Liberal Jewish Group Demands The New School Apologize For Sarsour Panel, Collects Nearly 10,000 Signatures in Four Days (Tablet)
Zioness is asking for an apology.
Zioness is asking for an apology.
Although left-leaning Jewish college students sympathize with progressive movements, like Black Lives Matter, social justice causes have often excluded them over their support for Israel, at least according to an expert panel at this year’s Israeli-American Council conference.
Zionist Jews have a responsibility and deep connection to things like racial justice because of our identities being so deeply connected both to the hate of white supremacists and to our belief in the rights of all peoples to determine their destinies (from Jews to people of color to Palestinians).
Approximately 400 people showed up for the march on Sunday, with a large percentage visibly from Jewish groups including T’ruah, Hitoreri, Zioness Movement, and American Union of Jewish Students.
Sunday’s New York March for Racial Justice was devoted to improving race relations, combating mass incarceration and police brutality, and promoting the value of diversity in politics and society. Nevertheless, Linda Sarsour used it as an opportunity to demonize Zionists.