Women’s March Cleveland released a statement condemning anti-Semitism on Monday, an apparent indirect reference at the anti-Semitism allegations dogging the national Women’s March leaders.
Kathy Wray Coleman, an organizer for Women’s March Cleveland, said in a statement, “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.”
She added, “Jewish women are our sisters, 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.”
The National Council on Jewish Women Cleveland is among the groups that have been invited to speak at the Jan. 19 march in Cleveland.
Other Women’s Marches around the country have been canceled, including those in New Orleans, Chicago and Humboldt in Northern California, although not all of them have been the result of the anti-Semitism controversy with the national leaders. In the case of Humboldt, the organizers were concerned that the participants were too white.
