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JVP Academic Council Condemns Blatant Censorship at the University of North Florida
Florida’s censorship of “taboo words,” such as “culture,” “diversity,” “equity,” and “inclusion,” in course syllabi is an unabashed attack on academic freedom, based on a partisan agenda to control university education.
JVP Academic Council Condemns the Military Invasion of Birzeit University
The JVP Academic Council condemns the Israeli military’s January 6, 2026 invasion of Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank.
May our flames be a recommitment: A message from JVP Executive Director Stefanie Fox
At JVP, we often say that the safety and freedom of all people are bound up together. Right now, this idea is not abstract; it is life or death, and we all have to act like it.
JVP Academic Council: Affirming our Commitment to BDS
As the Palestinian-led BDS movement has made clear for decades now, it is not possible to communicate with Zionist Israelis at their complicit institutions without normalizing state violence and betraying the Palestinian people, refusing to heed their call.
JVP’s Academic Council Condemns SJSU Firing of Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil
10 December 2025 San José State University: President Cynthia Teniente-Matson, [email protected] Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vincent Del Casino, [email protected] Interim Senior Associate Vice President, University Personnel Jeanne Durr, [email protected] Academic Senate: [email protected], California…
$27 million in divestment victories.
The West Bank is in crisis. Palestinians in the West Bank are experiencing the highest rates of settler and state violence in recent history, all while the mainstream media continues to push Palestine out of the news.
Shame on IU-Bloomington’s interference in the Jewish Studies Program
The Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace writes with grave concern about both (i) administrative interference in the Borns Jewish Studies Program of Indiana University Bloomington and (ii) harmful conduct by the program’s interim…
Israel’s genocide isn’t over. It’s been expanded.
The West Bank is in crisis. Palestinians in the West Bank are experiencing the highest rates of settler and state violence in recent history, all while the mainstream media continues to push Palestine out of the news.
JVP Academic Council Opposes Collège de France Palestine Symposium Cancellation
The Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace is concerned and outraged that the Collège de France has canceled the symposium, “Palestine and Europe,” on the basis of unfounded media attacks and pressure applied by the French Ministry of Education.
5 reasons to keep our eyes on Palestine.
A ceasefire went into effect in Gaza one month ago yesterday. Today, you’d be hard pressed to find Palestine in the news.
Targeting Dr. Tamar Shirinian for termination on unjust grounds
The Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace* joins a wide range of associations and individuals in objecting to the termination of Dr. Tamar Shirinian’s appointment as faculty at the University of Tennessee. Her remarks…
“We have no choice but to disobey”: Scholars Violate Discredited IHRA Definition
IHRA is a widely discredited definition of antisemitism that conflates accurate, evidence-based, and revealing criticism of Israeli policies with bigotry. Thousands of scholars have rejected this definition, and dozens have engaged in an act of civil disobedience in defiance of the discredited IHRA definition.
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