Statement on 80th International Holocaust Remembrance Day: January 27, 2025

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.

some 20 marchers in black T-shirts, most with dark slacks and wearing hats, in the Montclair 4th of July Parade. About half are holding signs reading We Mourn, with a photo of a young child killed in Palestine/Israel since Oct. 7th (of the 20 signs carried, 18 honored Palestinian children, 2 honored Israeli children) The front marchers carry a banner reading Jewish Voice for Peace Northern NJ Chapter End the Occupation

From Our Blog

  • Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day

    I am the grandchild of Jews who fled Central Europe before the Holocaust, leaving behind siblings and parents who died in concentration camps. My grandmother Helen was the lone survivor of twelve siblings—an unimaginable loss. On every International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I reflect on what it was like to lose eleven siblings, though I cannot……

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  • An Open Letter to N.J. Legislators

    We have learned that you have been invited by the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ to participate in a “NJ State Legislators and Jewish Community Leaders Mission to Israel.” We ask you to consider that this trip will not be a genuine fact-finding mission, but rather a trip designed to expose you to an……

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  • Statement of Renée Steinhagen, Rally for Ceasefire Now, Newark, Nov. 13

    Statement of Renée Steinhagen Jewish Voice for Peace—Northern New Jersey November 13, 2023, Rally for Ceasefire Now Newark, NJ Thank you everyone for showing up today to call out Senator Booker and demand that he call for a cease fire in Gaza — immediately. My name is Renée Steinhagen, and I am a member of……

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JVP 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!