Despite spewing her vile antisemitic blood libels, diminishing the Holocaust, and blaming Jews for terror, Weir was still invited to speak at Clovis Community College near Fresno, CA in September 2019 for a program titled “Uncovered: Israel’s Occupation of Palestine”. The event drew widespread criticism throughout the entire Jewish community including from Progressive groups like …
“Zionism, then as now, transcends the politics of the state; it is rather our everlasting commitment to our own Jewish existentialism. Passover is the first time, but certainly not the last time, that Zionism proved itself as freedom and liberation for the Jewish people, breathtaking in its righteousness. But the lessons of freedom and liberation …
Adaptability is key: Millennials are able to respond nimbly to unique generational issues in a way that long-established organizations cannot, Zioness founder Amanda Berman told JI. “Jewish institutions are so large and institutionalized that it’s hard to change the language they’ve built into the system over years,” she said. “We need creative messaging that really …
Millennials “face a litmus test of being a progressive or a Zionist. We say it is a false choice and the imposition of that is inherently antisemitic,” Amanda Berman, founder and executive director of Zioness, told JI, adding that Jewish women who are both feminist and Zionist have “felt politically homeless.” In under three years, …
Amanda Berman joined the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion College Commons podcast where she discussed the Zioness movement, and the continual fight against anti-Zionism in progressive spaces.
