“He doesn’t understand the fundamental challenges of the Jewish community in fighting anti-Semitism,” Amanda Berman of the Zioness Movement tells ToI’s Eric Cortellessa. “People like to say that Jews are privileged white people and who can’t engage in intersectional battles or social justice spaces. He contributes so substantially to that dialogue, which is inherently anti-Semitic. …
Amanda Berman, who heads the Zioness Movement, a progressive Zionist organization, said Trump’s comments could help fuel anti-Semitism that’s already on the rise in the United States. “He doesn’t understand the fundamental challenges of the Jewish community in fighting anti-Semitism,” she told The Times of Israel. “People like to say that Jews are privileged white …
“It’s important that we all call out anti-Semitism in our own spaces,” said Amanda Berman, founder of the “unabashedly progressive” and “unquestionably Zionist” group Zioness. “It’s hard work to call it out in your own movement.”
I fully respect how A Wider Bridge, Zioness and the Anti-Defamation League chose to deal with the Dyke March’s ban: call it anti-Semitism and essentially force their way in.
This brought condemnation from organizations including the ADL, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, Jewish LGBTQ groups Keshet and A Wider Bridge, the Jewish Democratic Council of America and the pro-Israel Zioness.
