Activism
Loewenstein is a member of the USA board of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and founder of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project. As a local political activist, she regularly helps organize and attends demonstrations in Madison. On the day after Ariel Sharon's election as Prime Minister of Israel she was among the organizers of an anti-Likud demonstration. She helped organize protests against the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, and she occasionally makes arrangements for political activists or journalists such as Robert Fisk to speak at American universities.
The proposed Madison-Rafah Sister City Project occasioned an "anguished and bruising debate" in Madison. During the debate, Loewenstein called the executive board of the Madison Jewish Community Council "deeply racist." Board Member Lester Pines alleged that Loewenstein's project was part of a "movement to delegitimize the state of Israel."
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