Seth Morrison is an activist living in Las Vegas and a member of the Board of Directors of Jewish Voice for Peace.
Seth Morrison
By Seth Morrison
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Community The JNF Is Helping The Israeli Government Steal A Palestinian Family’s House
In late 2011, I publically resigned from the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in order to expose and protest the JNF’s efforts to use Israel’s arcane absentee property law to steal the Sumarin family home in Jerusalem along with many other Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem and the occupied territories. Sadly, I just learned that the…
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Opinion Does Church Vote Signal BDS Tipping Point?
It is an uphill battle for a social movement to bring about change, but once a tipping point is reached in public opinion, the victories come quickly. After decades of activism, the gay rights movement won a historic victory last week with the Supreme Court’s decision that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right. Not very…
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Opinion JNF Board Member Quits Over Evictions
Some of my earliest Jewish memories involve dropping spare change in the Jewish National Fund’s iconic little blue boxes. I was proud that my money would help plant trees in Israel. The JNF, I knew, was making the desert bloom. As an adult, I became a member of the organization’s Washington, D.C., board and moved…
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