Linda Sarsour

Linda Sarsour at a Get Out The Vote event in solidarity with the families of Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake, Eleanor Bumpurs and other families who lost loved ones to police violence, New York City, October 17, 2020. (Gili Getz)
Biden or Trump, Linda Sarsour is still going to the streets
Palestinian American activist Linda Sarsour talks about rallying for Biden despite her misgivings, and why defeating Trump is not enough for the progressive movement.
By Alex Kane October 28, 2020
The Women's March organizers at the annual march on January 21 in Washington DC (left to right): Bob Bland, Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, Carmen Perez. (Kisha Bari)
Women’s March Jewish outreach director: ‘Anti-Semitism can be unlearned’
In her first interview since calls began for the Women’s March leadership to resign amid allegations of anti-Semitism, Jewish director of communications Sophie Ellman-Golan speaks about confronting anti-Jewish prejudice within the movement, the attempts to delegitimize the organizers, and how the March is putting forth a more inclusive vision. After the mass shooting of 11 American…
By Mairav Zonszein January 29, 2019
Linda Sarsour participating in a Passover protest organized by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, New York, April 14, 2017.
Linda Sarsour: ‘We must all commit to dismantling anti-Semitism’
A storm of protest failed to overshadow a diverse, progressive panel on anti-Semitism held in New York, featuring Linda Sarsour and Jewish Voice for Peace head Rebecca Vilkomerson. In the end, the controversy, threats, protests and endless scandalized op-eds were unable to derail a diverse, progressive panel on anti-Semitism that took place in New York on…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland November 29, 2017
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Palestinian women protest against the occupation on International Women’s Day at the Qalandiya military checkpoint separating Jerusalem and Ramallah, March 7, 2015. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
The question isn’t whether feminism has room for Zionism
The question is whether Zionism can make room for a truly inclusive equality. In a recent New York Times op-ed “Does Feminism have Room for Zionists?” Emily Shire, who identifies as a feminist and a Zionist, argues that her belief in “Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state” should not be at odds with her feminism. According…
By Mairav Zonszein March 21, 2017
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