against it
bsky.app/profile/sand...
Rise in Power, Professor Jason Arday. May you find peace. Humanity is not a characteristic trait of academia.
White supremacists hounded Arday to his death. And Brown and POC supporters from Cambridge & fancy unis published op-eds to discuss 'standards'. Hope your academic standards are intact. 1/4
White supremacists hounded Arday to his death. And Brown and POC supporters from Cambridge & fancy unis published op-eds to discuss 'standards'. Hope your academic standards are intact. 1/4
August 16, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Anti-Blackness is a distinct vector within racism
Calling it out is abt acknowledging how POC's undermine Black people to gain points within PWIs
Racial solidarity, collective strength can only happen when we identify Anti-Blackness and specifically act together against it
bsky.app/profile/sand...
Calling it out is abt acknowledging how POC's undermine Black people to gain points within PWIs
Racial solidarity, collective strength can only happen when we identify Anti-Blackness and specifically act together against it
bsky.app/profile/sand...
The fundamental problem with all diets is that food is delicious and keeps you alive.
The fundamental problem with low-carb diets is that bread is *delicious*.
August 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The fundamental problem with all diets is that food is delicious and keeps you alive.
We do love a good alley
maybe more than Paris
maybe more than Paris
New York City has so many alleys.
August 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
We do love a good alley
maybe more than Paris
maybe more than Paris
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dopamine. oxytocin. adrenaline. cortisol.
long ago, the four hormones lived together in harmony
long ago, the four hormones lived together in harmony
I see a lot of you talking about "dopamine" and I wish you'd go back to talking about your astrological signs because at least then you wouldn't be confusing yourself about a real thing
August 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
dopamine. oxytocin. adrenaline. cortisol.
long ago, the four hormones lived together in harmony
long ago, the four hormones lived together in harmony
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I'm begging everyone here to be less easily baited
August 3, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I'm begging everyone here to be less easily baited
The same voice that told the Mormon President back in 1890 to end polygamy, just happenstance while federal troops had cannon aimed at him.
Mormon history is fascinating
Mormon history is fascinating
I wonder what Black folks did in 1978 that made Mormon God go "You know what?! I actually fuck with y'all! Lemme lift that curse real quick!"
Who dropped an album that year?
Who dropped an album that year?
One of the bigger issues at the time was that they were opening a temple in Brazil and they had no way of keeping black people out of the Mormon church because a huge chunk of Brazilians have Black ancestry. "God" changed his mind on racism on June 8 1978 and the Brazil temple opened October 30 1978
August 3, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The same voice that told the Mormon President back in 1890 to end polygamy, just happenstance while federal troops had cannon aimed at him.
Mormon history is fascinating
Mormon history is fascinating
You can take the Uminer out of Lubavitch, but you can't take the Lubavitch love of a home full of books out of the Uminer.
This guy got evicted because he has too many books!!!! I’m shooketh!!!
Too Many Books?
Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2026 at 11:18 AM
You can take the Uminer out of Lubavitch, but you can't take the Lubavitch love of a home full of books out of the Uminer.
STOCHASTIC PARROT
There's a reason we read her books!
There's a reason we read her books!
July 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
STOCHASTIC PARROT
There's a reason we read her books!
There's a reason we read her books!
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y'all was telling us that the white children have a "Nazi phase"
you sound abnormal
you sound abnormal
July 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
y'all was telling us that the white children have a "Nazi phase"
you sound abnormal
you sound abnormal
The tl, dr version of this episode is:
He doesn't think we will have a protocol for treatment of long covid for years.
He doesn't think we will have a protocol for treatment of long covid for years.
Anyone in LA familiar with EWOT: Exercise with Oxygen Therapy for Long Covid? A dear friend is looking to try it, and I'm doing some research and asking around. Thanks, folks!
Also, we do have a Long Covid episode with Dr. @weselymd.bsky.social!
www.alieward.com/ologies/post...
Also, we do have a Long Covid episode with Dr. @weselymd.bsky.social!
www.alieward.com/ologies/post...
Post-Viral Epidemiology (LONG COVID) with Dr. Wes Ely — alie ward
Part 1: What is Long Covid? Is it real? What does it feel like? Do you have it? And how do you cure it? With fatigue and brain fog, you don’t want to spend hours scrolling through conflicting opinion...
www.alieward.com
July 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The tl, dr version of this episode is:
He doesn't think we will have a protocol for treatment of long covid for years.
He doesn't think we will have a protocol for treatment of long covid for years.
Here's the thing with this continued behavior by King:
Now I want a thorough investigation of his entire life.
If there are more Neil Gaimans, need to know.
Now I want a thorough investigation of his entire life.
If there are more Neil Gaimans, need to know.
July 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Here's the thing with this continued behavior by King:
Now I want a thorough investigation of his entire life.
If there are more Neil Gaimans, need to know.
Now I want a thorough investigation of his entire life.
If there are more Neil Gaimans, need to know.
Sighing in Jewish
Going forward, Nazi tattoos are a dealbreaker.
Right?
Right?!
Right?
Right?!
July 7, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Sighing in Jewish
@erinbiba.bsky.social discourse is no longer needed. its all right here.
We wanted to understand why a Jewish candidate defeated another Jewish candidate in one of America's most Jewish congressional districts. So we talked to three Evangelical Christians at a gun show in northern Idaho.
June 26, 2026 at 1:36 PM
@erinbiba.bsky.social discourse is no longer needed. its all right here.
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it is truly perverse working in an industry in which some of the most respected outlets insist the illness many of their own colleagues have is not real
Media Won’t Stop Psychologizing Long Covid
Media outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid.
fair.org
June 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
it is truly perverse working in an industry in which some of the most respected outlets insist the illness many of their own colleagues have is not real
Pele was never tired. Maradona never stopped. These young uns...
Messi, asked which of his World Cup goals was his favorite: “I don’t know. I don’t remember. I’m tired.”
June 23, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Pele was never tired. Maradona never stopped. These young uns...
It's the classic opening line of Hôpital Blues, #567 Jack Reacher novel:
"I was reaching for the berries when a bear started throwing purple grapes at me."
"I was reaching for the berries when a bear started throwing purple grapes at me."
He’s a sick and I am going to throw more loose purples at him every chance I get.
He hates grapes, so you affected him. He was crying, while he sat on the curb, grapes laying about him on the ground. I think he might quit being a Reacher, yeah apparently not his name it's actually his occupation. He gets things down for shorter people, which makes him kind of nice actually.
June 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It's the classic opening line of Hôpital Blues, #567 Jack Reacher novel:
"I was reaching for the berries when a bear started throwing purple grapes at me."
"I was reaching for the berries when a bear started throwing purple grapes at me."
Man votes for Nazi, news at 5
I voted for Platner.
June 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Man votes for Nazi, news at 5
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"non-sequitur anti-Zionism" is a brilliant way of saying where the line is.
Sometimes I’ll post something like “Bari Weiss is bad at running CBS News and also she wants to run it for bad ends” and several people will comment or quote like “also she’s a Zionist” and like…anti-Zionism isn’t the same as antisemitism, but a sustained volume of non sequitur anti-Zionism maybe is
June 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
"non-sequitur anti-Zionism" is a brilliant way of saying where the line is.