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The New York City Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace was dismayed last week to hear Mayor Bill de Blasio’s statements denouncing the grassroots, nonviolent, boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights.
Read MoreAB 2844 is both an attack on the constitutional rights of Californians and a waste of taxpayer money.
Read MoreWe support the courageous peaceful protests led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protect their land and water.
Read MoreDozens of progressive organizations have applauded and endorsed the MBL platform, including Jewish Voice for Peace and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. In fact, it is hard to see how anyone committed to equality and human rights could not. But then there‘s the Anti Defamation League.
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Read MoreProtesters tell Cuomo: We will boycott Israel until it ends human rights abuses against Palestinians
New Yorkers demonstrate outside the Governor’s office after he signed an unconstitutional executive order against using boycotts to advocate for an end to Israel’s human rights abuses.
Read MoreFacing the Nakba, a Jewish Voice for Peace project offers educational resources to American Jews and a general American audience about the history of the Nakba and its implications in Palestine/Israel today.
Read MoreRabbi Brian Walt West Tisburry, MAThe prophetic call to justice is the core of my faith as a Jew and a rabbi. I grew up in South Africa during the Apartheid era. At age 15, I learned the famous words of Amos in my Jewish Day school: “Spare me the sounds of your pious songs…..…
Read MoreIt is important to be clear: anti-Jewish bigotry is always reprehensible, but criticism of the state of Israel is not inherently anti-semitic.
Read MoreMarch 24, 2016 by Rahim Kurwa and Tallie Ben Daniel Yesterday, the UC Regents voted unanimously to pass a “Statement of Principles against Intolerance.” This statement has been the subject of much scrutiny, especially since the original preamble to the draft included the disturbing sentence “antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and other forms of discrimination have no place…
Read MoreDear Presidents Octoby, Schult, Marcus-Newhall, Chodosh, Klawe, Poon, and Schuster, We are writing to express our concern over recent attacks on freedom of speech at Claremont Colleges, after members of Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace were falsely accused by administrators and campus security of biased and hateful speech for their protests against…
Read MorePalestinian rights advocates are welcoming the decision by G4S to sell its Israeli subsidiary following campaigns that have cost the company millions.
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