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Coincidentally, I’ve been wanting to address some issues that are not exclusively about Israel and/or Jews in my Substack too, and I’m weighing whether to start a second separate stack, or whether to rebrand my current one so that I can have broader topics. I suppose a third option is to simply apply a Jewish lens to whatever it is I’m writing about.

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I asked myself exactly this just today! Three substacks though... I don’t think I can handle that.

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I spent an hour discussing this with a friend this morning, while also debating the pros/cons of going all in with a second stack, or still trying to pitch media outlets and/or lit mags.

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LOL…I actually looked yours up to see if you’d made them each totally separate or if Judith was “sectioned in” under this one. I think you did the former, yes?

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No, I wanted to consolidate but in the end it was too hard and the readership overlaps but is not identical. Never Alone is explicitly partisan. JUDITH is for all Jews.

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I really liked the FB post about Pamela and Demi. I loved reading the comments days ago, excited that you had opened up an interesting discussion.

And just now, after reading this post, I went back to FB to re-read those comments. I don’t feel like anyone was coming for you. I even loved reading these comments a second time, because they exhibit such a broad range of perspectives.

I’m sorry that you’re feeling attacked by what people have said, and I hope you don’t feel that way about this comment.

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I’m a little confused by the video you shared blaming Bibi for the war in Iraq. Who was speaking? It wasn’t T-rump.

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It was Jeffrey Sachs but Trump posted it on his social media site, Truth Social.

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He seems to live in an alternate reality.

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And then there was Code Pink, blaming our support of Israel for the horrific Los Angeles wildfires. 🤯🤬

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P.S. Elissa - I looked up Sherman Alexie - I was sorry to read about him and women - This is all so weird - since we now have a sexual-harrasser-in -Chief as President...

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Gee, I want to read this more carefully later...you're saying so much here. But first I want to ask you why was Sherman Alexie cancelled, of all people? Gee...I never heard that. I've admired and enjoyed his work so much.

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I found your post about Anderson and Moore fascinating and had thoughts to respond but am dealing with family medical issues at the moment. I do want to say that Anderson earned a lot of my respect years ago when she took her novel's ghostwriter with her on tour and insisted folks getting Anderson's signature also get the ghostwriter's.

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