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 Together to Support...
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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...
Read MoreGuest 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...
Read MoreMy name is Carolyn Klaasen, I’m a member of the New York JVP chapter, and I was one of the 9 JVP members that attended the United Church of Christ General Synod. There...
Read MoreReposted from The Palestinian Talmud: The JVP Rabbinical Council Blog: http://palestiniantalmud.com/2015/07/02/asblackchurchesburn/ Could it be that no one is running this world? JVP Rabbinical Council Statement as Black Churches Burn July 2015 A classical Jewish teaching compares Abraham’s spiritual...
Read MoreOn June 30, 2015, the United Church of Christ voted to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation and to boycott settlement products. Jewish Voice for Peace congratulated United Church of Christ...
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Naomi Dann | media@jvp.org | 845-377-5745 Jewish Voice for Peace congratulates United Church of Christ on taking a strong stand for a just peace in Israel/Palestine UCC votes to withdraw financial complicity with Israeli occupation Thousands...
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Naomi Dann | media@jvp.org | 845-377-5745 Jewish Support for Growing Movement in US Churches to Divest from Israeli Occupation Jewish Voice for Peace supports churches taking action towards a just peace in...
Read MoreJews Against Islamophobia Coalition stands strongly in opposition to Islamophobia in all its manifestations. Most recently, the courts ruled that Pamela Geller has the right to put up her virulently anti-Muslim ads...
Read MoreWe mourn the murders yesterday near the campus of the University of North Carolina of three Muslim students, 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat and Yusor Mohammad, 21, who were married in December; and Yusor__s...
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