The Star of David has been a Jewish symbol for hundreds and possibly thousands of years, long before the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. Whether that flag that has produced so many protests is Jewish, Israeli or both is complicated. Roven Tivony / NurPhoto via Getty Images file A participant holds a rainbow flag with a Star of David symbol during the LA Pride Parade in West Hollywood on June 10, 2018. At the 2016 conference, in Chicago, the pro-Israel LGBTQ organization A Wider Bridge shut down its event and evacuated guests because of intense protests. “It’s hard work to call it out in your own movement.” CONFRONTATION OVER SYMBOLSĪt this year’s Creating Change conference in Detroit, a national event that focuses on LGBTQ issues, pro-Palestinian protestors disrupted the opening ceremony to condemn the lack of Palestinian programming. “It’s important that we all call out anti-Semitism in our own spaces,” said Amanda Berman, founder of the "unabashedly progressive" and "unquestionably Zionist" group Zioness. I did not expect the next fight to be within the queer community." ![]() "We’ve made so much progress as queer Jews.
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