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  • Sanders Fires J Street Spawned Simone Zimmerman

    04/15/2016 11:08:56 AM PDT · by SJackson · 13 replies
    Jewish Press ^ | April 15th, 201 | David Israel
    Simone Zimmerman Photo Credit: Facebook On Thursday, only two days after she had been hired, the Bernie Sanders campaign dropped its national Jewish outreach coordinator Simone Zimmerman, after her “vulgar” Facebook attacks on Prime Minister Netanyahu and on Israel had been exposed. (See Jordana Brown’s An Open Letter to Simone Zimmerman on this website). A spokesperson for the Sanders campaign sent out an e-mail saying “she has been suspended while we investigate the matter.” On Wednesday, The Washington Free Beacon discovered and published a Facebook post where Zimmerman described Netanyahu as “arrogant, deceptive, cynical” and “manipulative.” She used expletives and...
  • Bernie Sanders’ new Jewish outreach director is outspoken critic of Israeli occupation

    04/13/2016 7:15:12 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    Jewish Telegraphic Agency ^ | April 12, 2016 4:04pm | Uriel Heilman
    Simone Zimmerman, the Bernie Sanders campaign’s newly hired national Jewish outreach coordinator, is quite familiar with the American Jewish establishment. She is used to fighting against it. During the 2014 Gaza war, Zimmerman was one of the leaders of a group of young Jews that held regular protest vigils outside the offices of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, reading the names of Palestinians and Israelis killed in the conflict. She opposes Israel’s occupation, wants Hillel to allow participation by groups that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, is against Jewish federation funding for...