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Feminist Magazine Rejects Ad Featuring Israeli Women

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this is another example of media denying and/or ignorant of history. anti israeli sentiment on the rise is instigated by... [MORE]

pamela miller 

Jan 18, 2008 07:51

I have been aware of MS Magazine effort to champion the accomplishements of women. A very worthy objective. The three... [MORE]

Ira Weinstein 

Jan 15, 2008 11:53

I am disgusted with this decision. I will tell everyone I know to cancel their subscription to your magazine in... [MORE]

Loren Schnider 

Jan 15, 2008 01:09

I believe the ad presented to MS. Magazine is narrow-minded and does not adequated reflect the State of Israel as... [MORE]

Bobbi Spiegler 

Jan 14, 2008 14:28

As a long time reader and subscriber to Ms., and one who has been written about in the magazine on... [MORE]

HELENE AYLON 

Jan 14, 2008 09:24

If someone lauches rockets at you,threatens you with genocide then there must be something wrong with you.Why do Isaeli women... [MORE]

Dennis Cast 

Jan 15, 2008 20:06

Guess I don't have to spend any more money on this magazine. But I hope they continue to waste their... [MORE]

Ardis Wexler 

Jan 13, 2008 20:21

Andras, what in heavens name are you thinking. I am a Republican (USA), and a mainly secular Jew. I do... [MORE]

Dave Levy 

Jan 13, 2008 20:03

In a large area circulation newspaper today, there is an article about American wives, married to Muslims, in Saudi Arabia.... [MORE]

Dave Levy 

Jan 15, 2008 03:51

Ms. Kort, Your lame excuse for not publishing an ad showcasing 3 prominent Israeli women does not hold water. Would you... [MORE]

Andrea Socol Levin 

Jan 13, 2008 08:35

Dearest MS editors, Who were you thinking actually read your magazine? Some of the most influential women thinkers in the... [MORE]

Ida Rosen 

Jan 12, 2008 15:07

Livni, Beinisch and Itzik may be Israel (Democratic Republic of), but not in a sense any Jewish Congress should view... [MORE]

Andras Bereny 

Jan 12, 2008 13:58

Where is Ms. Magazine in the outcry of genital mutilation regarding women in the Middle East? Where is the outcry... [MORE]

Allyson Rowen Taylor 

Jan 11, 2008 21:12

Ms. Magazine's anti-Semitic action can be highly therapeutic for the American Jewish community. One hopes it will help to clearly... [MORE]

Bernard Braginsky 

Jan 11, 2008 19:02

I just found out about this disheartening decision and have already written to mkort@msmagazine.com to express my disappointment in a... [MORE]

Laurel Kallen 

Jan 11, 2008 18:41

As a WASP (as in White, Anglo-Saxon Protestant) Male I'm sure I'm missing some "nuances" here, but I truly don't... [MORE]

Robert West 

Jan 11, 2008 16:10

I'll bet those making the decision are the very same ones who accuse conservatives of being intolerant.Seriously, what about that... [MORE]

Phil 

Jan 11, 2008 15:56

So much for feminism. The left disgusts me. [MORE]

PK 

Jan 11, 2008 15:15

An old saying goes thusly: "Actions speak louder than words." Even though few truly assess their own performance in this... [MORE]

John Spencer Yantiss 

Jan 11, 2008 14:20

Quite simple actually. Cowardice. Everything else is commentary. The self-censorship is a sort of 'Stockholm' that is prevalent in my... [MORE]

Tommy Peters 

Jan 13, 2008 19:20

Evila and anti-Semitic. [MORE]

Shulamit Finkelstein 

Jan 11, 2008 14:12

My one regeret is that I am not a subscriber so that I could cancel my subscription. What a buch... [MORE]

Rusty 

Jan 11, 2008 14:08

The real reason is obvious - the unholy alliance of the left with the Moslem extreemism. Anything related to Israel... [MORE]

H. Klein 

Jan 11, 2008 12:55

Proof that 'feminists' have no time or interest in actual accomplished WOMEN - only in serving leftist MEN. [MORE]

Annie B 

Jan 11, 2008 14:42

I agree totally with H kleins comment. [MORE]

Howard 

Jan 11, 2008 16:23

What is controversial about 3 strong women being featured in one advertisement? The MS response doesn't satisfy me at all. Kim [MORE]

Kim audette 

Jan 14, 2008 14:48

As with many one issue organizations, Ms magazine shows itself to be a bigot. No tolerance for any issues but... [MORE]

donald w harris 

Jan 11, 2008 11:22

As a long time reader of MS and strong feminist, I am very disappointed in Ms Magazine. Their excuse appears... [MORE]

dorisris rosen 

Jan 11, 2008 10:44

It seems that feminist organizations won't defend Muslim females against multiple forms of oppression including genital mutilation or support Israeli... [MORE]

Richard 

Jan 11, 2008 09:39

These are same folks who gave Clinton a pass notwithstanding his egregious and repeated sexual harrassments. [MORE]

Maury 

Jan 11, 2008 09:00

As an Israeli male - I find it entertaining; as a liberal - appalling; as your reader - astonishing: how... [MORE]

Avi Raz Novik 

Jan 11, 2008 08:34

The ad maybe found here:http://www.ajcongress.org/site/DocServer/Ms.pdf?docID=1961 Judge for yourself. [MORE]

Art Fougner MD 

Jan 11, 2008 07:42

Israel is the ONLY Middle Eastern nation that grants full rights to women. This is the height of hypocrisy by... [MORE]

John Rohan 

Jan 11, 2008 14:43

You'd think they could have thought of a better lie as the excuse. It's the job of an American magazine to... [MORE]

Jack Bauer 

Jan 11, 2008 19:54