flyer reads “March with US To call for an arms embargo and to mourn the children killed in Israel's genocide Montclair July 4th Parade • Saturday, July 4th, 2026 Meet by 10:45 AM • @ Plymouth Street between South Fullerton and Wilde Place • Wear white! U.S. BOMBS KILL CHILDREN NNJ JVP takes action! We marched in Montclair’s July 4th Parade.

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.

JVP members stand with banners reading “U.S. BOMBS KILL CHILDREN” and “Jewish Voice for Peace Northern New Jersey, jvpnorthjersey.org” some carry signs with photos of dead Palestinian or Israeli children; most wear white T-shirts saying “Jews Say Fund People not Bombs”

From Our Blog

  • A Message to the Residents of New Jersey from Northern NJ JVP

    Recently, the Northern New Jersey chapter of JVP submitted the following letter to all members of the state’s Senate and Assembly, requesting that they reject an invitation to visit Israel in January 2024. Please take a few moments to read that letter and the attached links. January 28, 2024 More than two weeks have passed……

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  • Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day

    I am the grandchild of Jews who fled Central Europe before the Holocaust, leaving behind siblings and parents who died in concentration camps. My grandmother Helen was the lone survivor of twelve siblings—an unimaginable loss. On every International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I reflect on what it was like to lose eleven siblings, though I cannot……

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  • An Open Letter to N.J. Legislators

    We have learned that you have been invited by the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ to participate in a “NJ State Legislators and Jewish Community Leaders Mission to Israel.” We ask you to consider that this trip will not be a genuine fact-finding mission, but rather a trip designed to expose you to an……

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Upcoming Events

Voices from the Holy Land Film Salon

The Palestinian Exile: 78 Years and No Future

Sunday, September 20th, 3:00–5:00 p.m.

While Israel bombs what’s left of Gaza and settlers, backed by the IDF, and terrorize the West Bank, millions languish in the shadows of exile. For 78 years, over three million Palestinians have been trapped across 31 UN camps in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. No bombs fall here, yet systemic isolation has choked the futures of four generations. They live in hyper-dense camps without infrastructure. They are citizens of no country, legally barred from most jobs, unable to leave or go home. Now, a political campaign threatens to dismantle UNRWA, their only lifeline. Join our expert panel to understand our complicity, confront this crisis and demand a humanitarian resolution.

For information and registration, go to this link.

Palestinian refugees walk in littered street of refugee camp with graffiti, wires and ropes overhead, overfull trash can, appearing shabby and temporary