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This powerful open letter condemning the firing of Dr. JB Brager was initiated by Rabbi Ariana Katz of Hineinu, the Baltimore Justice Shtiebl. The letter is signed by 78 Jewish spiritual leaders and educators from across the political spectrum, who share a belief that “it is irresponsible and dangerous to equate critiques of Israel as anti-Semitism.”…
Read MoreJVP National: Salon: What Israel fears with the successes of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (May 7, 2015) In a statement released by Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbi Joseph Berman noted: __This legislation, which actually encourages illegal settlement building while strengthening the far right in Israel, shows that BDS is an increasingly powerful means to challenge…
Read MoreCoverage of the 2015 JVP National Membership Meeting: The Nation: _At a Jewish Voice for Peace Conference: This is What Solidarity Looks Like (March 20, 2015) Nadia Hijab of Al Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, writes about being at the JVP NMM. The Real News Network: _Iran Nuclear Program a Distraction from Israel’s Nuclear Weapons (March 15,…
Read MoreWatch the Video of Young Jews “Occupying the Occupiers!” Press Coverage: Mondoweiss, (op-ed by YJP leaders) November 12, 2011: Why We Occupy Wall St., Not Palestine Occupy Writers, November 10, 2011 (by participant Kiera Feldman,) Occupy Birthright. Crossposted at Waging Nonviolence. Ha’aretz, November 10, 2011: Young US Jews aim ‘occupy’ movement at Birthright trips to…
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