RBG’s subtle and Jewish resistance explained

I kind of can’t believe this, but I wrote about RBG for the first time. No idea why it took so long!

The other day, Justice Ginsburg once again reminded the world she’s a force to be reckoned with. During an interview with NPR, she said:

“There was a senator — I think it was after the pancreatic cancer — who announced with great glee that I was going to be dead within six months. That senator — whose name I’ve forgotten — is now himself dead. And I am very much alive.”

This is not only an incredibly badass clapback, it invokes a specifically Jewish form of resistance, something I highlighted on Twitter:

Read my latest for Alma on the full meaning behind these words and the history behind them here:

https://www.heyalma.com/the-quiet-jewish-resistance-of-ruth-bader-ginsburg/