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(September 20, 2010) Faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts Boston asked the non-profit investment firm TIAA-CREF to divest its holdings from companies that do business with the Israeli Occupation at the company CEO’s public address on campus last Monday.

UMass Boston Faculty Call on TIAA-CREF to Divest from Israeli Occupation
 
September 20, 2010 – Faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts Boston asked the non-profit investment firm TIAA-CREF to divest its holdings from companies that do business with the Israeli Occupation at the company CEO’s public address on campus last Monday.
 

Within the next ten days, Jewish people will welcome a New Year, even as the holy Muslim month of Ramadan draws to a close. These are times of special significance for us, and yet these joyous occasions are marred by what is happening in the world around us.

Ask Jewish leaders to speak out: Denounce Israel's Increasing Repression!

Rebecca Vilkomerson, JVP's Executive Director, comments on the TIAA-CREF campaign in the Huffington Post.

Let Us Join Those Who Refuse
July 29, 2010

Rebecca Vilkomeson, JVP's Executive Director, comments on the TIAA-CREF campaign in the Huffington Post.

Let Us Join Those Who Refuse
July 29, 2010

Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) condemns the attacks against the recent decision by the Olympia Food Co-Op to boycott Israeli goods. We reject the assertion that Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) are inherently anti-Semitic, and we encourage discussion both within our own community and outside of it of the growing BDS movement.

Read the account of what happened at the Jul 20 meeting with the TIAA-CREF leadership.
See what some of those that were at the meeting had to say.

Read the account of what happened at the Jul 20 meeting with the TIAA-CREF leadership.
See what some of those that were at the meeting had to say.

Group petitions TIAA-CREF at board meeting

By Mark Bergen | Jul 21, 2010