"The only recognizable feature of hope is action" - Grace Paley
Without a doubt the Jewish establishment in the US is pro-Israel and uses every means it can to convince the rest of the US establishment that it must support Israel as a “Jewish and...
The 2016 political conventions are over. And the American people are trying to figure out what is going on. Both parties saw energetic insurgent movements challenging their “establishment” leadership during the primaries. Republican insurgents...
We’ve been canvassing neighborhood businesses asking that they put posters in their windows #StopProfilingMuslims and #RefugeesWelcome.
Overview June of 2016 marks the beginning of the 50th year of Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. This illegal and immoral occupation is marked by...
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...
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...
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...
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...
See the coverage of JVP New Haven’s Hanukkah action against Islamophobia, Antisemitism, and racism. #light4ustice
By Nina Stein On Friday, August 28, Iyad Burnat, a resident of the West Bank Palestinian village of Bil’in, was ambushed and brutally beaten by Israeli soldiers. His crime: participating in a peaceful, non-violent...