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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… Continue Reading A Message to the Residents of New Jersey from Northern NJ JVP

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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… Continue Reading Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Support the Earth! Support Palestine!

Jewish Voice for Peace is an organization committed to justice for the Palestinian people. So why are we joining the March to End Fossil Fuels? Of course, environmental catastrophe threatens the very existence of life on Earth, and thus everyone needs to be deeply concerned about addressing climate change. Beyond this general commitment that we… Continue Reading Support the Earth! Support Palestine!

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A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?

NEW YORK CITY—Out of one dream, another dream is born. Yesterday, I heard someone from the West Bank say that denying Palestinians the vaccine is another act of genocide. I thought of you, Dion, and the video you posted from federal prison last year, in Michigan. Are you alive? I don’t know what happened to… Continue Reading A Prisoner Videotaped Covid Conditions Last Year. Where Is He Now?

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