This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish Voice for Peace, an American anti-Zionist group which advocates for Palestinians and supports a boycott of Israel over its role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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News Women’s March Leaders Slam Starbucks For Tapping ADL To Defuse Racism Furor
Left-wing leaders of the anti-Trump Women’s March have blasted Starbucks for tapping the Anti-Defamation League to help defuse the mushrooming controversy over a Philadelphia coffee shop manager’s decision to call the police on two young black men. Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour accused the civil rights group of bias against “black and brown people” and…
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News Divided Barnard College Votes On Israel Divestment — On Eve Of Jewish State’s Independence Day
On Wednesday night, Columbia/Barnard Hillel will host a ceremony marking the transition from Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, to Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Israel Defense Forces veterans will speak about fallen comrades minutes before a big, festive party. Emotions at that moment always run high. This year, though, is sure to be even more…
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Fast Forward Jewish Voice For Peace, 5 Other U.S. Groups On Israel’s BDS Blacklist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry has placed the left-wing, California-based Jewish Voice for Peace and five other U.S. groups on a BDS blacklist. Hadashot News, the Israel Television News Company, first reported Saturday night that members of JVP, which has over 200,000 online supporters and 70 chapters, could be banned from entering the…
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Fast Forward More Than 100 Protest Birthright HQ, Call For Jewish Boycott
More than 100 people protested outside Birthright Israel’s New York headquarters Sunday as part of a campaign calling on Jewish young adults to boycott the free trips to Israel that Birthright provides. The event, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, is part of that organization’s #ReturntheBirthright campaign, which includes a pledge to refrain from the…
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Opinion The Importance of JVP’s Anti-Semitism Panel With Linda Sarsour
In this week’s Torah portion Jacob, paralyzed by fear, divides his community in two, for fear his brother Esau would destroy them. At least if they destroy one group, he rationalizes, another group will live. Out of his fear,Jacob gathered gifts to pacify his brother Esau. But when Jacob approached his brother, Esau ran to…
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News Linda Sarsour Asks ‘Am I The Biggest Threat?’ — As Pro-Israel Protesters Jeer Outside
Typically, Jews participate as concerned panelists in official discussions of anti-Semitism. Tuesday night, they protested. Forty enraged Jews stood outside on the sidewalk in downtown Manhattan, yelling “Am Yisrael Chai” over the heads of 14 police officers stationed between them and a conversation about Jew hatred and Israel, featuring the Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. Despite…
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News Sarsour Anti-Semitism Panel At New School Incenses Jewish Professors, Students
A scheduled discussion on anti-Semitism featuring Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour has infuriated many Jewish students and professors at the New School, a university in New York City. The panel on Tuesday, which is also scheduled to include Jewish Voice for Peace executive director Rebecca Vilkomerson and members of the groups Jews of Color and Jews…
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Opinion The Absurdity Of Linda Sarsour And JVP Discussing Anti-Semitism
It seems rather obvious that an event titled “Anti-Semitism and the Struggle for Justice” should feature at least one scholar who has actually studied the history and pervasiveness of anti-Semitism. It also seems obvious that to be taken seriously, it should be framing the question in a way that takes seriously the charge of anti-Semitism….
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