The original message was intended for the Clinton  Administration: American Jewry is not a monolithic movement which categorically  supports all of the policies of the government of Israel, and thousands  of American Jews, in partnership with the interfaith community, demand  justice and equality for Israelis and Palestinians.

Further protests, educational and cultural events followed.  Among the highlights of our activities:

• In 1998 and 1999, JVP organized two large cultural  and political events called "Joined at the Hip." The events  drew 200-300 people each, and featured Palestinian and Israeli speakers,music and dance performances.
• JVP raised thousands of dollars for peace organizations  such as the Israeli feminist organization Bat Shalom and its Palestinian  counterpart, The Jerusalem Center for Women, the Atfaluna School for  Deaf Children in Gaza, the Jewish/Arab peace village Neve Shalom,  the Hope Flowers Palestinian middle school near Bethlehem, and for  Negev Shalom, an Israeli peace and social justice advocacy group near  Be'er Sheva.
• JVP campaigned against house demolitions by presenting  information to Jewish Film Festival attendees and preparing a pamphlet  on the detrimental effects and baseless causes of house demolitions.  JVP also sponsored a film in the Jewish Film Festival.
• JVP sponsored a performance by Ibdaa, a Palestinian  children's dance troupe from the Deheishe refugee camp. With JVP's  sponsorship, Ibdaa performed for a primarily Jewish audience for the  first time at UC Berkeley's Hillel student organization
• JVP organized numerous letter-writing campaigns and  letters to public officials and national organizations. Most recently,  we sent a letter to the Mitchell Committee investigating the causes  of the second Intifada, arguing for holding Israel accountable for  the ongoing occupation.
• JVP co-sponsored (with other local organizations)  speaking tours by Amira Hass, Hamdi Farraj, Jeff Halper, Salim Al-Shawamreh,  Walid Mula and many others.
• JVP met with local congressional representative Barbara  Lee to discuss our views of current events and to open lines of communication 
• JVP organized a large meeting with the San Francisco  Jewish Community Relations Council to express our concerns that the  Council does not include the views of progressive Jews who are critical  of Israel. JVP applied for membership on the Council, but was rejected.
• JVP has organized informational booths at the local  "Israel in the Park" event organized by the Jewish Community  Federation. At these community-wide events we distributed political  and educational literature and increased our membership and public  profile
• JVP co-organized and co-sponsored protests in front  of the Israeli consulate at the beginning of the second Intifada
• JVP worked with Rabbis for Human Rights and the Coalition  of Jews for Justice organizing a campaign to replant West Bank and  Gaza olive trees that had been uprooted by Jewish settlers and the  Israeli military raising more than $5,000 for this project. We also  organized a Tu B'shvat Seder and created a pro-peace and justice Tu  B'shvat Hagadah