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Zioness Statement on the Introduced Federal Abortion Ban

Today, a bill was introduced in the United States Senate to institute a nationwide ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This proposed legislation would curtail the little-remaining abortion care protections and would continue to further violate people’s bodily autonomy and religious freedoms while upholding systems of racism and structural oppression. We are outraged. …

Zioness Statement and Letter on the 125th Anniversary of the First Zionist Congress

Dear Zionesses, I am writing to you from Basel, Switzerland, where today I had the privilege of addressing a delegation of Jewish leaders representing 38 countries around the world. It is a momentous occasion and a great honor to be here. 125 years ago today, on August 19, 1897, a privileged, assimilated, secular Jewish academic from Vienna acted on …

Zioness Statement on the First Major Federal Gun Safety Bill Passed in 30 Years

It’s been 30 years since any meaningful gun safety legislation was passed, and during that time, America has become a world leader in mass shootings, domestic violence, suicide and senseless murder. The unprecedented and outrageous accessibility of guns in this country––which bear no relationship whatsoever to the text of the Second Amendment––are a stain on …

Zioness Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade

A supermajority of Americans support a woman’s right to make choices about her own body, her own future, and her own family. A supermajority of Americans want abortion access to be safe and accessible, and understand that we cannot live in a free country when women don’t have reproductive freedom. Indeed, according to the Center …

Zioness Statement on the Supreme Court’s Draft Decision to Overturn Roe

As you well know: There is no freedom without reproductive freedom. Last night, after holding our collective breath for the last 5 years, the moment so many most feared came to fruition. We learned that the Supreme Court of the United States plans to viciously overturn nearly 50 years of established precedent and send 166 …

Zioness Statement on the Robb Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, TX

The most sacred, most noble of all Jewish values is Pikuach Nefesh: the fundamental primacy of human life.  We live in a world where the “rights” of gun owners literally trump the rights of America’s children to survive elementary school. We’ve lived here for too long –– but we do not have to live here …