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(Jewish Group) Women's March Cleveland distances itself from national group, denounces anti-Semitism
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)CLEVELAND, Ohio — While allegations of anti-Semitism have torn through the national Women’s March group and a California march was canceled over concerns it would be “overwhelmingly white," Cleveland’s march condemns all forms of discrimination.
“Women's March Cleveland does not condone anti-Semitism, racism, bigotry, sexism, Islamophobia or any other forms of discrimination, and we urge our Jewish sisters in greater Cleveland and elsewhere to march with us,” Women’s March Cleveland organizer Kathy Wray Coleman said in a news release.
The Cleveland march has invited members of the National Council on Jewish Women Cleveland and other Jewish women to speak at the march, starting at 10 a.m. Jan. 19 at Public Square downtown.
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“Jewish women are our sisters,” said Coleman, who is black. “And we have to work through this because… there’s a larger issue at stake in terms of what’s happening in D.C., and what’s happening in terms of policies with respect to the president.”
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