Jewish Voice for Peace

Jewish Illinois rep. withdraws endorsement for congressional candidate over AIPAC ties

Schakowsky endorsed Donna Miller, the Cook County commissioner, in the 2nd Congressional District last month. Now, she said, she cannot let her endorsement stand.

|ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA
A BANNER that reads "Dump AIPAC" is displayed by demonstrators as they take part in a protest against the US backing of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, outside the Washington office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, DC, US, September 22, 2025.
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.

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
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

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.

MARCH 14, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
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. 

MARCH 13, 2024ByGIL TROY
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

Jonathan Glazer is just a useful idiot for the enemies of the Jewish people - opinion

As Jewish history teaches us, there will always be “useful [Jewish] idiots” like Jonathan Glazer, and some of the dangerous anti-Zionists will be Jewish.

MARCH 13, 2024ByEFRAIM ZUROFF
Jonathan Glazer poses on the red carpet during the Oscars arrivals at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024.

Police detain 20 anti-Zionist protesters at rallies against AIPAC, pro-Israel lawmakers

The protesters carried banners that said “Jews to Schumer: Stop funding genocide” as they linked arms outside Schumer’s office.

FEBRUARY 24, 2024ByLUKE TRESS/JTA
New York Stock Exchange surrounded by pro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests

More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Pennsylvania Capitol - report

All protesters were ordered by officers to disperse before being taken into custody, and many protestors wore shirts saying "divest from genocide."

FEBRUARY 6, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US, January 17, 2021.

Columbia maintains suspension of two pro-Palestinian groups as new semester begins

A university official said the groups have not yet agreed to adhere to university rules that would allow their reinstatement.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByLUKE TRESS/JTA
Pro-Palestinian students take part in a protest in support of the Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at Columbia University in New York City, U.S., October 12, 2023.

Far Left Jewish groups protest at UN asking for ceasefire in Gaza

Tuesday's protesters at the United Nations carried banners that read "Biden: the world says ceasefire" and "Biden: Stop vetoing peace."

JANUARY 9, 2024ByREUTERS
United Nations General Assembly Building, New York City

Doctors planned protest against Israel inside US Holocaust Museum

The event was subsequently canceled, per an announcement on social media platform X

DECEMBER 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tower of Faces at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Activists calling for Gaza ceasefire protest in US Senate office building

US Capitol Police said they arrested 51 people in total as a result of the demonstration.

DECEMBER 11, 2023ByREUTERS
Activists engage in civil disobedience in Hart Senate Office Building, part of the U.S. Capitol complex, to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and redirection of military aid for Israel, in Washington, U.S. December 11, 2023.

Members of Congress evacuated amid anti-Israel protest outside DNC HQ

The protest groups said their actions were peaceful.

NOVEMBER 17, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Police and demonstrators argue at the entrance to the Democratic National Headquarters during a multi-denominational event hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America, IfNotNow Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.