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October 16, 2023
All eyes on Gaza. We can’t look away now.
Israeli officials are openly planning to open “the gates of hell” on Gaza.
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Undeserved Backlash After Palestinian Human Rights Activist, Bassem Tamimi, speaks to Ithaca third grade class
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold, US Speaking Tour, arielgold19@gmail.com Alana Krivo-Kaufman, Jewish Voice for Peace, alana@jvp.org Kali Rubali, FOSNA, kali@fosna.org Jacob Pace, Interfaith Peace Builders, media@ifpb.org Edith Garwood, Amnesty International USA, edith.garwood@gmail.com Palestinian Human Rights Activist, Bassem Tamimi, speaks…
Rochester Faith Community Comes Together to Support Civil Rights Leader
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2015 Contact: Kathleen Kern, Christians Witnessing for Palestine, 585-697-4580, kk@cpt.org Corinne Sutter-Brown, Jewish Voice for Peace – Rochester, 585-309-4487, rochester@jvp.org Thomas Russell, United Church of Christ – Palestine Israel Network, 202-246-2768, thomassrussell@gmail.com Rochester Faith Community Comes…
Interfaith groups call for the protection of Palestinians’ freedom of worship in Jerusalem
We, the undersigned, come together in solidarity with Palestinians, especially those who have been prohibited from worshiping in peace and security at the Al Aqsa mosque sanctuary due to the escalation of Israeli settler violence,…
UC Intolerance Principles a Step in the Right Direction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Tallie Ben Daniel | Phone: (510) 465-1777 | Email: tallie@jewishvoiceforpeace.org UC Intolerance Principles a Step in the Right Direction Jewish Voice for Peace commends the University of California for discussing anti-Semitism in the…
Shanah Tova to President Obama
A message to President Obama from the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinic Council: Rosh Hashana, 5776/2015 Almost four years ago, the Rabbis of Jewish Voice for Peace called on President Obama to resist the call…
Elul: Preparing for the High Holidays, Mending the World
Guest Post by JVP member, Rachel Ida Buff On September 1, Jewish Voice for Peace held a webinar on the subject of the High Holidays. Rabbi Dev Noily and Rabbi Margaret Holub, both of the…
A New Era: Activists Celebrate a Victory for Peace, Call for A New Approach to Mid-East Policy
UPDATE: On Thursday September 10, supporters of diplomacy in the Senate blocked a measure intended to derail the nuclear deal with Iran. Rabbi Joseph Berman, JVP Governmental Affairs Liaison: “This is a huge victory for…
JVP: Mohammed Allaan and the Right to Hunger Strike
8/18/15 A hunger strike is a protest of the last resort. In a country that purports to be democratic, no prisoner should have to resort to a life-threatening hunger strike in order to receive a…
“Co-Resistance Before Co-existence” Report Back
Guest post by Jade Brooks, JVP member from Durham, NC [dropcaps type=’normal’ color=” background_color=” border_color=”]T[/dropcaps]his past weekend, I had the honor of attending Co-resistance Before Co-existence, the inaugural gathering of the Interfaith Network for Justice in Palestine…
Academic Advisory Council Letter to State Department
United States Department of State Washington, DC 20520 August 12, 2015 Dear Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism Ira Forman, We appreciate your response to our petition, and the clear commitment to the First…
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