Carly Pildis is an organizing and advocacy professional living in Washington, D.C.
Carly Pildis
By Carly Pildis
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Life Passover Prep, As A Feminist, Can Be Enraging
I’ll confess: Passover is the one holiday that makes me resent being a Jewish woman. Throughout the rest of the year, I love Jewish womanhood. I love raising a Jewish daughter. Shabbat dinner is a labor of love. Synagogue means dancing and cookies and songs of gratitude. Even Yom Kippur ends in sweet cakes and…
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Opinion Thank You, Alyssa Milano, For Standing Up To Hate In The Women’s March
When the actress and activist Alyssa Milano announced yesterday that she would not be speaking at the Women’s March until its leaders condemn Louis Farrakhan, I cried. Alyssa Milano says she will not speak at the next Women’s March as long as Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory remain a part of the leadership and refuse…
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Opinion The Right Has Blood On Its Hands After Pittsburgh Carnage — And So Does The Left
Grief. Darkness. Uncontrollable rage. These are the things consuming the American Jewish community today, the darkest day in our history in this country. There is little surprise, but boundless, unending sadness and anger. In a crisis, we often feel a desire to move. It’s flight or fight. It’s adrenaline. It’s evolutionary. Today, I want you…
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Opinion Why Jews Should Celebrate The First Muslim Congresswomen
These are dark, painful days in the fight for a more just America. At a time when so many historically marginalized groups are under attack from an Administration that seeks a whiter America at every opportunity, breakthroughs in congressional representation feel like a breath of fresh air. They feel like hope, like there is still…
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Opinion Stop Comparing Immigrant Deportations To The Holocaust
The Trump administration’s treatment of asylum seekers and immigrant communities is filling many Americans with horror and dread. During the dark days of this administration, we are seeing immigrants who have built homes, businesses and lives in America have their legal status arbitrarily revoked by refusals to extend TPS. We are hearing the screams of…
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Community Should The Jewish Community Give The Women’s March A Second Chance?
Social media, and Twitter in particular, is an endless stream of call outs. People are “canceled.” careers are “over.” Anyone who wants to hire a talented person and give them a second chance faces boycotts and backlash. Anyone who wants to dialogue is a “sell out” or “complicit.” Everyone has a long memory. There has…
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Opinion My Daughter Is A Ghanaian Jew. Trump Just Called Her Shit
My home has two Ghanaian Jews in it: my husband and my baby. When I look at them, I know who they are. They are innately worthy. They are innately beautiful and kind. And according to our president, they are shit. When President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he doesn’t want people from “shithole”…
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Opinion My Family Is Black and Jewish. Here’s What Charlottesville Means To Me
Today was a painful day. A group of white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, screaming hate slogans, waving swastikas and Confederate flags, and even saluting Trump with the Nazi salute. Chaos erupted. A car drove into a crowd. Our President’s response was vague and useless. It’s painful to see the swastikas and Confederate flags raised…
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