Sanctuary Mezuzah Project
For any gift of $50 or more, we sent new members this custom-made, sanctuary-themed mezuzah....
Read More 13 February 2018 In Arts and Culture Jewish Community Transformation
TELL STARBUCKS TO DROP THE ADL
08 February 2018 In Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Press Release
A Victory for the Right to Boycott in Massachusetts
A key committee refused to advance a bill that would have prevented the MA state government from signing contracts with those who support an economic boycott of Israel....
Read More 02 February 2018 In From our Staff and Members
How to Get Your News Feed to Support Palestinian Human Rights
Many JVP supporters are telling us that they no longer see our Facebook posts. These three simple steps make sure you don’t miss our news and actions....
Read More 31 January 2018 In Media Watch Newsletter
February 2018 Media Watch – JVP Health Advisory Council
Short summaries of important Israel/Palestine news from health and human rights organizations....
Read More 25 January 2018 In Organizing
When Silence is Betrayal
Statement by Rabbi Brian Walt to the New Orleans City Council: Growing up as a Jewish child in South Africa, my aunt Ethel was the only adult in my family who took a public...
Read More 24 January 2018 In Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Press Release
Banned for Supporting Palestinian Human Rights
The Israeli government is in a panic. How else to explain the fact that they just banned the leaders of 20 organizations in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement from entering Israel? They see...
Read More 18 January 2018 In Academic Advisory Council Press Release Trump Resistance
Controversial Trump appointee Kenneth Marcus confirmed, moves to Senate vote
On January 18, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted narrowly on a straight party line vote to advance the controversial Kenneth Marcus as Assistant Secretary for Civil...
Read More 17 January 2018 In From our Staff and Members Jewish Community Transformation
JVP Rabbinical Council on the Historic Human Rights Resolution R-18-5
We speak on behalf of a large and growing movement of Jews that numbers in the hundreds of thousands that seeks an equitable and lasting peace for all the peoples of the Holy...
Read More 07 January 2018 In Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions From our Staff and Members
I’m a U.S. Jew on Israel’s BDS Blacklist. I Have Family in Israel. But I Won’t Be Silenced
Israel wants to intimidate the growing numbers of Jews fighting for equality and freedom for all people in Israel/Palestine. It won't work....
Read More 06 January 2018 In Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Press Release
Israel Includes Jewish Voice for Peace on a BDS Ban List for Supporting Palestinian Human Rights
Strategic Affairs Ministry, which is compiling the list, names 19 other organizations whose members will be barred from entering the country....
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An organization like the ADL, with a history of anti-Muslim, Anti-Palestinian activities, should not be a part of Starbucks’ anti-bias trainings.
Senators: Investigate Israeli Violence!
No one should be killed for taking part in a peaceful protest. It’s up to us to call on progressive Senators to investigate Israel’s massacre in Gaza that left 18 dead and 1,400 Palestinians injured.
TELL AHED TAMIMI YOU ARE WITH HER
Ahed’s courage in standing up against the occupation inspired a global audience to stand alongside her. And together with a huge media response to her story, Israel’s military court bowed to pressure and handed down it’s minimum sentence.
bds movement NOMINATED FOR nobel prize
Norwegian MP Bjørnar Moxnes has nominated the Palestinian-led movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions for the Nobel Peace Prize!
SUPPORT PALESTINIAN CHILDREN
Israel systematically prosecutes as many as 700 children in military courts each year. Email your Rep to support Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act, H.R. 4391.
FREE AHED TAMIMI
Ahed Tamimi, a 16-year-old Palestinian girl, was taken in the dead of night by Israeli soldiers. She was arrested after a video that her mother, Nariman, took went viral, showing an altercation with soldiers trying to enter their house. The Tamimis are well-known in their village of Nabih Saleh for their weekly nonviolent protests against Israeli occupation and apartheid.
End the Deadly Exchange
When US law enforcement trade tactics with the Israeli police and military, Israel deepens its military occupation and the US heightens its violence of policing.
No Business in Illegal Settlements
A United Nations preliminary report details businesses operating in illegal Israeli settlements. Now we need you to tell Caterpillar, TripAdvisor, Airbnb and Priceline to stop profiting from business in settlements.
