Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) was slammed on Sunday by members of both parties for suggesting that Jewish money was behind American elected officials’ support for Israel. At the same time, some American organizations rushed to Omar’s defense, including the National Women’s March, a group beset with allegations of anti-Semitism stemming,...

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The co-chair of the national Women’s March, Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, used her address to thousands of protesters in Washington, D.C., at the annual rally on Saturday to advocate on behalf of the anti-Semitic boycott movement against the Jewish State, The Times of Israel reported. The Women’s March, Sarsour vowed,...

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Women’s March co-president Tamika Mallory repeatedly refused to condemn Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in an appearance Monday on ABC’s The View in a heated exchange with hosts Sunny Hostin and Meghan McCain, who grilled Mallory about the hate preacher’s anti-Semitic views, JTA reported. The Women’s March leader was...

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As the Women’s March prepares to march again on January 19, the organization’s national leadership is under intense pressure from local branches over allegations of anti-Semitism against co-chairs Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez. Several local affiliates are disbanding, defecting or distancing themselves from the national branch over their...

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During the first meeting of the Women’s March in November 2016, leaders of the organization endorsed virulent anti-Semitic tropes, claiming that Jews were “leaders of the American slave trade” and “bore a special collective responsibility as exploiters of black and brown people,” Tablet Magazine reported on Monday. The comments about...

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The founder of the Women’s March has called on the movement’s current co-chairs to resign over anti-Semitic rhetoric and bigotry, just days after Linda Sarsour suggested American Jews have dual loyalties, CNN reported Monday. Teresa Shook, a retired lawyer based in Hawaii, who first called for a women’s march after...

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After calling the establishment of Israel a “human rights crime,” Tamika Mallory, a leader of the Women’s March, who supports Rev. Louis Farrakhan, was disinvited to speak next week at an event hosted by an Australian social service agency, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. The Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS)...

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On Sunday, February 25, Nation of Islam leader, Rev. Louis Farrakhan, gave his annual Saviours’ Day address in Chicago, an event attended by the co-president of the Women’s March, Tamika D. Mallory, The Forward reported Wednesday. At the rally, Farrakhan made a number of incendiary comments. He claimed that “the powerful Jews are...

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