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Vicki Polin

Social Justice Activist

May 22, 2026, 9:40 AM

Donald Trump is rounding up folks of Jewish descent

One fact that is continuously being ignored, is that Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is rounding up individuals and putting them into concentration camps — which do not have the capabilities of treating his captives humanely. The...

Jan 15, 2026, 10:38 PM

Donald Trump, Terrorism and Trauma

As an American citizen I am terrified to be in the United States right now. There I said it. Everyone can read my words. I don’t have to keep it a secret anymore. I go back and forth about writing...

Dec 29, 2025, 4:09 AM

Remembering Murray H. Levin

July 28, 1942 - December 18, 2025 Murray H. Levin had been a dear friend of mine for many years. We met during the early years of The Awareness Center (Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Assault). Murray originally called The Awareness...

Dec 13, 2025, 10:13 AM

ICE: How did we get here?

When I was in grade school, my oldest sister was involved in a foreign exchange student club called AFS while she was in high school. I will never forget this one weekend that students involved with the AFS program from...

Nov 10, 2025, 5:26 AM

Airbnb and Service animals: Are they violating the law?

According to Airbnb policy, their hosts must accept a service animal into their homes even if they don’t allow pets. Sadly very few Airbnb hosts follow the law (Americans with Disabilities Act). If you mention a service dog before booking...

Jul 3, 2025, 3:33 PM

Did World War III Start on October 7, 2023?

On October 7, 2023, the moment several citizens from Gaza illegally entered the State of Israel, marked the precise second that WWIII began. . . . And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did we get here?" Ten to fifteen years...

Apr 21, 2025, 10:32 AM

Pro Israel and Anti Trump

The world has changed immensely since October 7, 2023. Those who we as Jews once trusted, we have learned we can not. This includes, friends, family member's, business associates, politicians, celebrities, corporations, and countries. I am a liberal minded, zionist,...

Sep 2, 2024, 8:41 AM

Hersh Goldberg Polin – Hamas murdered a part of my DNA

I am speechless. I don’t have the words to express the degree of anger and devastation I feel after learning Hamas executed my cousin Hersh. I was really hopeful Hersh would make it home to the arms of his parents...

Aug 7, 2024, 9:19 PM

Am I still considered to be American, or am I only seen as a Jew?

I always thought of myself as an American, who happens to be Jewish. I never thought about making one descriptor more important then the other. Both of my grandmothers were born in Chicago, along with my parents. I never thought...

Aug 6, 2024, 2:48 PM

Civil Rights of Women or the Civil Rights of Jews

Never in a million years did I think Americans would have to choose between women’s rights and the civil rights of Jews. As a liberal minded, feminist Jew, I have always supported the civil rights of a woman’s ability to...

About Me

Vicki Polin is a feminist who has been a Social Justice Activist since her childhood. Vicki is also an award winning, retired psychotherapist who worked in the anti-rape field for just under forty years. For fun Vicki is an artist and nature photographer.