Co-chair Shelly Altman interviewed on Thinking Green
JVP New Haven co-chair, Shelly Altman, was interviewed by Ronna Stuller for her public access TV show called Thinking Green on June 21.
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No Way To Treat A Child (and how you can help)
Many human rights violations are associated with the illegal Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. But one of the most brutal is the abusive treatment of Palestinian children by the occupying...
FORUM: Israel’s history indeed ‘complicated’
I remember May, 1948. I was nearly 7, in a Jewish Sunday school class, when our teacher told us that many Jewish people had left Europe to start a new life in Palestine, and...
From Rosa Parks to Richard Blumenthal
What do Rosa Parks and US Senator Richard Blumenthal have in common? They both have taken a stand on the role of boycotts in a free society. How do they differ? She used a...
Why the violence in Israel and Palestine since October 1?
Since October 1, we have seen a low-level but on-going string of attacks by youthful Palestinians on Israelis, particularly Israeli police, IDF military personnel and residents of illegal settlements encroaching on Palestinian land in...
New Haven Register Editorial Supports JVP Anti-Islamophobia Action
Any individual, group or organization taking a stand against racism or stereotyping helps move the country toward a better understanding of the people who have created the melting pot it is.
What Good is a “Fringe”?
In prayer, observant Jews often wear a prayer shawl, or “tallit”. The most important part of the tallit is the fringe of strings and knots at each end of the shawl. These are meant...
JVP New Haven joins 16 other cities in anti-Islamophobia actions.
See the coverage of JVP New Haven’s Hanukkah action against Islamophobia, Antisemitism, and racism. #light4ustice
Connecticut AFL-CIO votes in support of BDS.
Truth Dig Report, Posted by Stanley Heller, Nov 5, 2015 On Oct. 29, the 200,000-strong Connecticut AFL-CIO passed a powerful resolution of support for Palestinian rights, calling on its national federation to join the...
Walking Freely
“Why not put them under curfew? I should be able to walk freely.”, says a resident of Jerusalem regarding her Palestinian neighbors. Palestinians have been unable to walk freely for 48 years. See more...
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