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BREAKING: Jews March, Bearing Signs Playful, Solemn and Defiant

Trump is a schmuck in English and Hebrew, this protester says. Image by Nathan Guttman

By Helen Chernikoff, Lilly MaierJanuary 21, 2017

“I am here because Women’s rights are humans rights,” said Rachel, 59, (left), who came to the Washington, D.C. march with a big group of Jewish women.

These Washington, D.C. protesters are particularly focused on abortion rights. Image by Lilly Maier

The Metro trains into Washington, D.C. from the suburbs were packed with pink pussy hats.

This protester in Washington, D.C. wears the de rigeur pink “pussy” hat. Image by Lilly Maier

Friends smile as the crowd gathers at the Women’s March on Washington, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Ari Schoenburg and Meryl Krawatc grin broadly as the Washington, D.C. march ramps up. Image by Lilly Maier

Some would-be protesters stayed home because the march fell on the Jewish Sabbath; others displayed symbols of the faith, like this kippah.

A group of Jewish protesters move toward the march. Image by Lilly Maier

Contact Helen Chernikoff at[email protected]

Helen Chernikoff is the Forward’s News Editor. She came to the Forward from The Jewish Week, where she served as the first web director and created both a blog dedicated to disability issues and a food and wine website. Before that, she covered the housing, lodging and logistics industries for Reuters, where she could sit at her desk and watch her stories move the stock market. Helen has a Master’s of Public Administration from Columbia University and a BA in History and French from Amherst College. She is also a rabbinical school dropout. Contact her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at @thesimplechild.

Lilly Maier is a news intern at the Forward. She is a graduate journalism student at New York University, where she studies as a Fulbright scholar. She also holds a B.A. in Jewish history from the University of Munich. Contact Lilly at [email protected], read her portfolio, or follow her on Twitter.

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