Who We Are
Northern New Jersey JVP (NNJ JVP) is a chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, a national, grassroots organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just and lasting peace according to principles of human rights, equality, and international law for all the people of Israel and Palestine.
From Our Blog
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I am جنين.
“Wow, your name is so American.” When you meet someone for the first time, one of the first things they ask you is ‘what is your name?’ For many reasons, that question is extremely significant. It defines how our relationship with that person will play out. Will they remember my name? Does that person even……
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Twin
In the picture, my grandfather sits on a wood chair, leaning back, the paunch of sixty-three years preceding him in the foreground smiling, lip curled in the narrow space between mustache and beard nose sloping downward olive skin body compact, heavy. Add a kefieh to his balding head and he’s a grandfather of the Nakba,……
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What Kind of Jew Am I?
I’m not a religious Jew, but I’m a Jew. I’m not a Zionist, but I’m a Jew. What kind of Jew am I? In the 1960s, I read an essay which helped me recognize myself. The essay, “The Non-Jewish Jew”, was written by Isaac Deutscher in 1958. He was describing himself; he was describing me.……
Upcoming Events
No EventsJVP Book Club
They Called Me a Lioness:
A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom
Sunday, April 6th, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
The “One Book, Many Communities” campaign is back for 2025! This year Librarians and Archivists with Palestine have selected They Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri as their title.
In this memoir, Ahed Tamimi shares her experience growing up under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, her unexpected rise to fame, and experience as an imprisoned Palestinian youth. Kirkus Reviews describes the account as “passionately argued [and] profoundly empathetic.”
We have participated in this several times and will again this year with our newly formed book club. Everyone is invited to participate.
Meeting format to be decided—possibly hybrid. Keep watching this space!
