Jewish Voice for Peace

Mamdani to appoint anti-Israel JVP rabbi to taxpayer-funded city hall faith liaison role

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Rabbi Miriam Grossman, linked to Jewish Voice for Peace, to a city faith liaison role, raising concerns over anti-Israel affiliations.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his 100 Days Address, a speech dedicated to outline the progress made on his core campaign promises since taking office, in Queens, New York City, US, April 12, 2026.
Pro-Palestine protesters hold a rally against the Baruch College Hillel campus organization at Baruch College in New York City, June 5, 2024.

TNS student senate cuts Hillel ties over Israel trips, university says decision lacks 'authority'

Ilya Bratman, whose Hillel network oversees the TNS branch, told the Post that the organization was in contact with the university and the USS decision would not be accepted.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
A BANNER that reads "Dump AIPAC" is displayed by demonstrators as they take part in a protest against the US backing of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, outside the Washington office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, DC, US, September 22, 2025.

Jewish Illinois rep. withdraws endorsement for congressional candidate over AIPAC ties

Schakowsky endorsed Donna Miller, the Cook County commissioner, in the 2nd Congressional District last month. Now, she said, she cannot let her endorsement stand.

|ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA
Jewish organizations pivoted after October 7 to help Israel, but emergency mode has now stretched beyond two years, and what began as a temporary pivot is hardening into something else entirely.

Two years after October 7, Jewish groups still grappling with identity crisis, generational divide

Jewish organizations face a genuine dilemma: Have we temporarily pivoted or permanently transformed? Are we making strategic decisions, or are we being captured by donor preferences?

|ByRINA EDELSTEIN

Top 10 weird things activists put on seder plates this Passover

In an Instagram post shared by Independent Jewish Voices and IfNotNow, a slice of watermelon could be seen illustrated next to an olive on a seder plate.

APRIL 16, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Demonstrators from the group Jewish Voice for Peace hold an emergency Passover Seder outside of ICE headquarters on April 14, 2025 in New York City.

Fate of the Zionist movement must be decided by Zionists, not by anti-Zionists - opinion

There are plenty of places for anti-Zionists in this world; the WZC is not one of them.

MARCH 4, 2025ByELCHANAN POUPKO
RABBI DOV Landau delivers a class at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, 2023. To maintain the integrity of this election, the World Zionist Congress must make it clear that anyone who does not reject Landau’s position in the strongest terms cannot be elected or vote in this election, the writer argues.

Columbia students, stand with humanity and against barbarity - opinion

Since October 7, 2023, Columbia’s campus has been engulfed in protests, inflammatory rhetoric, and an unsettling surge of antisemitism.

FEBRUARY 21, 2025ByDAVID FRIEDMAN, EZRA GONTOWNIK
A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

JVP strongly opposed by US Jewry - poll

The findings highlighted a clear rejection of JVP’s ideology and methods by American Jews, reaffirming the broad support for Israel among the Jewish majority.

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JEWISH VOICE For Peace members and supporters hold a rally outside the Zeckelman Memorial Holocaust Museum in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Jewish Voice for Peace to pay over $600,000 to settle COVID-19 loan fraud allegation

JVP will be paying twice the amount it received for a $338,817 second-draw loan under the Paycheck Protection Act Program.

JANUARY 15, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
MEMBERS of Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrate in New York in 2015. (Courtesy)

Pro-Palestine activists occupy NY Public Library to protest Gaza 'Scholasticide'

"We gather today in one of New York's most iconic libraries to remind the world that all libraries in Gaza have been destroyed," said one of the protesters.

DECEMBER 22, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
"Study-in for Gaza" protest at New York Public Library on December 21

'Same as the KKK': New SJP-affiliated group works to remove Hillel from US campuses

Drop Hillel claims to be campaigning for non-affiliated Jewish spaces without Zionist connections.

OCTOBER 22, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pro-Israel protestors confront Pro-Palestine protestors during a rally against the Baruch College Hillel campus organization at Baruch College on in New York City. June 05, 2024.

University of Maryland reverses decision to allow anti-Israel protest on October 7

University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace had been set to hold their October 7 vigil for Gazans killed in the Israel-Hamas War at a campus hall.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
SIGNS, FLAGS and photos are on display at a vigil in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of hostages kidnapped on October 7. Only 10% of Palestinians polled believed Hamas committed war crimes.

George Washington University suspends JVP chapter as colleges prepare for Israel protests

The groups were temporarily suspended last fall after pro-Palestinian students projected inflammatory messages on campus buildings weeks after the Oct. 7 attacks.

AUGUST 21, 2024ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Demonstrators gather at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, US, May 2, 2024.

'Let Gaza live': Anti-Netanyahu demonstrators hold sit-in protest at congressional offices

The protests were reportedly organized by Jewish Voices for Peace.

JULY 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Police officers stand guard during a protest in support of Palestinians inside of the Cannon Office Building one day prior to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address to the U.S. Congress in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2024.