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Attendees at Chicago gathering for ‘largest socialist organization in US’ chant ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ after passing BDS motion

TIMES OF ISRAEL Democratic Socialists of America launch into anti-Israel chant at convention by Staff and JTA August 7, 2017 Attendees at a convention in Chicago on Saturday for the Democratic Socialists of America launched into an anti-Israel chant after … Continue reading

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EVENT US Holocaust Memorial Museum Chicago Luncheon Friday September 8

US Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017 Risa K. Lambert Chicago Luncheon Friday September 8, 2017 Registration: 11:15 a.m. Luncheon and Program: Noon Sheraton Grand Chicago 301 East North Water Street Chicago, IL 60611 Click here to RSVP NEW YORK TIMES Scraps … Continue reading

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#SlutWalk Chicago changes their mind; Jewish and Zionist symbols welcome

TIMES OF ISRAELSlutWalk Chicago to allow Zionist symbols at eventby StaffJuly 29, 2017 The organizers of Chicago’s annual SlutWalk announced that Zionist symbols would be allowed at the August 12 event, overturning an earlier decision which barred participants from carrying … Continue reading

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#Chicago #SlutWalk announces #Zionists not welcome

ALGEMEINER After Dyke March Scandal, SlutWalk Chicago Bans ‘Zionist Displays’ From Upcoming August Protest by Ben Cohen July 20, 2017 After the scandal involving the ejection of Jewish women carrying Star of David pride flags at Chicago’s Dyke March on June … Continue reading

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Beginning July 21, you can eat Kosher at Wrigley Field

TABLET MAG Another Century-Long Wait Is Over for the Chicago Cubs: Wrigley Field Is Getting Kosher Food by Sophie Aroesty July 13, 2017 The Chicago Cubs famously went 108 years without winning a World Series championship, but few know about … Continue reading

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Marginalized at Windy City Times, Chicago transgender journalist tells her story [VIDEO]

ALGEMENIER Our Stories Will Not Be Silenced by Gretchen Rachel Hammond July 14, 2017 …When you lose your voice, even for two weeks, the isolation is unbearable…You cry out but who’s listening? Ben Cohen did. The Algemeiner did. They called me … Continue reading

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Did a gay newspaper demote an LGBTQ writer for reporting the politically incorrect truth?

ALGEMEINER Award-Winning Journalist Who Broke Story of Jewish Women Barred From Chicago ‘Dyke March’ Removed From Reporting Duties by Ben Cohen July 10, 2017 An award-winning journalist who broke the story of the group of Jewish women ejected from an … Continue reading

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Distinction without a difference: You say you’re not anti-Semitic, just anti-Zionist. Got it

FORWARD Are You Or Have You Ever Been A Zionist?’ A Letter To Chicago Dyke March by Helene Meyers June 30, 2017 …Your interrogation of women carrying Jewish Pride flags at the march this past weekend was a McCarthyist spectacle. … Continue reading

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#AntiSemites on Parade in Chicago

NEW YORK TIMES I’m Glad the Dyke March Banned Jewish Stars by Bari Weiss June 27, 2017 This weekend, at a lesbian march in Chicago, three women carrying Jewish pride flags — rainbow flags embossed with a Star of David … Continue reading

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Chicago ‘Dyke March’ removes participants waving Jewish Pride flags “because they were ‘triggering'”

HAARETZ Chicago ‘Dyke March’ Bans Jewish Pride Flags: ‘They Made People Feel Unsafe’ June 25, 2017 Three people carrying Jewish Pride flags were asked to leave the annual Chicago Dyke March on Saturday. The Chicago-based LGBTQ newspaper Windy City Times … Continue reading

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