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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.

some 20 marchers in black T-shirts, most with dark slacks and wearing hats, in the Montclair 4th of July Parade. About half are holding signs reading We Mourn, with a photo of a young child killed in Palestine/Israel since Oct. 7th (of the 20 signs carried, 18 honored Palestinian children, 2 honored Israeli children) The front marchers carry a banner reading Jewish Voice for Peace Northern NJ Chapter End the Occupation

From Our Blog

  • Once Again, the UN General Assembly Voted to Criticize Israel—Why?

    We found this article in Mondoweiss, and thought it would be of interest to our group. Again in 2021, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed 14 resolutions aimed at criticizing Israel (and supporting the Palestinians). On every resolution, only a handful of countries (among them the USA, Canada and a sprinkle of small Pacific……

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  • B’Tselem Statement against Israeli “Terrorist Organization” Designation

    We think our readers will be interested in the statement below from the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and the ad from more than 20 Israeli civil society organizations that appeared on the front page of Haaretz: Last Friday, Israel’s new government crossed a line that no Israeli government has dared cross before, designating six……

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  • California Teachers Stand for Human Rights in Palestine

    We are pleased to republish this article from Soni Lloyd’s blog, Loyal to the Truth.  Soni spoke at one of our Coalition Web seminars this Tuesday, and while we may not always agree on every point, this post seemed to us to be worth sharing. The Human Cost of Zionism Can you put yourself into the……

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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!