Today, Bernie Sanders at the J Street conference received wild ovation for his denunciation of Trump and assertion of the two-state solution.
We Jews of color each have our complexities to mull over, but we need to recognize that we have been given a gift.
The attacks on Simone Zimmerman are just like those against those of us who first embraced the two-state solution, says Breira founder Bob Loeb.
We call upon those who claim to speak for the American Jewish community to recognize that our community contains a multiplicity of voices.
Well, that was awkward.
Just a few days after announcing that it had hired Simone Zimmerman to be its national Jewish outreach coordinator, the Bernie Sanders campaign suspended her position yesterday, in reaction to loud, right-wing criticism of her positions, activism, and language in opposing the Israeli occupation and its enablers. I had planned yesterday to take on her chorus of critics for their ethically compromised and sometimes farcical gotcha-combing of Zimmerman’s very public and proud paper trail. Now, I must add some serious, head-shaking, profound disappointment in the Sanders campaign for what really looks like management amateur hour.