Submitted by Sydney Levy on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 6:17pm
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.
Submitted by Sydney Levy on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 11:06pm
The Olympia Food Co-Op boycott is only a tiny part of an effort that the BDS (boycotts, divestment and sanctions) movement is mounting on US companies.
Submitted by Sydney Levy on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 11:51am
(July 20, 2010) WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A Jewish grass-roots organization is petitioning a major financial services provider to divest from holdings in companies it says profit from Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.
Submitted by Sydney Levy on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 8:23pm
(July 20, 2010) Last month TIAA-CREF responded to our campaign requesting that the fund divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation. On the occasion of the meeting of the CREF leadership, we have some questions in response to their statement.
Submitted by Sydney Levy on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 3:47pm
On June 24 TIAA-CREF issued its first reply to our campaign. That's good news. We launched with fewer than 300 signatures, and TIAA-CREF is already paying attention. We are increasing the number of people signing up to our petition -- including many more TIAA-CREF participants!
If you have not signed our petition, what are you waiting for? Stay tuned for more details about how you can others to sign in your local community.
