Welcome to 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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Breaking News Groups Quarrel Over Memorial Service At Jewish Voice For Peace Conference
(JTA) — Two Israel advocacy groups faced off, when a pro-BDS group denied the request of an anti-BDS group to hold a memorial service at a conference it had organized. Jewish Voice for Peace, which is organizing the confab, said however that it had already planned its own general memorial event. The Israel advocacy group StandWithUs had asked…
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Israel News American Critics Of Israel Anguished By Ban On Boycott Backers
American Jews who love Israel and see boycott as a tool to change the country for the better are anguished over a new Israeli law that could ban them from visiting the country they cherish. Israel’s parliament passed a law February 6 to ban advocates of the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel,…
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Breaking News In Chicago, Trump’s Actions Are Growing a Widening Coalition of Protesters
Worries have evaporated among organizers about how to follow up on the January 21 Chicago Women’s March, which drew 250,000 protesters. Contrary to widespread concern about losing the energy that coalesced around the massive outpouring that took place in Chicago and other cities nationwide that day, said Donna Gutman, president of the North Shore chapter…
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News Undeterred by Berlin Attack, Jews and Muslims in Chicago March for Syrian Refugees
About 50 Jews and Muslims demonstrated in front of Chicago’s Trump Tower Wednesday evening to demand that Governor Bruce Rauner reverse his position against allowing Syrian refugees into the state of Illinois. “East Aleppo is about to fall,” said Eli Massey of Jewish Voice for Peace, one of the march’s sponsors. “It’s important for Illinois…
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News Standing With Muslims: Chicago Jews Grapple With Challenge on Eve of Trump Era
Amid the rising fears that minorities harbor about the coming Trump era, Jewish leaders here are fiercely debating: What is to be done? Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s personal appeal to Trump in a December 7 meeting to preserve the Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and give up his plans for large-scale deportations of immigrants…
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News How Did Black Lives Matter Come To Charge Israel With ‘Genocide’?
Amid the nearly 40,000 words that make up the recent manifesto issued by a large coalition affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement, two have raised an outcry among mainstream Jewish organizations and leaders. Those two words, in a brief section about Israel, are “apartheid” and “genocide.” The August 1 manifesto, penned by a coalition…
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News BDS-Backers ‘Happy’ To Grab Credit as Pharrell Williams Scraps Israel Gig
Critics of Israel have claimed credit for the cancellation of a planned Tel Aviv concert by ‘Happy’ singer Pharrell Williams — but others blamed anemic ticket sales. The left-leaning Jewish Voice for Peace, which supports the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel applauded the Grammy-winner’s decision to cancel the gig set for next week….
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News Jewish Voice for Peace Takes Credit for Israel-Bashing Fake New York Times
A branch of Jewish Voice for Peace and a second left-wing group have taken credit for distributing a fake issue of the New York Times on February 2 made up of commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The local New York chapter of JVP, and a small New York-based pro-Palestinian activist group Jews Say No!, issued…
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