Jewish Voice for Peace

Two years after October 7, Jewish groups still grappling with identity crisis, generational divide

Jewish organizations face a genuine dilemma: Have we temporarily pivoted or permanently transformed? Are we making strategic decisions, or are we being captured by donor preferences?

|ByRINA EDELSTEIN
Jewish organizations pivoted after October 7 to help Israel, but emergency mode has now stretched beyond two years, and what began as a temporary pivot is hardening into something else entirely.
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference in Central Park in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City, US, November 24, 2025.

Ms. Rachel, Cynthia Nixon among Pro-Palestinian activists in Zohran Mamdani's inaugural committee

Mamdani has previously drawn criticism for his anti-Israel views and associations with antisemitic figures, including Catherine Almonte Da Costa, who resigned after antisemitic comments resurfaced.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, TZVI JASPER
Rally-goers held signs distributed by UJA-Federation of New York, and braved the 30-degree weather outside Park East Synagogue, Dec. 4, 2025.

Jewish New Yorkers hold support rally for Park East Synagogue after anti-Israel protests

Hundreds of New York Jews and allies gathered in the cold for a support rally, weeks after Park East Synagogue was targeted by anti-Israel protestors calling to "globalize the Intifada.”

|ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA
(L-R) Somerville for Palestine supporters celebrate a projected win for Question 3, a non-binding resolution imploring the Boston suburb to divest from companies that do business with Israel, November 4, 2025; a still from an ad opposing the measure paid for by a local Jewish group.

In a first, ballot initiative to divest from Israel wins at the ballot box, in Somerville, Mass.

Voters in Somerville, Massachusetts, passed a measure to divest from Israel, the first such vote in the US, despite opposition from local Jewish groups.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

JVP strongly opposed by US Jewry - poll

The findings highlighted a clear rejection of JVP’s ideology and methods by American Jews, reaffirming the broad support for Israel among the Jewish majority.

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JEWISH VOICE For Peace members and supporters hold a rally outside the Zeckelman Memorial Holocaust Museum in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Jewish Voice for Peace to pay over $600,000 to settle COVID-19 loan fraud allegation

JVP will be paying twice the amount it received for a $338,817 second-draw loan under the Paycheck Protection Act Program.

JANUARY 15, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
MEMBERS of Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrate in New York in 2015. (Courtesy)

Pro-Palestine activists occupy NY Public Library to protest Gaza 'Scholasticide'

"We gather today in one of New York's most iconic libraries to remind the world that all libraries in Gaza have been destroyed," said one of the protesters.

DECEMBER 22, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
"Study-in for Gaza" protest at New York Public Library on December 21

'Same as the KKK': New SJP-affiliated group works to remove Hillel from US campuses

Drop Hillel claims to be campaigning for non-affiliated Jewish spaces without Zionist connections.

OCTOBER 22, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pro-Israel protestors confront Pro-Palestine protestors during a rally against the Baruch College Hillel campus organization at Baruch College on in New York City. June 05, 2024.

University of Maryland reverses decision to allow anti-Israel protest on October 7

University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace had been set to hold their October 7 vigil for Gazans killed in the Israel-Hamas War at a campus hall.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
SIGNS, FLAGS and photos are on display at a vigil in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of hostages kidnapped on October 7. Only 10% of Palestinians polled believed Hamas committed war crimes.

George Washington University suspends JVP chapter as colleges prepare for Israel protests

The groups were temporarily suspended last fall after pro-Palestinian students projected inflammatory messages on campus buildings weeks after the Oct. 7 attacks.

AUGUST 21, 2024ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Demonstrators gather at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, US, May 2, 2024.

'Let Gaza live': Anti-Netanyahu demonstrators hold sit-in protest at congressional offices

The protests were reportedly organized by Jewish Voices for Peace.

JULY 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Police officers stand guard during a protest in support of Palestinians inside of the Cannon Office Building one day prior to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address to the U.S. Congress in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2024.

Quakers view the Palestinian narrative as just and righteous - opinion

The Quaker narrative is full of Holocaust inversion, slogans accusing Israel of apartheid and genocide, and highlighting the “good Jews” from Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP).

JULY 11, 2024ByASAF ROMIROWSKY
JEWISH VOICE For Peace members and supporters hold a rally outside the Zeckelman Memorial Holocaust Museum in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Anti-Israel serial arsonist receives support from Columbia encampment protest groups

Jewish Voice for Peace Columbia,  Students for Justice in Palestine Columbia, and CUAD, a coalition of around 100 students groups, published on Instagram a statement of support for Casey Goonan.

JUNE 21, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
A ‘FREE PALESTINE’ banner hangs from a window at Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall in April. The writer asks: ‘Is Palestine an Arab creation or was Palestine created for the Jews?’

ADL files formal complaint against JVP, claims violations of federal campaign finance laws

JVP has reportedly failed to respond to four different requests for further information by the Federal Election Commission.

JUNE 5, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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