Who We Are
Northern New Jersey JVP (NNJ JVP) is a chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, a national, grassroots organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just and lasting peace according to principles of human rights, equality, and international law for all the people of Israel and Palestine.
From Our Blog
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Protect and Preserve the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights and the Academic Freedoms of all Students and Universities in America
The Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments of the United States Constitution, is the law of the land. The First Amendment guarantees all people the right to freedom of speech and their right to peaceably assemble to petition their government for redress of grievances; the Fourth Amendment guarantees that the people have the right……
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Why We Need to Talk about Palestine
Israel continues to wage a merciless assault against the Palestinian people Even before Israel broke the fragile ceasefire on March 17, with approval from the Trump administration, it had cut off humanitarian supplies to the desperate inhabitants of Gaza. Since Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli military has killed over 50,000 identified people, most of them……
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Statement by Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ on the Killing of Amer Rabee
Palestinian-American Amer Rabee, originally from Saddle River, NJ, was murdered by Israeli security forces in the West Bank. Continue Reading Statement by Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ on the Killing of Amer Rabee
Upcoming Events
JVP Book Club
They Called Me a Lioness:
A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom
Sunday, April 6th, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
The “One Book, Many Communities” campaign is back for 2025! This year Librarians and Archivists with Palestine have selected They Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri as their title.
In this memoir, Ahed Tamimi shares her experience growing up under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, her unexpected rise to fame, and experience as an imprisoned Palestinian youth. Kirkus Reviews describes the account as “passionately argued [and] profoundly empathetic.”
We have participated in this several times and will again this year with our newly formed book club. Everyone is invited to participate.
Meeting format to be decided—possibly hybrid. Keep watching this space!
