Etan Nechin (etannechin)

An hour after Mohsen Mahdawi’s arrest, an Israeli Columbia student messaged me. More followed. Though he led the encampment, they say he spent past months in dialogue with Jews & Israelis—even holding joint closed-door meetings with admins https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025-04-15/ty-article-magazine/.premium/jewish-israeli-peers-condemn-arrest-of-palestinian-columbia-student-over-activism/00000196-3885-dc0f-adb6-bdd5abb80000?gift=25b4ef4504c949d3ac1ee724de6a1364

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Me, when I make matzah ball for passover

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As a father of a two year old, this is by far the biggest news this week.

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I've never admitted this publicly but I've never listened to a podcast. I've heard snippets, saw clips, but never heard one from beginning to end. I've always been suspicious of them and their effect on discourse. Anyone else feels the same?

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This is the one of the most scary buildings in New York. On worth st. Anyone know what this is?

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Monitoring of Mahmoud Khalil—the Columbia graduate detained by ICE on Saturday in New York—now indicates he is being held at a facility in Louisiana. Spoke to his lawyers who said there's no timeline for him to see A judge. The government moving and disappearing people without charge is alarming.

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Spent the day in court. It’s clear the government want to make Khalil a symbol. But the case is flimsy, and free speech defenders from both left and right are pushing back. This is already starting to backfire.

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