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Dear Friend,
I’m finally home from Chicago and wanted to share my experience of
the DNC with you, plus
invite you to add your voice at our new website
JewsForKamala.com.
It was incredible to be at the DNC with so many friends,
movement partners, and elected officials we support who are working to
build a true multiracial democracy — people we’ve fought
with, shoulder to shoulder, through massive wins and disappointing
losses, and all those we are still pushing and holding
accountable.
The vision was clear and inspiring: a country where all
people can thrive, where we block Trump and the GOP’s plans
to take away our freedoms, so that we can realize the safe and joyful
future we all deserve.
There were also heartbreaking moments. Our
Palestinian and Arab friends and partners, who fight alongside us on
all the critical domestic issues in our focus, were not given the
chance to feel welcomed into the big tent that’s fighting to defeat
Trump.
Thank you to the thousands of people who rose up quickly to
amplify
the demand for Palestinian representation on the DNC
stage. Our Washington Director Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block
and I appeared in the media amplifying the Uncommitted Movement’s
demand in the
Forward, Religion
News Service, Mother
Jones, and the
Guardian.
Video
on X
I spoke to Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman, the amazing
Palestinian elected official who was one of the many speakers the DNC
was able to choose from. Ruwa wanted to tell her story and
have her people be included so that we can beat Trump.
Because we will need to rebuild the coalition that did it the last
time. You
can read her moving speech here.
At the end of the day, I’m going to fight like hell to get
Harris elected, and make sure our friends and allies — who have fought
with us and for us — are included in the movement to defeat Trump.
Last month at the RNC, we saw what the other side is planning
is just way too dangerous. It’s only in a Harris presidency that we
will have the ability to advocate for the country we desperately
need:
A country with a just immigration
policy that doesn’t criminalize people.
A country where people have bodily
autonomy and reproductive freedom.
A country that keeps our
communities safer without leaning into policing and mass
incarceration.
A country that dismantles
anti-Black racism, antisemitism, white supremacy, and all forms of
oppression.
A country that prioritizes
democracy, human rights, and safety, both
here and abroad, including for Israelis and Palestinians.
A country whose policies truly help
ALL people thrive. A country that ensures that when
we say all of us, we mean all of us.
Add
your “Why” at JewsForKamala.com
I am going to keep fighting all these fights. I’m
hoping to elect the person with the most potential and history of
doing these things, and the first Black, South Asian woman and her
blended Jewish family, to our highest office. And I’m going to also
fight to make sure this is for all of us. For me and my family and for
Ruwa and hers.
That’s
why I’m a Jew for Kamala. I’d love to hear from you why you are too
— you can add your voice at JewsForKamala.com.
With fierce hope and care,
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