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JVP Academic Council Opposes Collège de France Palestine Symposium Cancellation
The Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace is concerned and outraged that the Collège de France has canceled the symposium, “Palestine and Europe,” on the basis of unfounded media attacks and pressure applied by the French Ministry of Education.
Targeting Dr. Tamar Shirinian for termination on unjust grounds
The Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace* joins a wide range of associations and individuals in objecting to the termination of Dr. Tamar Shirinian’s appointment as faculty at the University of Tennessee. Her remarks…
“We have no choice but to disobey”: Scholars Violate Discredited IHRA Definition
IHRA is a widely discredited definition of antisemitism that conflates accurate, evidence-based, and revealing criticism of Israeli policies with bigotry. Thousands of scholars have rejected this definition, and dozens have engaged in an act of civil disobedience in defiance of the discredited IHRA definition.
JVP Academic Council Condemns CSU Decision to Turn Over Personal Information to EEOC
The JVP Academic Council condemns the California State University (CSU) decision to send personal information of faculty, staff and students to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with regard to alleged charges of antisemitism.
JVP Academic Council calls on the ASA to uphold ISA suspension of Israeli Sociological Society
The JVP Academic Council calls upon the American Sociological Association to uphold the recent decision of the Executive Council of the International Sociological Association (ISA) to suspend the collective membership of the Israeli Sociological Society (ISS) from the ISA.
Jewish Voice for Peace condemns the Trump administration’s latest attacks on Palestinian human rights organizations.
False accusations and arbitrary designations have not — and will not — impede the movement for Palestinian rights
VICTORY: Pro-Palestine Advocates Defeat Baseless Lawsuit Targeting Right to Protest in Chicago
On Thursday, August 7, 2025, a federal judge dismissed a frivolous SLAPP lawsuit against several civil and human rights advocates who protested for an end to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Condemnation of Harvard Educational Review’s Anti-Palestinian Censorship
The JVP Academic Council condemns the cancellation of the Harvard Education Review’s (HER) special issue on Palestinian education.
Will Occidental expel students exercising free speech?
JVP’s Academic Council is deeply concerned by threats from Occidental’s administration to suspend or expel three students for exercising their rights to speech, association, and assembly
JVP Academic Council Calls on the APA to Abandon the Dangerous IHRA Definition
JVP Academic Council endorses the petition from Psychologists for Justice in Palestine (PJP) calling on the APA to revise or replace its 2007 Resolution on Anti-Semitic and Anti-Jewish Prejudice.
JVP Academic Council Condemns CUNY’s Firing of Faculty for Supporting Palestinian Freedom
The JVP Academic Council fully endorses Jewish CUNY faculty and staff’s statement of June 30 condemning “the firing of at least four” faculty members after they were vetted and reappointed, clearly because of their support for Palestinian freedom and equality.
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