(Jewish Group) Sarah Silverman Is 'Heartbroken' About Women's March Leadership

[Behind the Aegis]

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

On Saturday, a sea of pink knitted hats will once again fill the streets of major cities as, for the third annual Women’s March, women unify in pursuit of human rights.

But how many of those women will be Jewish?

Comedian Sarah Silverman succinctly summed up much of the American Jewish response to the ongoing schism that has stretched the newest wave of the women’s movement to a breaking point, as various leaders of the Women’s March have seemed again and again to turn a blind eye to and sometimes even embrace anti-Semites. So many Jews, like Silverman, are “heartbroken…but hopeful.”

Silverman’s agonizing response to the Women’s March anti-Semitism saga came after Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory refused, once again, to condemn the words of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, including virulently anti-Semitic statements. In an appearance on The View on Monday, Mallory, who is a longtime social justice organizer and a longtime supporter of Farrakhan’s, stated that she does not agree with all of Farrakhan’s statements, but does not condemn him.

“I cannot imagine having such mild feelings over such a furious hatred of an entire people. He calls us termites,” Silverman wrote of Mallory’s relationship to the Nation of Islam leader, who has indeed referred to Jews as “termites.” But Silverman continued, “I’m heartbroken but I’m gonna stay hopeful because I don’t wanna give up on Tamika.”

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How fucking difficult is it denounce anti-Semitism?! All I am seeing from many are fucking excuses.

[madaboutharry]

1. They don't want to denounce anti-Semitism.

They don't want to because that is how they feel and that is what they think.

[EllieBC]

2. Exactly. Sometimes it is what it is.

People in LBN and GD keep talking about “who wants to divide us”. Sometimes the division and hate come from the inside. In this case, Sarsour and Mallory and Perez. They won’t denounce the antisemitism because they dint see a problem because they hold these views too.

[Mosby]

3. did you hear that the forward is ending its print publication?

I would consider paying for the digital version but only if they start publishing more diverse opinions.

Note my comment has nothing to do with this article.