THE FORWARD
Zioness Is Here To Stay, So Get Used To Us
by Amanda Berman
November 27, 2017

You know a three-month old movement is doing something right when it’s been maligned by both neo-Nazis and far-left anti-Semites. Since we launched in mid-August in response to the explicit exclusion of Zionist progressives from social justice movements, Zioness has been hit from all sides. At the Chicago Dyke March, our maiden voyage, we marched for women’s empowerment and against rape culture and patriarchy. But we were verbally attacked and blocked from view with umbrellas by other marchers that found the mere presence of Zionists — individuals who believe that the Jewish people have a right to self-determination — odious. READ MORE