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.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, TZVI JASPER
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

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
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

Wilder was a member of Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine, both anti-Zionist groups, as a student at Stanford University, from which she graduated in 2020.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

Jewish students stop antisemitic cartoons on campus

Diverse students unite to fight Judeophobic imagery posted in dormitories for 'Palestine Awareness Week.'

MAY 8, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A pro-Israel rally in New York in 2014

EXCLUSIVE: PayPal shuts German NGO account with links to Palestinian terrorists

PayPal also closed the accounts of five pro-BDS organizations in France since January.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
The PayPal app logo seen on a mobile phone in this illustration photo

33. Simone Zimmerman

Anti-Israel activist plays coy about BDS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Simone Zimmerman, a co-founder of If Not Now,

Column One: Time to cut JVP down to size

JVP is punching above its weight because the Jewish communal leadership is punching beneath its weight. It is time to correct this imbalance.

APRIL 20, 2018ByCAROLINE B. GLICK
Executive director of JVP Rebecca Vilkomerson.

Cynthia Nixon’s bid for NY governor sets up a clash over Israel

“There will be a split between the more pro-Israel Jews and those on the left — and there are more pro-Israel Jews than not."

APRIL 3, 2018ByJTA
Actress Cynthia Nixon arrives at the 71st Tony Awards New York City, U.S., June 11, 2017

‘Arafat got a Nobel so BDS nomination no surprise’ say Israel activists

The leader of the Red Party in the Norwegian Parliament, Bjornar Moxnes, nominated the International BDS movement for the prestigious prize on Friday.

FEBRUARY 6, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
BDS activists in Berlin

BDS blacklist punishes thoughtcrime

If BDS illiberally advocates embargoes and sanctions – even against academics – then the Israeli government should respond by maintaining the moral high ground.

JANUARY 10, 2018ByMICHAEL MAKOVI
MEMBERS of Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrate in New York in 2015. (Courtesy)

The Israeli Voice for Sanity

JANUARY 8, 2018ByDOVID BEN-MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

The cynical manipulations of the BDS movement

This propaganda machine, much like the Nazi propaganda machine, employs whole organizations whose sole purpose is to bring a few searing messages to permeate the crowd’s perception and memory.

DECEMBER 26, 2017ByAMIT DERI
A BOY holds the Jordanian national flag during a protest near the US Embassy in Amman, Jordan.

New School draws ire for antisemitism panel featuring Linda Sarsour and JVP head

Linda Sarsour is a Palestinian-American activist known for her controversial statements about Israel and Zionism.

NOVEMBER 15, 2017ByYAIR ETTINGER
Activist Linda Sarsour speaks at a June protest in New York City against US President Donald Trump’s limited travel ban