Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Linda Sarsour, a Muslim civil rights activist and one of the organizers of the Women’s March on Washington.
Sarsour was accused of being anti-Semitic following the inaugural march in 2017, and since then,…
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Fast Forward Judge Allows UMass Pro-Palestinian Event After Jewish Students Sued To Stop It
(JTA) — An event claiming pro-Palestinian views are silenced went ahead at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst after a judge threw out an injunction claiming the event was anti-Semitic. The event, “Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech, and the Battle for Palestinian Human Rights,” was organized by the Media Education Foundation, a group based…
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Fast Forward Winnipeg Mayor Calls For Linda Sarsour To Be Disinvited From Panel Event
The mayor of Winnipeg, Canada has called on a local not-for-profit to disinvite Women’s March co-leader Linda Sarsour from a panel event scheduled for Friday over the allegations of anti-Semitism against her. Flanked by representatives from local Jewish organization, mayor Brian Bowman said in a press conference on Tuesday that Sarsour’s history of “racialized identity…
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Fast Forward Women’s March Calls On Twitter To Suspend Trump Over Ilhan Omar Tweets
The Women’s March organization launched a petition Tuesday calling on Facebook and Twitter to suspend President Trump for his recent social media attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar. “Don’t give hate a platform,” the letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said. “President Trump has demonstrated time and again that he will…
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Fast Forward Muslim Charity Gives $5K To Repair Vandalized Jewish Cemetery
A Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts that was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti last week received a $5,000 donation from a Muslim charity to help repair the damage. That charity, CelebrateMercy, has over the past two years given $115,000 to vandalized Jewish cemeteries and memorials in Missouri, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and Colorado, and facilitated the donation…
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Life AIPAC, After Hours: What Really Happens When 18K Israel Supporters Gather?
In the basement of Penn Social, a sports bar just off the mall in Washington, DC., one Reform, one Orthodox, and two Conservative rabbinical students are playing Dance Dance Revolution. Between the chirp-y Japanese pop music coming from the arcade game and the din of the bar, it’s hard to hear that the two dancers…
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Opinion Take Note, Women’s March: Jewish Existence Is Resistance
I agonized over what to write on my poster for the Women’s March this Saturday. The past year has been a see-saw of Women’s March leaders claiming to stand against anti-Semitism and homophobia, then regularly promoting it. They say they disagree with anti-Semitic and homophobic statements, but will not condemn them specifically. When asked about…
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News Rabbis Torn About Women’s March, Despite Secret Meeting With Sarsour, Mallory
Last week, 13 prominent rabbis held a secret meeting — with Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour, leaders of the Women’s March. The reason: to try to decide whether the rabbis and their congregations should attend the third annual march, scheduled for this coming Saturday. And if they should attend — which one? There will be…
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib And Linda Sarsour Wear Palestinian Robes To Congress
As Rashida Tlaib prepared to be sworn in as the first Palestinian-American congresswoman on Thursday, she wore a traditional Palestinian robe — and was joined by activist Linda Sarsour. “It’s a national holiday, I’m doing no work today,” Sarsour, who is also Palestinian-American, said in a video she posted on Facebook. “You’re witnessing history today,”…
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