Before long, a new roar may be heard in Baton Rouge. This one, though, may not be coming from Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium. Instead, it may be the roar of Zioness. Zioness is not a typo. It’s a new, fast-growing organization made up mostly — but not exclusively — of younger women determined to blend their Zionist …
Our executive director Amanda Berman was featured in Jewish News of Arizona and the Jewish Exponent, where she asks, “Why are we — especially those of us who call ourselves progressive Jews — so complacent about and comfortable with the singling out and generalizing of the entire Orthodox Jewish community?”
Amanda Berman, founder and executive director of Zioness, a liberal feminist organization that supports progressive and Zionist causes, also expressed alarm at Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to retreat from the Rabin event. Before the incident, Berman said her organization had made several attempts to set up a meeting with Ocasio-Cortez, all unsuccessful. Afterward, they posted a highly critical …
In an open letter to Ocasio-Cortez, Zioness Movement, a progressive Zionist coalition of Jewish activists, wrote “We are deeply troubled that you have decided to pull out of an event honoring the life and legacy of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who paid the ultimate price for his commitment …
At the Forward, Amanda Berman of Zioness explains how the broader bill, expanding options for students on university campuses to file complaints about discrimination, in fact, includes Jews in its protections — even sans the motion to recommit. In any case, the bill will never be considered in the Republican-led Senate.