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.”

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(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.

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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

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.

US Capitol police clash with protesters demanding Gaza ceasefire

US Capitol Police said approximately 150 people were "illegally and violently protesting" in front of Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
Demonstrators stand facing police officers as people march 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 conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Washington, DC.

Among Philadelphia's Jewish families, generational fractures emerge over Gaza war

Even before the most recent violence, younger Jewish voters across the country were more critical of Israel than were older ones.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023ByZOE GREENBERG
Elya Piazza, with glasses and short hair, protests for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.