Who We Are
Northern New Jersey JVP (NNJ JVP) is a pod/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.
The JVP family of organizations has restructured. JVP Action, our 501c4 organization, is now doing business as JVP. JVP Lab, our 501c3 organization, continues separately and remains focused on our nonpartisan educational and cultural work. Learn more at jvp.org/jvporgs.
From Our Blog
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We Should Fight Antisemitism, Not Critics of Israel
We are living at a time of rising instances of virulent anti-Semitism in the United States, endorsed by leading media and political figures. We have just witnessed the reticence of many top Republicans to condemn former President Donald Trump for consorting with rabid Jew haters. In these circumstances, it is natural that people of good……
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University Students and Professors Silenced on Palestine
When I was a student at Oberlin College in the late ’70s, I was encouraged to reach outside myself and become aware of injustices faced by people in our world. I became an activist in the boycott/divest from South Africa movement to free Black South Africans from oppression and apartheid. As was the case at……
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Westfield BoE: Prof. Aziz is not antisemitic.
At a recent school board meeting in Westfield, NJ, several speakers charged board Vice President Sahar Aziz with antisemitism for a ‘reTweet’ recommending an article that argued that the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free” was not antisemitic. Aziz is the Professor of Law, Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, and Middle……
Upcoming Events
Nov 2026
Monthly Organizing Meeting—October/November 2026 – 11/08/2026 at 3:30 pm - 5:30 pmJVP NNJ Book Club: Paradiso 17 – 11/10/2026 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Weaponizing Water to Erase Palestine – 11/15/2026 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Dec 2026
The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them – 12/03/2026 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pmThe Jewish Labor Bund and Its Legacy: A Conversation with Molly Crabapple – 12/13/2026 at 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Feb 2027
Discriminating against Dissent: The Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine – 02/09/2027 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pmApr 2027
The Othered Woman: How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women – 04/13/2027 at 12:15 pm - 1:15 pmVoices from the Holy Land Film Salon
Weaponizing Water to Erase Palestine
Sunday, November 15th, 3:00–5:00 p.m.
Water is life—and Israel’s systematic theft, restriction, and destruction of Palestinian water resources is extinguishing both daily survival and an entire way of life. While Israeli settlers building ‘Eretz Israel’ consume over 350 liters of water per person daily, West Bank Palestinians survive on a fraction of that. In the Gaza Strip, where the population has only a few liters of clean water per capita per day, Israel’s deliberate deprivation of water has triggered a severe health crisis and been denounced as a genocidal act. Our panel will discuss Israel’s use of water as a weapon of ethnic cleansing and genocide, and how we can respond.
For information and registration, go to this link.
