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As Jewish students active in intersectional struggles for justice, we are troubled by recent articles and opinion pieces published in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Jewish Daily Forward, the New York Jewish Week, the Daily Beast, and Haaretz that have suggested that Jewish students on college campuses across the country are ‘threatened’ by student protests…
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In Genesis we read: Jacob woke from his sleep and said, surely God is in this place, and I did not know it! It happened for me like that too. Well, maybe not exactly. Let me tell you what happened: In the summer of 2007, while I was studying to become a rabbi, I lived in the West Bank for two months. One day I planted trees in a destroyed olive grove outside of Nablus.
Read MoreJewish Voice for Peace condemns the reported use by a student government representative at the University of Santa Cruz of the term ‘Jewish agenda’ to describe another student’s opposition to the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement on campus. No student on campus should ever be stigmatized on behalf of their race, religion, ethnicity, or cultural identity.
Read MoreThe Jewish Voice for Peace Student Network stands in solidarity with black students at the University of Missouri, and at schools around the country, who have endured harassment, threats of violence, and an unsafe campus environment for far too long. We support the work of #ConcernedStudent1950 and are keeping students in our thoughts as the…
Read MoreOn October 27, the Regents of the University of California held a public forum seeking input from students & faculty on a new policy denouncing intolerance, including anti-semitism, on campus. Below is the testimony delivered by UC Berkeley student and JVP-member Kelsey Waxman. My name is Kelsey Waxman, and I am a fourth year student…
Read MoreJewish Voice for Peace and its network of campus chapters, students and alumni around the country strongly condemn the acts of intimidation and harassment faced by Students for Justice In Palestine chapters at University of Chicago (U of C) and University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). At the U of C, anonymous posters responded to an SJP campaign to…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio: YOUR UPCOMING TRIP TO ISRAEL October 14, 2015 Dear Mayor de Blasio: We understand from a recent report in The New York Times that you will be departing tomorrow on a journey to the State of Israel. According to the article, your purpose is…
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About the Report Jewish Voice for Peace produced Stifling Dissent in the service of protecting and promoting freedom of speech, academic freedom, and freedom of political expression on college campuses for all students. Enter your email to view and download the report. For more information, visit: News and Analysis about campus repression:
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Tallie Ben Daniel | Phone: (510) 465-1777 | Email: tallie@jewishvoiceforpeace.org UC Intolerance Principles a Step in the Right Direction Jewish Voice for Peace commends the University of California for discussing anti-Semitism in the context of racism, Islamophobia, and other forms of bigotry Irvine, CA (September 17, 2015)—Jewish Voice for Peace commends the University…
Read MoreUnited States Department of State Washington, DC 20520 August 12, 2015 Dear Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism Ira Forman, We appreciate your response to our petition, and the clear commitment to the First Amendment evident within it. We are heartened, in particular, by the clarification that the definition’s examples “are in no way…
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Read on to find out what happened with the University of California and the potential adoption of the “State department definition” of anti-Semitism.
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Guest Post By Nico Wedekind, JVP 2015 Summer Fellow Within my first two days at JVP, I became involved in helping organize the recent University of California Office of the President (UCOP) Signature Drop Event on July 7. As a student who has been involved with various social justice movements at a school which tends…
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