Jewish Voice for Peace

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.

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.
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

(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.

A screengrab from a live stream video shows Israeli navy forces approaching the vessel the Marinette, believed to be the only ship from the Global Sumud Flotilla still sailing towards Gaza, which flotilla organisers report has now been intercepted, October 3, 2025.

Jewish freelance journalist Emily Wilder detained as IDF intercepts Gaza aid flotilla


What forces are at play behind US campus protests? - opinion

"We must all refuse to sit by and allow history to repeat itself. To anyone who believes they can wait this out, the mobs will come for you, Jewish or not."

 SIGNS ARE displayed in front of Deering Meadow, at an encampment of pro-Palestinian activists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in April 2024.

I'm warning you, Jewish antisemites - opinion

Jews who turn against their fellow Jews should learn a lesson from history - misplaced loyalty doesn't end well, says Rabbi.

A USC alumnus and member of IfNotNow’s Los Angeles branch, identified as ‘Jay,’ is quoted as stating last Friday: ‘I am proud to be here tonight, bringing in Shabbat in solidarity with the student divestment movement and in solidarity with Palestine.’

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Passover is Zionist - comment

The anti-Haggadot and anti-seders claimed to create "collective Jewishness beyond Zionism," which is nothing but the abandonment of heritage, legacy, and tradition.

 A collective of groups organised by Jewish students at Columbia and Barnard in solidarity with Gaza and the protest encampment host Passover Seder at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 22, 2024.

Editor's Notes: Unmasking JVP, SJP: Pro-Palestinian terrorists on US campuses

Groups like JVP and SJP, under the banner of human rights and justice, often venture far beyond peaceful protest into realms that many find both morally and legally questionable.

 Law enforcement carries a protester away at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), during a pro-Palestinian protest on May 2, 2024.

Jews against Jews is not so new - opinion

When Jews align themselves with pro-Palestinian individuals and groups who express open support for terrorist regimes such as Hamas and Hezbollah, they have crossed a red line.

 JUST AFTER the Hamas attack on October 7, even before the IDF began its ground operation in Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace was already calling to ‘Stop the genocide of Palestinians.’

Jewish Voice for Peace's Passover 'Haggadah' invokes themes of anti-Zionism, Palestinian liberation

The organization describes itself as “the largest progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization in the world.”

MEMBERS of Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrate in New York in 2015. (Courtesy)

Google fires 28 anti-Israel employees who occupied offices in protest

The protesters were arrested and put on administrative after refusing to leave Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s Sunnyvale office or the New York City Chelsea workspace.

 A sign for Google Cloud offices is seen in Sunnyvale, California, U.S. on April 16, 2024.

Two arrested as hundreds protest Teaneck Synagogue Israel real estate expo

Teaneck for Palestine organized the protest March against what they said on social media last Friday was the "immoral marketing of stolen Palestinian land."

 Teaneck High School

San Francisco Senator decries anti-Israel rally at San Francisco Jewish community gala

San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener condemned anti-Israel protests, those of which anti-Zionist Jewish Voices for Peace planned to attend, at the Jewish Community Relations Council gala.

 Protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict follow members of the White House press corps in the hotel where U.S. President Joe Biden is staying in San Francisco, California, U.S., February 22, 2024.

Center Field: Rabbis not supporting the war against Hamas are acting irresponsibly

October 7 confirmed that calling for ceasefires prematurely, as many of these “religious leaders” also did in 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2021, is peace-posturing and not peace-seeking. 

 EPHARDI CHIEF Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was busy insulting more than half of Israel, declaring that when a person eats non-kosher food ‘his brain becomes stupid,’ the writer notes