Good afternoon, Senator Kim, Since I am not able to join Meera Jaffrey, representatives of NJ Peace Action, CAIR and others today, I am sending you the following documents in support of restoring UNRWA funding and opposing any deployment of US military assets to Gaza. As you know, since 1949, the United Nations Relief and… Continue Reading An Open Letter to Senator Andy Kim
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Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago on January 27th, the date established by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We join with people around the world in memorializing the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the many others murdered by the Nazis. As Jews we know how important this solidarity has… Continue Reading Statement by Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Stevens Students for Gaza ProtestRemarks by Stephen R. ShalomJewish Voice for Peace, Northern NJStevens Institute of Technology, Nov. 11, 2024 We are living in the midst of one of the great humanitarian tragedies of our lifetimes. Tens of thousands of innocent men, women, and children—especially women and children—are being slaughtered in Gaza. Thousands more are… Continue Reading Antisemitism versus Anti-Zionism
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Updated document submitted to the NJ legislature by JVP of Northern NJ, June 17, 2024, opposing bills adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism for NJ.—Jewish Voice for Peace – Northern NJ June 17, 2024 The NJ Legislature is considering legislation that would adopt for the State of New Jersey a particular definition of antisemitism, that… Continue Reading Why N.J. Should Not Adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
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Recently, the Northern New Jersey chapter of JVP submitted the following letter to all members of the state’s Senate and Assembly, requesting that they reject an invitation to visit Israel in January 2024. Please take a few moments to read that letter and the attached links. January 28, 2024 More than two weeks have passed… Continue Reading A Message to the Residents of New Jersey from Northern NJ JVP
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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… Continue Reading Reflections on Holocaust Remembrance Day
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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… Continue Reading An Open Letter to N.J. Legislators
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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… Continue Reading Statement of Renée Steinhagen, Rally for Ceasefire Now, Newark, Nov. 13
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A Statement by Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ We grieve for the over one thousand Israeli civilians unjustly killed on Oct. 7. We grieve, too, for the many thousands of Palestinian civilians unjustly killed since then. And we are in utter anguish at the prospect of the mass killing that faces the two… Continue Reading Not in Our Name
