Sydney Levy's blog

Update on attacks on American Muslim for Palestine (AMP)'s San Francisco bus ads.

Here are two letters submitted to the San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority.

For more background on this,please go to Coalition urges SF authorities to refrain from stigmatizing political ads

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Civil rights organizations call upon San Francisco authorities to resist pressure to stigmatize Muni bus ads that quote Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu characterizing Israeli policies as apartheid.

A few months ago, I was appalled to see anti-Palestinian ads in San Francisco MUNI buses that referred to Arabs and Muslims as uncivilized and as "savages". Read more and take action.

Like hundreds of others in the overflow crowd last night, I'm completely exhausted after having spent 10 hours straight listening to an extraordinary night of emotional testimony about divestment at UC Berkeley. I'm so proud to tell you that at 5:30 this morning, 

Jewish Voice for Peace's letter to student senators at UC Berkeley.

April 17, 2013

To the attention of the Associated Students of UC Berkeley,

We are writing to you from Jewish Voice for Peace to urge you to pass the Resolution SB 160: A Peaceful Step Towards Neutrality: Targeted Divestment from Companies that Profit from Israel’s Occupation and Settlement Construction.”

Jewish Voice for Peace's National Membership Meeting is getting closer. The deadline for getting the special meeting hotel rate ends tomorrow, March 29.

Jewish Voice for Peace's National Membership Meeting is getting closer. The deadline for getting the special meeting hotel rate ends tomorrow, March 29.

Read Passover message from Rabbi Margaret Holub, and gather additional readings to bring to your Seder Table!

The olive tree is a universal and ancient symbol of hope and peace. And sadly, the destruction of Palestinian olive trees by Israeli settlers and the Israeli army is just one example of the way that Israeli policies systematically deny Palestinians of even their most basic rights.

Join this event. Note the change of venue.