JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT.
I was politicized in my teens, first in the reproductive rights and environmental movements. Back then I hardly understood how my Jewishness informed my activism. It would take years of reflection for me to really get it: my leftist principles were wholly shaped by who I have always been: a Jewish woman in a world…
(JTA) — The platform for a strike to support feminism and women’s rights drew criticism from some over its call “for the decolonization of Palestine.” The statement on Palestine is included in a section on “Antiracist and Anti-imperialist Feminism” in the platform for the U.S. affiliate of the International Women’s Strike. The grassroots feminist movement organized events around the…
In a New York Times op-ed, “Does Feminism Have Room for Zionists?,” Emily Shire writes that she is “troubled by the portion of the International Women’s Strike platform that calls for a ‘decolonization of Palestine’ as part of ‘the beating heart of this new feminist movement.’” Shire concludes her piece by noting that she does…
March is Women’s History Month, and on March 8th, International Women’s Day, there’s going to be a Women’s Strike, called “A Day Without A Woman.”* What does this mean? The Women’s March folks, who are organizing this as well, have the info: Anyone, anywhere, can join by making March 8th A Day Without a Woman,…
