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U Mich Speaker Compares Netanyahu to Hitler in Required Lecture

Amanda Berman, the co-founder and president of the Zioness movement, praised Smith on Facebook. “I am so proud of this amazing Zioness Alexa Smith for standing up for herself amid an increasingly hostile environment for Jewish students at the University of Michigan,” Berman wrote. “Everyone should read this and be aware of what is going …

Young Jews address new campus threats at CAMERA’s annual student conference

At this year’s conference, CAMERA sought to address this by beginning in Amanda Berman, co-founder of the Zioness Movement, a progressive Zionist group. She told JNS that many liberal Zionist students feel alienated on campus and find themselves forced to make a false choice between Jewish/Zionist identities, and their progressive and activist identities. “It is …

As new anti-Israel threats emerge, students get crash course on changing campus environment

At this year’s conference, CAMERA sought to address this by beginning in Amanda Berman, co-founder of the Zioness Movement, a progressive Zionist group. She told JNS that many liberal Zionist students feel alienated on campus and find themselves forced to make a false choice between Jewish/Zionist identities, and their progressive and activist identities. “It is …

Support For Women’s March Softens Among Jews Amid Perceived Anti-Semitism

“Come back to me in January,” Amanda Berman, the founder of the Jewish feminist group Zioness, told the Forward. “But for now, I will say that wherever the millions of women are, is where we will be.” Members of Zioness were present at this year’s Women’s March and other popular public social justice programs, in …