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Zioness Statement on President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris

Zioness congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory after a dark and difficult time in American history. We have lamented, every day, the platforming of voices of hate, in both the far right and the far left, and we’ve worked to protect marginalized communities most vulnerable to those forces who …

Zioness Statement on DSA Endorsement of Jeremy Corbyn After His Removal from Labour Party for Antisemitism

It is profoundly disturbing to see the Democratic Socialists of America support and claim “solidarity” with one of the world’s most recognized and notorious antisemites. After many years of Britain’s Jews living in fear, in a period during which more than half of them actively considered leaving their country because of his rise to power, …

Zioness Statement on Antisemitic “Synagogue of Satan” Comment Hurled at Jewish Protesters in Philadelphia

(Watch the painful video here) Philadelphians have been protesting the tragic, unacceptable police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man reportedly suffering from bipolar disorder who was murdered in front of his neighbors and his crying mother. There should be no question by any American of conscience that the reality we have seen, week …

Zioness Statement on Racial Justice and Antisemitism at Northwestern University

Last week was a troubling one for our Zioness Chicago family and Zionesses in the extended NU community. What began as a protest around police violence at Northwestern University, including demands of the university to substantially alter campus policing, turned into a debate around antisemitism, centering Zionism. It has become a nationally recognized example of …

Zioness statement on confirmation of now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett

While we knew this moment was coming, we are nonetheless deeply pained by the official confirmation of now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. It is mentally and emotionally searing to know that the seat held by our quintessential Zioness icon––a woman who dedicated her every living moment to fighting for women, …

Zioness statement on violent mask-burning protest in Brooklyn

The physical violence and burning of masks that occurred this week in Brooklyn is nauseating. It is completely reprehensible and utterly dangerous, and we demand that those responsible be held accountable. Our hearts are with our friend Jacob Kornbluh, who was assaulted in his own community for supporting mask-wearing as an urgent public health mandate. …