Shatzi Weisberger was a Jewish American death educator, nurse, and activist. She advocated for justice through the civil rights movement, the anti-nuclear movement, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, Black Lives Matter, and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). She became a fixture in the New York City activism scene, becoming dubbed “the people’s bubbie.” In an interview with JVP-NYC, she described how realizing that Israel was committing a slow genocide against Palestinians “broke [her] heart.” She was photographed at rallies carrying signs that said “92 year old Jewish dyke for a Free Palestine.”
A Burglary Motivated by Racism
Haaaretz journalists Gideon Levy and Alex Levac reported on a West Bank burglary case in 2020 in which a small Palestinian business was repeatedly burglarized by Jewish settlers. Was this burglary motivated by racism? Mohammed Mahmadi, 29, left his restaurant job in...
