Saba Soomekh, AJC Los Angeles assistant director, told the 13 women and five men in attendance, which included representatives from Sinai Temple, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, Leo Baeck Temple, Valley Beth Shalom, Stephen Wise Temple, Congregation Kol Ami, Zioness, Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), JQ International, …
Amanda Berman, founder of the progressive Zionist women’s group Zioness, says that it’s important to distinguish between the march in Washington and sister demonstrations around the country, like the one Zioness will be attending in Los Angeles.
Zioness is hosting a “teach-in” in Washington on Tuesday to discuss alternative forms of activism for Jewish women who feel marginalized by the Women’s March.
The Zioness Movement praised the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for dropping its partnership with the Women’s March on Tuesday. In a statement sent to the Journal via email, the Zioness Movement praised the move as sending “a clear message that there should be no room for bigotry or anti-Semitism in progressive spaces.” “We are grateful …
SWFS Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch said his congregation had had repeated meetings with the Women’s March Alliance to assuage their concerns about anti-Semitism. “They better represented the values that we thought we were supporting when we supported the Women’s March” in 2017, he explained. The congregation will also be having a teach-in on Thursday night with …
