When I first noticed concerned social media postings asking whether the pussy hats worn at the Women’s Marches (and, I can now report, by a not insignificant number of pro-immigration protestors this past weekend) had been transphobic, my thoughts quickly turned from the question at hand to, well, where anyone was getting that idea that…
Like the juggernaut hit “La La Land,” the Women’s March Los Angeles revealed a sparkling city of stars. An estimated 750,000 participants showed up to demonstrate solidarity and celebrate human rights. The record-shattering attendance made the L.A. March the biggest of them all. Friday’s heavy rainstorm dusted off palm trees, hosed down sidewalks and power-washed…
One of the leaders of the history-making Women’s March On Washington has recently come under vicious attack from the right for being an anti-Semite. Newsflash to the skeptical: she may wear a hijab, but Linda Sarsour is a fierce advocate for all marginalized people – including Jews. Sarsour, a social justice firebrand and lead organizer…
Dear Editor: Bethany Mandel’s recent op-ed Women’s March Organizers Should Be More Careful About the Company They Keep (column January 24, 2017) foolishly suggests that effective organizing is only possible if we stand in 100% agreement with our allies on every issue. At all times, but particularly in our current political climate, working in broad…
The 80 shirts I’d printed were snapped up by the early arrivals before the Tel Aviv Women’s March even started. By 8pm after my shirts were all gone, I tried to get to the front of the rally with my fellow planners, but there were just too many people. So instead I proceeded to circumnavigating…
Donald Trump became President of the United States. On Friday, as I recall. On Monday, he signed a ban on federal funding for foreign health care services that mention the possibility of abortion. On Saturday, a whole lot of women marched to protest against Trump’s presidency and for women’s rights. Analysis of the marches ensued:…
Feminist Jewish magazine Lilith just launched its sweeping coverage of Jewish women’s participation in the recent Women’s Marches. I’d especially like to direct Sisterhood readers to upcoming coverage of 18 different marches, and to a post already up, by Rabbi Alicia Magal, in Arizona. Let this be a gentle reminded that there are Jews, including…
WASHINGTON (JTA) – “Cantor Kaufman!” Rabbi Jonah Pesner shouted across the intersection of 3rd and D in Washington’s Northwest quadrant, packed sidewalk to sidewalk with women in pink pussycat hats and their male friends. “A song!” Jason Kaufman, the cantor at Beth El in Alexandria, Virginia, draped in a rainbow tallit and in the middle…
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