Susan M. George, at The Blogs

Jul 31, 2023, 12:55 PM

Netanyahu’s extremist coalition: Doing what BDS could only dream of

At Saturday evening’s anti-Judicial overhaul protest following Tisha B’Av, Jacob Frenkel, the former governor of the Bank of Israel spoke from the podium: “We never experienced such destruction of values in such a short time, not by our external...

Sep 20, 2022, 10:56 PM

Reclaiming Zionism on the Left

Last month at the 125th anniversary of the World Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, spoke about the need to “reclaim Zionism” and the Jewish and democratic values it embodies, saying: “We must breathe new meaning into...

Sep 28, 2021, 1:16 AM

A call for solidarity, from Durban to California

I’ll admit, I was nervous with the impending September 22 event at the UN, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Durban IV). It seemed like a perfect storm with...

May 25, 2021, 12:13 AM

An earnest appeal for dialogue and understanding

The alarming rise in antisemitic, often violent incidences in California, New York, Florida, Illinois and other locations throughout the United States and Europe — ignited by a conflict taking place over 7,000 miles away — is a cautionary tale...

Jan 26, 2021, 1:08 AM

Normalize this!

The Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party held a forum recently called “A Dialogue with Rising Activists, Xenophobia-Islamophobia-Transphobia-Colorism-Racism.” We noticed that antisemitism was left out of the mix and that no Jewish speakers were listed, but we figured antisemitism...

Nov 22, 2019, 10:17 AM

Progressive, Zionist and Proud Democrats

My partner Matthew Finkelstein and I live in Vallejo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. We've been on the left side of the political spectrum for most of our lives. Since being together we've organized and advocated for...

Feb 27, 2019, 2:27 PM

Democrats, anti-Semitism on the left is real!

“A mural featuring anti-Semitic imagery at the Vortex in downtown Los Angeles.”

Left-wing anti-Semitism is not a phrase invented to stifle people’s criticism of Israel. It is real, and it is growing. We see on the far-right what Trump has helped embolden, preying on fears of the “other” with dog whistles, hate mongering,...

Feb 10, 2019, 11:41 AM

Org tied to terrorism supported in CA Caucus

Too often official decisions of the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party (CDP) can be pushed through by a few without sufficient research, discussion, or counter-presentations. This is a growing and problematic trend. Fortunately, members of the Progressive Zionists...

Sep 3, 2018, 11:39 PM

Labour Antisemitism, California’s Cautionary Tale

I awoke this morning to hopeful and heartening news. Though still not certain, it appears that the UK Labour Party will adopt the full International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition and guidelines of antisemitism. Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon...

Aug 15, 2018, 1:38 PM

How to be an unapologetic anti-Semite and candidate for office

A Tutorial in 10 Mind-Numbingly Easy Steps Say you just can’t stand Zionists, not Jews. Say you are “anti-Zionist,” not “anti-Semitic.” Say that “Zionism” and “Racism” are one and the same and that Israel is guilty of genocide. Repeat,...

About Me

Susan George is the Executive Director of Progressive Zionists of California (PZC), a California 501c4 nonprofit. She has served as an elected assembly district delegate to the California Democratic Party for two terms and was an elected Democratic National Convention delegate in 2016 and 2020. Susan lives and works in San Francisco with her partner Matthew.

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