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    Anti-Semitism claims against Women's March movement present tough call for Jewish women, other would-be participants

    by Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune Jan 18, 2019 5 minutes

    CHICAGO - Amy Smith traveled to Washington, D.C., for the first Women's March in January 2017, calling the experience transformative.

    She was so moved that she participated the following year in Chicago's Grant Park and then volunteered at another local march in October designed to spur midterm election voting.

    Yet with the anniversary Saturday, Smith - who is Jewish and lives in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood - doesn't know if she'll even take part, given mounting accusations of anti-Semitism against leaders of the national organization Women's March Inc.

    "It's a really confusing issue, because I'm strongly opposed to Donald Trump and I want to do everything I can to repudiate his message and policy," Smith said. "But I can't march with a body that doesn't accept who I am or doesn't value who I am."

    Amid controversy and splintering within the larger movement, many Chicago-area women are grappling with

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