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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Colette Avital – Holocaust survivor, former Israeli diplomat, former Knesset member, and one of J Street’s earliest allies in Israel – for a conversation that feels especially urgent.

Just weeks after being thrown to the ground by one of Itamar Ben-Gvir’s police officers while protesting the war with Iran, Colette reflected on why she feels compelled to take to the streets at 86 years old to fight for Israel’s future.

We talked about what it means for members of Israel’s founding generation to feel alienated from the country they helped build, the growing threat to Israeli democracy, and why she believes the occupation is both morally wrong and deeply damaging to Israel’s security and identity.

And on a personal note, we looked back at why she chose to support J Street in its earliest days and why she believes American Jews have every right and responsibility to speak up about Israel’s direction.

I’m sorry, but these newfangled ESP test symbols are simply unfair. 

Gyas Jewelmark or Gyas Sarota Metalmark (Sarota gyas), family Riodonidae, Peru

Each "lead" is based on the default filename given by the device that recorded or edited the video, so different leads give different types of results. The device that gives MVI + [any four random digits] is some kind of video camera that first became common in the late 00's. Whatever it was, it wasn't something that "everyone" has and uses constantly like a smartphone.

This lead gives a lot of videos that are over 10 years old and most of them are performances, competitions, something filmed for professional reasons or for an assignment, or something that was otherwise clearly memorable/significant to the person filming.

I have learned about more kinds of dances and musical instruments than I knew even existed. There are so many random clips of festivals, clubs and gatherings with music, dancing, and costumes.

It is a button you can hit for randomized examples of human artistic expression.

A female Northern silky anteater (Cyclopes dorsalis) carries her youngster on her back in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

A quick reminder that the Associated Press is totally free, and also often covers the news stories that Tumblr users say no one is covering. NPR is also free. So is ProPublica.