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JVP Academic Council condemns Cornell University President’s attack on its own “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance” class
Dear Interim President Kotlikoff: Jewish Voice for Peace’s Academic Advisory Council condemns your attack on a course developed by Prof. Eric Cheyfitz, a distinguished Jewish member of Cornell’s humanities faculty, titled “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance.” According…

On Recent Repression of Anti-Genocide and Pro-Palestinian Protest by the NYU Administration
The Academic Council condemns the NYU administration’s deployment of both state powers of policing and the university’s own para-state powers in order to stifle peaceful and lawful speech and assembly in resistance to the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.

On the Modern Language Association Leadership’s Refusal to Allow Vote on BDS Resolution
The MLA’s actions contravene the most fundamental tenets of scholarly and free inquiry and shared governance.

On Repression and Unjust Punishment at Pomona College
A statement of the JVP Academic Advisory Council The Jewish Voice for Peace Academic Advisory Council fully endorses the Middle Eastern Studies Association’s letter of November 4, 2024 to “the leaders of the Claremont colleges…


Speak truth: These atrocities are crimes against humanity.
As rabbis we have taken on a sacred responsibility to protect our ancient tradition, to support our community, and to offer moral leadership amid crisis. We find ourselves in a horrifying historical moment.

Statement: A year of horror, grief and outrage
This has been a year of unspeakable horror, grief and outrage. And now, after a year of genocide against Palestinians, the Israeli government is waging a campaign of death and destruction that has brought the…

On the firing of tenured faculty member Maura Finkelstein by Muhlenberg College
The Academic Advisory Council (AAC) of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) condemns the firing of tenured faculty member Maura Finkelstein by Muhlenberg College’s administration and trustees for speech in support of Palestinian freedom.

Another Israeli massacre on displaced Palestinians in Rafah
The Israeli military has just carried out a massacre in Rafah. They bombed displaced families huddled in tents, killing over 35 people with more trapped in the flaming debris. The death toll is still rising. …

AN OPEN CALL TO FELLOW JEWISH ACADEMICS FROM JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE ACADEMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL
May 19, 2024 As Jewish academics, researchers, and higher education professionals, we are appalled by, and refuse to accept, the deliberate mis-characterization, and weaponization of persisting fears about Jewish safety and well-being on campuses across…

Jewish Voice for Peace Responds to President Biden: You dishonor the memory of our families killed in the Holocaust
Biden’s speech distracts from U.S. complicity in the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

JVP statement on the attack on the UCLA student encampment
We call on UCLA to meet the demands of these brave students and faculty.
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