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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Opinion Seeking to Outflank J Street on the Left
Activists, including former J Street staffers, protested the Gaza war on July 28 under the name #ifnotnow. Jewish Voice for Peace is also looking to attract J Street supporters./Martyna Starosta Photo As J Street and other liberal Zionist groups continue to support Israel’s war in Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace is seizing an opportunity for…
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Opinion Is It ‘Undignified’ To Negotiate With Hamas?
Khaled Meshal, head of the political wing of Hamas / Getty Images “Apart from fringe elements such as the Jewish Voice for Peace, which abandoned the last shred of its dignity when its rabbinic co-chair presented Hamas as a force for reason, American Jews of all persuasions back Israel’s position.” So says Rabbi Eric Yoffie,…
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Fast Forward 9 Jewish Protesters Arrested for Gaza War ‘Die-In’ at Friends of IDF
Nine protesters against Israel’s Gaza operation were arrested inside the Manhattan offices of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. Some two dozen protesters gathered for the “die-in” at FIDF’s New York office on Tuesday. The incident was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace and Jews Say NO, groups opposed to Israel’s treatment of the…
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Fast Forward Jewish-Led Protests Draw 1,000 as Anger Erupts Over Israel Attack on Gaza
Protests against Israel organized by Jewish Voice for Peace drew a thousand demonstrators in 15 cities, organizers said. Cities where “We Divest National Week of Actions” protests took place included Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, according to Rabbi Alissa Wise, a director of organizing for the group and a member…
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Opinion I’m a Rabbi and I Support Presbyterians’ Partial Israel Divestment
Jewish divestment advocates at the Presbyterian Church’s General Assembly in 2012 / JVP A few years ago I was walking in the woods with a friend, a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church in Cape Town, South Africa. The Dutch Reformed Church was the leading promulgator of apartheid in South Africa, and they upheld the…
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Opinion Were Students Punished for Protesting Israel?
A member of Students for Justice in Palestine protests in Washington, D.C. / Getty Images Debate about Israel and Palestine on college campuses is coming to a head this week, with over 200 activists expected to rally in solidarity with Northeastern University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on Tuesday. Northeastern formally suspended…
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Opinion Seeing Palestinian Resistance for Ourselves
Who will are the change agents of our world? Is it our elected officials and politicians or the ones who march in the streets in order to hold them accountable? These questions were clarified for me in profound ways during my recent trip to the West Bank as part of a delegation of Chicago-area Jews…
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News Brant Rosen, Suburban Chicago Rabbi, Doubles as Firebrand Critic of Israel
It was on December 28, 2008, soon after Israel launched its punishing military campaign in Gaza, known as Operation Cast Lead, that Rabbi Brant Rosen hit the “send” key for a blog post that he believed could well pitch him out of his pulpit. “We good liberal Jews are ready to protest oppression and human-rights…
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