Her husband, Rabbi Allan Berkowitz, marched while carrying a sign with American and Israeli flags that read: “I am pro-Israel, proudly progressive, rooted in Jewish values, against all forms of oppression.”
“I’m here in support of the local organization,” said the chief operating officer of Faith in Action Bay Area. “I’m here to represent that there is a place in the progressive movement for those who are pro-Israel.”
At the Oakland march, which drew a reported 8,000 to 10,000 people (down from between 60,000 and 70,000 last year, according to the East Bay Times), several members of Temple Sinai said their presence was a way of supporting the goals of the Women’s March and the Bay Area marches that had spoken out against anti-Semitism.
