I love and value democracy, precisely the democracy that Stacey Abrams describes and works to protect. Frankly, I don't care if if she is a Zionist or not. She values what I value. I am an American and a Jew, and I find zero conflict between my American values and my Jewish values, because they are the SAME values.
I like Stacey Abrams and appreciate her perspective, but I would hope that an organization that purports to be Jewish and Zionist would ask about her positions on the issues affecting us directly during an interview on its platform. For example, one of the most obvious elephants in the room is rising antisemitism everywhere in the U.S., including in her state. Why was this never even touched upon?
I suggest you both discuss strategy and tactics with Christopher Armitage. He can show even more effective options based on historical experience with authoritarian takeover of democracies.
I know Stacey knows Anat Shenker-Osorio, I suspect you guys do as well, but if not, please check out her work with Mike Podhorzer and with the Freedom Over Fascism consortium that includes Way to Win and others.
The only saving the Voter Elimination Act is intended to achieve is the GOP's electoral bacon.
Similarly, what Trump is running in DC isn't anything approximating a normal administration, it's a regime closer to the theocracy in Iran than what is supposed to be true here.
Let's use accurate if sometimes uncomfortable language so there is no question what we are really dealing with.
I just looked up her position on the Jewish community. Looks like she meets with Jewish community members in Georgia and wants to be seen as a friend of the community. As for Israel, she supports a two-state solution, with one of those being Jewish, and, according to her podcast "Assembly Required" titled "Gaza Under Siege: Netanyahu's Use of Violence to....." she has harsh words for Israel after 10/7 and calls the Palestinians victims of genocidal. In her episode - it's from Nov 2025 - she said there's a rise of authoritarianism around the world, but devotes the episode to Netanyahu's authoritarianism specifically. I didn't listen to the whole episode, but I sincerely doubt she gave any thought to how her focus on this subject would affect her Jewish community at home in Georgia.
Did you not listen to the opening conversation about values? That should have told you everything you need to know.
Stacey shares our values when it comes to how marginalized people and communities should be treated.
It's why Rabbi Heschel marched with MLK.
We know that our safety is intimately tied to a robust democracy just as it is for Black and brown people, LGBTQIA people, immigrants and other religious minorities.
Stacey is part of a long line of Black activists fighting for the kind of multiracial, multicultural democracy that protects us all.
The trans community also will be affected, please do not erase this community from your conversations
I love and value democracy, precisely the democracy that Stacey Abrams describes and works to protect. Frankly, I don't care if if she is a Zionist or not. She values what I value. I am an American and a Jew, and I find zero conflict between my American values and my Jewish values, because they are the SAME values.
I like Stacey Abrams and appreciate her perspective, but I would hope that an organization that purports to be Jewish and Zionist would ask about her positions on the issues affecting us directly during an interview on its platform. For example, one of the most obvious elephants in the room is rising antisemitism everywhere in the U.S., including in her state. Why was this never even touched upon?
I suggest you both discuss strategy and tactics with Christopher Armitage. He can show even more effective options based on historical experience with authoritarian takeover of democracies.
I know Stacey knows Anat Shenker-Osorio, I suspect you guys do as well, but if not, please check out her work with Mike Podhorzer and with the Freedom Over Fascism consortium that includes Way to Win and others.
I mention because, as Anat says in this post, https://bsky.app/profile/anatosaurus.bsky.social/post/3mgxetbpeyk2f, (and others), it's really important to use accurate language to describe MAGA legislation and actions, not their Orwellian names.
The only saving the Voter Elimination Act is intended to achieve is the GOP's electoral bacon.
Similarly, what Trump is running in DC isn't anything approximating a normal administration, it's a regime closer to the theocracy in Iran than what is supposed to be true here.
Let's use accurate if sometimes uncomfortable language so there is no question what we are really dealing with.
Stacey Abrams isn't anti-Zionist, but this interview gives us no information about her position on the Jewish community at all.
I just looked up her position on the Jewish community. Looks like she meets with Jewish community members in Georgia and wants to be seen as a friend of the community. As for Israel, she supports a two-state solution, with one of those being Jewish, and, according to her podcast "Assembly Required" titled "Gaza Under Siege: Netanyahu's Use of Violence to....." she has harsh words for Israel after 10/7 and calls the Palestinians victims of genocidal. In her episode - it's from Nov 2025 - she said there's a rise of authoritarianism around the world, but devotes the episode to Netanyahu's authoritarianism specifically. I didn't listen to the whole episode, but I sincerely doubt she gave any thought to how her focus on this subject would affect her Jewish community at home in Georgia.
Did you not listen to the opening conversation about values? That should have told you everything you need to know.
Stacey shares our values when it comes to how marginalized people and communities should be treated.
It's why Rabbi Heschel marched with MLK.
We know that our safety is intimately tied to a robust democracy just as it is for Black and brown people, LGBTQIA people, immigrants and other religious minorities.
Stacey is part of a long line of Black activists fighting for the kind of multiracial, multicultural democracy that protects us all.