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Last night, an oppressive and blatantly unconstitutional Texas law went into effect that would ban nearly all abortions in that state. The Supreme Court refused to hear a plea to intervene and block the implementation of this law, despite its clear contravention of the constitutional standards dictated by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. …

We have spent the last few days in conversation with our Chicago Zionesses and our LGBTQ+ partners to determine our response to the vile antisemitism that is apparently an animating force of this year’s Chicago Dyke March. Under some circumstances, confronting antisemitic imagery and language and exposing its dangerous implications is necessary to ensure that …

To our Zioness activists, our partners and allies, and our family and friends: This week has been the most vulnerable that I have ever felt as a white-presenting American Jew. I know it is an incredible privilege, to have felt so safe and accepted in America, both because of the history and reality of Jewish …

It’s not easy when someone you love makes a mistake. We recently learned that a member of our leadership had, several years ago, and prior to joining our Board of Directors, posted angry messages on social media including “Gaza is full of monsters. Time to burn the whole place.” This tweet was written during a …

Dear President Biden and Secretary Blinken, We write to thank you for your decades of leadership in the fight against antisemitism, and your commitment to protecting all marginalized communities, including Jewish Americans and the Jewish people globally. Today, around the world, Jews are facing abhorrent discrimination and attacks, Jewish communal institutions and synagogues require armed …

We applaud President Biden for being the first American president to recognize the Armenian Genocide, which took place from 1915 to 1923 during World War I. His announcement today is appropriately timed to commemorate Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, which memorializes the deportation of Armenians from Constantinople in 1915 and the beginning of the 8-year genocide …