She is the founder and executive director of the Zioness Movement, an organization that supports the activities of progressive Jews and Zionists toward promoting social justice.
[2] In 2017, Berman founded Zioness with a dozen friends after three Jewish participants at the Chicago Dyke March were ejected for carrying Pride flags adorned with the Star of David.
[4] She declared the group's goal to "empower Jewish activists in the future in every variety of social justice movement.”[5] Berman explains her organization’s philosophy as “Can you Be Zionist and Progressive?
[13] In August 2024, Berman told the Washington Post that while American Jews still find their traditional political home in the Democratic party, antisemitism on the left had grown since the October 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel.
[14] On the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Berman moderated Zioness’s panel discussion on free speech and antisemitism on college campuses.