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,…
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,…
Yesterday, I attended the March for Racial Justice in New York City. It was a march graciously and thoughtfully put together after the organizers of the same march in DC realized that they had scheduled their original march on Yom Kippur. It was a perfect, sunny day. There was a feeling of hope in the…
You may be familiar with Linda Sarsour, an activist who rose to prominence as one of the leaders of the Women’s March. Sarsour has a lot of supporters. But she also has her fair share of detractors. Sarsour has been repeatedly isolated as a harbinger of hate and violence, most recently in a New York…
Jake Tapper and Linda Sarsour got into a heated Twitter war, as the CNN anchor raised concerns about some of the Muslim civil rights activist’s previous statements — and she hit back by branding him part of the “alt-right.” The controversy began after the anti-Trump Women’s March, of which Sarsour is a national co-chair, tweeted out…
Linda Sarsour and a Muslim charity organization have been accused of not handing out funds raised for the repair of a damaged Jewish cemetery — but others defended the charity for doling out funds raised in the heartwarming interfaith effort. Neil Price, the manager of the Golden Hill cemetery near Denver, Colorado, told the Algemeiner…
On March 24, Muslim activists Linda Sarsour and Tarek El-Messidi promised to send $100,000 to a Jewish cemetery in Colorado that is in disrepair. Nearly three months later, the check has yet to arrive. Sarsour was one of the leaders of Muslims Unite To Repair Jewish Cemeteries, an initiative that began in February in order…
Linda Sarsour, the Palestinian-American activist and Women’s March organizer, drew criticism over a recent speech she gave at the Islamic Society of North America convention over her use of the word “jihad.” “I hope that … when we stand up to those who oppress our communities, that Allah accepts from us that as a form…
What happens when the brother of a staunchly anti-Israel activist works at a wildly popular kosher barbecue joint? At first, nothing. Then last week, The Jewish Week reported that the The Jewish Defense Organization (JDO) — a vigilante ultra-Orthodox group committed to rooting out and fighting anti-Semitism — was handing out fliers telling members of…
(JTA) — A New York kosher restaurant is under fire for employing the brother of Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. The Jewish Defense Organization, considered to be a Jewish extremist group, has taken aim at Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse restaurant, calling on it to fire Mohammed Sarsour, The New York Jewish Week reported. Sarsour, known as Moe,…
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