Statements

URGENT: WE CALL UPON THE DC DYKE MARCH TO REVERSE THEIR BAN ON JEWISH AND ISRAELI PRIDE FLAGS Zioness, in partnership with A Wider Bridge, JCRC of Greater Washington and AJ Campbell – former Director of The Nice Jewish Girls and founder of The Jacobs Tent Project strongly condemn the leadership of the DC Dyke March for their decision to …

Donald Trump’s Islamophobic attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar yesterday was explicitly racist and utterly reprehensible. One does not have to agree with the congresswoman on everything—or anything—to know what bigotry looks like and to be willing to immediately condemn it. We are regularly disgusted with the weaponization of hate and the perpetuation of religious intolerance …

Zioness statement on Ilhan Omar and the Congressional resolution on bigotry (Please share with hashtag #ZionessSpeaksForMe): Zioness has been viscerally appalled by the language from Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and the response from those in our progressive political spaces who have been so quick to denounce our attempts to communicate our pain, or deflect the conversation with …

Dear Zionesses,  Zioness was founded to ensure  a space within the progressive activist community where Zionists can proudly participate in the social, racial, economic and gender justice issues of our time––without checking our Zionist identities at the door.  We reject the litmus tests that are too often imposed on Jews in domestic social justice movements …

There is a rich irony in Linda Sarsour calling for a boycott of The Forward – a progressive Jewish publication that has provided space to the leaders of The Women’s March Inc., including Linda Sarsour’s co-chair Carmen Perez, so they could reach the Jewish community with their defense against accusations of anti-Semitism. And in dividing …

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s tweets about the Jewish community were deeply hurtful and anti-Semitic. While we appreciate that she has since put out an apology, that statement contains an inherently problematic comparison that we feel compelled to address. There is no reasonable comparison between lobbying entities like the NRA and the fossil fuel industry––organizations focused on …