It was only a couple of weeks ago that Tablet ran its lengthy and extensively researched piece on the Women’s March, arguing that anti-Semitism was baked into the leadership from the organization’s very first meeting:
It was there that, as the women were opening up about their backgrounds and personal investments in creating a resistance movement to Trump, [Carmen] Perez and [Tamika] Mallory allegedly first asserted that Jewish people bore a special collective responsibility as exploiters of black and brown people — and even, according to a close secondhand source, claimed that Jews were proven to have been leaders of the American slave trade.
That Tablet piece shook up a lot of people who were already starting to distance themselves from the Women’s March for its refusal to simply denounce rabid anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan — even activist Alyssa Milano said she was bowing out of the next Women’s March until things changed at the top.
Now, Hen Mazzig, an Israeli based in Tel Aviv, is taking a sledgehammer to The Forward’s claim that they’d been reporting on anti-Semitism in the Women’s March all year long, and he brought receipts in the form of screenshots:
In a series of tweets, @Jane_Eisner of @jdforward trying hard to convince everyone (Inc @nytimes & @JeffreyGoldberg) that she and her team exposed Women’s March Antisemitism.
Please don’t laugh.
Here are some examples of how they defended Sarsour & Mallory’s Antisemitism: pic.twitter.com/dLRd0IuORp— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
See, The Forward, unlike Tablet, is “woke.”
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
If you can’t see that whole screenshot, it’s a piece called, “Lay off Linda Sarsour.”
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
This one’s called, “Linda Sarsour Is Not Our Enemy.”
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
“Jewish Women Must Stand with Our Sister Linda Sarsour.”
Just Antisemitic pic.twitter.com/9Ym4zcoGvY
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
The opinions editor Batya recently deleted this tweet defending Linda Sarsour saying she "has spent her adult life fighting anti-Semitism." pic.twitter.com/4IrQblHyzD
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
And of course @jdforward blocked my article that @tabletmag ended up accepting, discussing the Antisemitism of Tamika Mallory, because I’m “not American” to discuss antismitism: https://t.co/nHTp0G1HIr pic.twitter.com/t0ljU8AZkN
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
So Tablet ended up publishing “As a Queer Jew of Color, I Find Tamika Mallory’s Latest Comments Particularly Heartbreaking” because The Forward was worried about it not coming from an American but an Israeli … problematic.
Then Aiden Pink tells us 3 Jewish groups that already worked with the women’s march will now work with them…..? pic.twitter.com/TuRBYggY5G
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
Forward’s opinions editor is trying to educate antisemites on how to hide their hatred better. pic.twitter.com/eGNcFzAiP7
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
And more pic.twitter.com/NA70q8pMsJ
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
Conservatives pounce, even here!
And more pic.twitter.com/Tg1vHiPQ59
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
And more pic.twitter.com/UIwbB57Zo9
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
There’s those right-wingers pouncing again.
For those who are about to say “it’s just opinions” try and think if you would say the same about any publication publishing so many opinions defending a racist/bigoted figure. Or are we just ok with antisemites?
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
Just for fun we checked in on The Forward’s twitter feed, and even today they’re excusing the Women’s March leadership, saying sure, they’ve made mistakes, but they’re the real victims:
"It is undeniable that the Women’s March leaders have made mistakes," writes @yumcoconutmilk. "But the amount of racism and Islamophobia that defines much of the criticism has become more toxic and harmful than the actions that spurred the protests."
https://t.co/YiW1kEAeTL— The Forward (@jdforward) December 27, 2018
So asking the Women’s March to denounce Louis Farrakhan is racist, Islamophobic, and more toxic than the Women’s March’s anti-Semitism?
This is a very damning thread highlighting The Forward's complicity in defending and covering for antisemitism: https://t.co/szJkKEN6Nj
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) December 27, 2018
Sometimes it seems as if the forward cares more about supporting antisemites then it does fighting antisemitism
— (((Rothenberg4Justice))) (@ReelRotation27) December 26, 2018
Most times
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 26, 2018
Some of those headlines / content from non-Jewish people would be considered deeply offensive. From a Jewish person / publication it is still deeply offensive. It seems like they are throwing Jews under the bus in order to stay chummy with their ‘Social Justice’ crowd.
— Ben Maxwell Freeman (@benmfreeman) December 27, 2018
In case @fstockman reads this, the Forward were the biggest defenders of Women’s March Antisemitism
— Carmela Dahn ? (@CarmelaDahn) December 26, 2018
Good job Hen. Let the world see and hopefully the publishers of the @jdforward will be shamed about who is working for them.
— Steven Turner (@DocSST) December 26, 2018
I am disgusted with @jdforward and will never read another article of theirs.
— Ronaldo (@PujoDawgz) December 27, 2018
The Forward is the most garbage publication, I can't even get through a single article without wanting to delete the internet.
— Yaakov Dewez (@DewieDewezISay) December 27, 2018
What a brilliant thread! Thank you for summarizing the shameless way @jdforward have fawned over the Women's March leaders. And now they want to take credit for exposing them! That's the definition of chutzpah.
— (((kweansmom))) (@kweansmom) December 26, 2018
The JDForward is so unbelievably pathetic. Until someone holds its advertisers to account for this madness, it has zero incentive to change.
— Jon Sutz (@JonSutz) December 26, 2018
That is a bold faced lie. The temerity of the Forward is beyond belief. Not only have they been defending the Woman's March and it's leaders from accusations of antisemitism, they have been attacking those that where trying to expose it.
— American Zionism (@americanzionism) December 27, 2018
You know you are on to something when you get this much blow back, back peddling, smear efforts, and stone walling, excellent job exposing these people for their hypocritical behavior
— Mr_Mask1337 (@Mr_Mask1337) December 26, 2018
Does anyone actually read the @jdforward?
I'm pretty sure all of their visitors are just outraged Jews clicking through to read their latest attack on Israel or defence of antisemites.
If we stopped clicking they'd go out of business ?
— Israel Advocacy Movement (@israel_advocacy) December 26, 2018
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