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Jewish Voice for Peace Opposes Mike Pompeo as President Trump’s Nominee for Secretary of State

This is clearly a dangerous appointment that will harm Muslim Americans and bring the potential for new destructive wars even closer.

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All of Us or None

Our movements for justice against racial capitalism need to prioritize the needs and demands of the most impacted people.

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Open Letter to the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU

An open letter from New York University Jewish Voice for Peace, in which they ask other NYU clubs to pledge to not go on the Bronfman Center’s “Israel Experience” trip. To the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU: We, the undersigned student groups, pledge to not participate in or apply for the “NYU…

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Breaking: 7 Jewish activists arrested in disruptions of Celebrate Israel parade calling for justice for Palestinians

Seven activists arrested throughout the day in a series of protests against Israeli occupation & apartheid on 50th anniversary of occupation.

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Nearly 60 Jewish Studies scholars and hundreds of Jewish students oppose misguided Anti-Semitism Awareness Act

Nearly 60 scholars in the field of Jewish Studies, and over 300 Jewish student activists on campuses across the U.S. have voiced concerns about a bill that passed the Senate last week and is due to be considered in the House of Representatives.

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Fighting Antisemitism | 2016

Our own commitment to fighting all forms of oppression grounds our organizing for justice for all people.

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Ahead of Hearing, Palestinian Poet Arrested for Social Media Posts Receives Widespread Support from Literary Figures

A Palestinian citizen of Israel arrested for a poem posted on Youtube has received widespread support from thousands of people around the world, including hundreds of prominent literary figures.

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Poetry is Not a Crime: Nine Pulitzer-Winners among 150+ Literary Figures Calling for Israel to Release Palestinian Poet

Over 150 renowned writers, poets, translators, artists and literary figures signed an open letter in solidarity with Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour

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“Boycott is a tool for social justice”– Albany rally shows growing backlash to executive order on BDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alice Brody, abrody07@verizon.net “Boycott is a tool for social justice”– Albany rally shows growing backlash to executive order on BDS New Yorkers traveled from across the state to rally and deliver a petition to Governor Cuomo Albany, NY (June 15, 2016)–New Yorkers from all over the state gathered in Albany to…

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Member Stories

Rabbi Brian Walt West Tisburry, MAThe prophetic call to justice is the core of my faith as a Jew and a rabbi. I grew up in South Africa during the Apartheid era. At age 15, I learned the famous words of Amos in my Jewish Day school: “Spare me the sounds of your pious songs…..…

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Will World Religions Stand in Support of Justice from Ferguson to Palestine?

“Where is peace? Wherever you let peace in! I cannot stand here before you today, without praying that the wounds of the holocaust and genocide for all people are healed, and that there is justice for my cousins the Palestinian people.

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Criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitism

Hundreds of academics call on the U.S. State Department to revise its definition of anti-Semitism, to respect criticism of Israel as protected speech.

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