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Sheryl Sandberg: ‘I Was Wrong About Antisemitism’
Bari Weiss
June 13, 2024

…As Sheryl watched the horrors of October 7 unfold, she was sure that everyone would rally against these unspeakable atrocities—particularly after the reports of sexual violence and rape committed by Hamas started coming in. When she saw that people did not, in fact, rise against it—and worse, when people began to deny that it even happened—she was stunned. Sheryl was particularly shocked that many of her would-be allies—prominent feminists and progressives in this country and around the world—stayed silent. This led her to make a documentary about the sexual violence of October 7 called Screams Before Silence…READ MORE

NEWSWEEK Barbra Streisand’s Israel-Hamas war hostages comment takes off online Barbra Streisand’s message about Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza has deeply divided people. The Jewish singer spoke out as she shared a New York Times article from March about a former hostage who said she was sexually assaulted while in captivity…Responses to Streisand’s post were mixed. Some people accused her for not speaking up sooner in favor of Israel and its hostages, while others tried to discredit her claims.