JVP is pleased to share the following statement in solidarity with Gaza that comes from Palestinian, indigenous, women of color, anti-racist, and Jewish feminists:  

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Naomi Dann Naomi@jvp.

Jewish Voice for Peace is currently hiring for four positions.

Why do Israelis support a costly ground invasion of Gaza?

Gloria Steinem, Chuck D, Jonathan Demme and Other Artists, Activists and Nobel Peace Laureates Stand Up for Palestinian Rights in New Video July 28, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2014 CONTACT: Yasmin Hamidi: yasmin@imeu.

In these terrible days, JVP is heartened to see the massive growth in the global movement to demand justice for Palestinians and an end to Israel’s current assault, which has now left over 600 Palestinians dead, including 100 children.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Donna Nevel 917-570-4371; denevel@gmail.

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JVP Chapters Protest the Israeli Assault on Gaza Send us updates and links to press coverage of your chapters’ actions!

By Donna Nevel Many American Jewish organizations claim to be staunch supporters of civil and human rights as well as academic freedom.

By Rebecca Vilkomerson The inherent contradictions between American liberalism and support for Israeli policies are on a sudden, public, collision course.

Our friends at the Open Hillel campaign have won a landmark victory in their efforts to transform campus Hillel chapter into spaces that welcome all Jews, instead of marginalizing those who oppose Israel’s discriminatory policies.

PRESS RELEASE: Israeli Politician Avraham Burg Barred from Speaking at Harvard Hillel November 20, 2013, Cambridge, MA— Avraham Burg, the former speaker of Israel’s Knesset, spoke in an undergraduate dormitory at Harvard College last week after being barred from speaking at Harvard Hillel.

(crossposted from the Villages Group blog) Dear Friends, By a miracle of sorts, we had a mostly peaceful day in South Hebron today; such an event is so rare that I thought it might be worth mentioning to you.

One of the great successes of the Israeli government’s “Brand Israel” campaign has been the re-branding and re-packaging of Israel as a “Start-Up Nation”, attributing the source of its current wealth to its burgeoning hi-tech sector.