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Dec 16, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
I’m going to offer what may be the strongest criticism of last night’s panel sponsored by @JvpAction on dismantling antisemitism featuring @RashidaTlaib, @marclamonthill, @BarbaraRansby @PeterBeinart and @AlissaShira. The panel was controversial before it happened, with
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most pre-criticisms based on claims that (1) the panel included people who are antisemitic, or (2) the panel included non-Jews, and non-Jews shouldn’t be defining Jewish oppression, or (3) the panel included people who are not experts on antisemitism which is inappropriate

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Sep 27, 2019 11 tweets 3 min read
The signers of this letter to the board of #WomensMarch are making two points, one procedural, the other substantive. Their procedural claim is that Women's March, Inc. is not governed with an open, inclusive, decision-making process. vibrantlyviolet.net/2019/09/26/ope… That is true, and has always been true. It has always been run by a board, first a tiny board, now a much larger board, a board that made in the past and continues to make decisions that alienate one group or another of would-be supporters. For example, the unilateral decision of
Jan 13, 2019 8 tweets 2 min read
Zionism is the belief in self determination for Jews in their historic homeland. It in no way implies discrimination against non-Jewish citizens or residents. (And, indeed, the Declaration of Independence of Israel promises to “foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants”