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An Open Letter to New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio: YOUR UPCOMING TRIP TO ISRAEL October 14, 2015 Dear Mayor de Blasio: We understand from a recent report in The New York Times that you will be departing tomorrow on a journey to the State of Israel. According to the article, your purpose is…
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About the Report Jewish Voice for Peace produced Stifling Dissent in the service of protecting and promoting freedom of speech, academic freedom, and freedom of political expression on college campuses for all students. Enter your email to view and download the report. For more information, visit: News and Analysis about campus repression:
Read MoreFOR 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 context of racism, Islamophobia, and other forms of bigotry Irvine, CA (September 17, 2015)—Jewish Voice for Peace commends the University…
Read MoreUnited 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 Amendment evident within it. We are heartened, in particular, by the clarification that the definition’s examples “are in no way…
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Read on to find out what happened with the University of California and the potential adoption of the “State department definition” of anti-Semitism.
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Guest Post By Nico Wedekind, JVP 2015 Summer Fellow Within my first two days at JVP, I became involved in helping organize the recent University of California Office of the President (UCOP) Signature Drop Event on July 7. As a student who has been involved with various social justice movements at a school which tends…
Read MoreJVP National: The Guardian: Sheldon Adelson looks to stamp out growing US movement to boycott Israel (June 5, 2015) “Jewish Voice for Peace, a US group which supports sanctions, condemned the legislation for “encouraging illegal settlement building while strengthening the far right in Israel.” The Jewish Daily Forward: Secret Sheldon Adelson Summit Raises up to…
Read MoreThis weekend, Sheldon Adelson hosted a summit in Las Vegas - intended to be secret - to talk about how to fight the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Read MoreJVP National: Salon: What Israel fears with the successes of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (May 7, 2015) In a statement released by Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbi Joseph Berman noted: __This legislation, which actually encourages illegal settlement building while strengthening the far right in Israel, shows that BDS is an increasingly powerful means to challenge…
Read MoreJVP Press Highlights: Common Dreams: US lawmakers quietly advance legislation to penalize boycotts of Israel (April 23, 2015) “Rabbi Joseph Berman, federal policy organizer for JVP, declared, “This legislation, which actually encourages illegal settlement building while strengthening the far right in Israel, shows that BDS is an increasingly powerful means to challenge Israel’s impunity when it comes…
Read MoreHundreds 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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Horowitz’s most recent slander against Students for Justice in Palestine, a diverse, democratic student organization, is just a continuation of the tactic he has been using for years: to claim that any political affiliation that is different than his own is in fact Islamic fundamentalism in disguise.
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