Statements

Today, on what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we take a moment to reflect on the state of access to reproductive health care in this country.  All of us on Team Zioness remember where we were when the decision came down in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in summer …

It’s about damn time! The full force of the United States government will soon declare what we all know to be true: Love Is Love.  Zioness is guided by the Jewish notion of b’tzelem Elohim—that all humanity was created in G-d’s image. We stand to protect and value the humanity of each being. That means …

Donald Trump is yet again spewing gross, dangerous antisemitism to his tens of millions of followers, and yet again, he is doing it while claiming to be a “friend to the Jews”. Earlier today, Trump took to his social media platform “Truth Social”, stating “U.S. Jews have to get their act together and appreciate what …

The threat of violence toward our people is real, targeted, and purposeful, as we were once again reminded this past week. Kanye West first sported a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt at a Paris fashion show, then proceeded to spew white supremacy and vicious antisemitism with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has long promoted antisemitic …

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. …

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 …