@IfNotNowChi

We are alarmed and horrified by the Israeli occupation and its violence. This is a moment of truth for our community - a moment that demands action.

 Chicago, IL
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Joined July 2014
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Today @IfNotNowOrg members went to the JUF's Israel Solidarity Day to ask some difficult questions of the Chicago Jewish community.
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IfNotNow Chicago retweeted
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@IfNotNowOrg7 Sep 2017
IfNotNow's @YonahLieberman: "I believe we have a special responsibility as Jews to be on the streets right now." haaretz.com/us-news/.premium…
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Breaking down these binaries to make space for challenging work around antiracism & antisemitism is hard. But it is the only way forward.
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These binaries serve no one. They only serve to drive a wedge between Jews and other oppressed groups, when active solidarity is needed.
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Either antisemitism is on the rise, or antisemitism is a problem of the past.
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Either antisemitism is rampant on the left, or antisemitism couldn’t possibly exist in these spaces.
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Too often, we see conversations about antisemitism reduced to simplistic binaries.
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We must also make space for deeper, more complex conversations about antisemitism. Spaces that acknowledge the pain it causes.
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Replying to @IfNotNowChi @DykeMarchChi
The Chicago Dyke March is an explicitly anti-racist, anti-colonialist space and it is not apolitical. We must uphold their leadership.
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Replying to @IfNotNowChi @DykeMarchChi
The conflation of Zionism with Judaism is never acceptable, but it is very clear that this is not what happened at the Chicago Dyke March.
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Our statement on the events at @DykeMarchChi, against antisemitism and the Occupation. bim’heira b’yameinu. facebook.com/notes/ifnotnow-…
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IfNotNow Chicago retweeted
AirGo@airgoradio8 Jun 2017
PODCAST: AirGo Ep94 - @racheleiderach talks her work in Israel/Palestine, Organizing w/ @IfNotNowChi, healing. Hear: soundcloud.com/airgoradio/ep…

Ep 94 - Rachel Leider

Rachel Leider understands momentum. She's a central organizer for the Chicago chapter of IfNotNow, a national community of young American Jews committed to erasing American Jewish support for the Isra

soundcloud.com
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Today is #UnDiaSinInmigrantes. Thousands of immigrants are striking across the country with @CosechaMovement. #MayDay2017
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Our sister movement Cosecha mobilized an incredible strike for #UnDiaSinInmigrantes. Check out their actions around the country! xitter.cf/CosechaMovement/status…
Movimiento Cosecha@CosechaMovement1 May 2017
Watch LIVE coverage of #UnDiaSinInmigrantes at bit.ly/cosechalive. From Mexico to Oakland, Cali, watch us strike! #MayDay2017
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And here in Chicago: xitter.cf/JCUA_News/status/85265…
JCUA@jcua_chicago13 Apr 2017
Singing and praying as we start our Passover Seder as protest of unjust immigration policies #chicago #SederInTheStreets #justpursueit
Powerful #SederintheStreets action in New York tonight to support the #RightToKnowAct. Check out @JFREJNYC for more photos, art, and song. xitter.cf/JFREJNYC/status/852670…
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Action@JFREJNYC13 Apr 2017
Powerful photo from @roguephotonyc of our crowd. We aren't going anywhere. #SederInTheStreers #JewishResistance
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Attn DC! Rally and then fill the courtroom for @TaherHerzallah & @kelhosseiny bit.ly/2omRZqK #DroptheCharges
.@AMPalestine staffers fighting criminal charges on the grounds of racial and religious bias #SelectiveProsecution bit.ly/2ojTxDG
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We don’t accept selective prosecution. #DroptheCharges against @TaherHerzallah & @kelhosseiny bit.ly/2omRZqK
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