Toolkit
Fact Sheets
JVPEDIA: KEY TERMS AT JVP
What’s the difference between a JVP Member and Supporter? What is the Chai Club? What staff member do I talk to about JVP Student Network? All this and more is answered in our handy JVPedia.
JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE CORE VALUES
We are a national, grassroots, member-based organization. We are Jews and allies speaking out against injustice, according to Jewish values and following in the footsteps of Jewish social justice traditions.
8 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GAZA
Political context is often obscured in discussions involving Gaza. These 8 facts report on the asymmetry of power, the U.S.’s role in assaults on Gaza, media coverage discrepancies, and more.
THE NAKBA
The events of 1947-9 stand at the root of the conflict. In order to reach a just and comprehensive peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the Nakba must be acknowledged.
JEWS FROM THE MIDDLE-EAST
Middle Eastern Jews are entitled to represent themselves in their concerns for rights and redress, rather than having the state of Israel or the U.S. Congress speak for them.
PALESTINIAN HUNGER STRIKES
The prisoners and detainees in the Israeli prisons are holding an open-ended hunger strike for prison conditions that respect human rights and for an end to indefinite sentencing without trial.
Jewish Rituals
Pesach
- Compilation of Radical Haggadot
- JVP Passover Haggadah
- 5776/2016 Omer Ritual Guide
- 5775/2015 Passover Toolkit
Hannukah
Sukkot
Rosh Hashanah
Tashlich
Tu-B’Shvat
- A New Life is Rising
- The Four Worlds of Tu-B’shvat
- Save the Trees Haggadah
- Trees of Reconciliation Haggadah
- Trees of Reconciliation Leader’s Guide
Shavout
Tisha B’Av
Shabbat
Ongoing Ritual
Crisis Response
Mourning
Recommended Reading
- The Purim Story Is a Warning, Not a Justification
- Put Olive on Seder Plate for Palestinians and All Oppressed Peoples in The Forward
- ChanukahAction.org
Jewish Education
For Educators & Parents
Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions
- GO AND LEARN CURRICULUM – Go & Learn is a resource for conversations in the Jewish community about the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
- BDS TIMELINE – From todays student movements taking on fossil fuels and labor rights, divestment is a key tool for building power, from campuses to your city council.
- WHY JVP SUPPORTS THE BDS MOVEMENT – Jewish Voice for Peace endorses the call from Palestinian civil society for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions as part of our work for freedom, justice and equality for all people.
Israel/Palestine 101
Anit-Semitism
- Fighting Antisemitism – JVP
- Sense on antisemitism, by Tony Lerman
- No, it’s not anti-semitic, by Judith Butler
Network Against Islamophobia
Anti-Racism
ABC’s of Jewish Community
Institutional Jewish Community Alphabet Soup
Recommended Reading
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