jvp Archives – Jewish Journal

More than 200 liberal U.S. rabbis want Israel to lift travel ban on BDS leaders

JTA August 9, 2017

Don’t hide behind a boycott Israel ad; Jewish students want to hear you

Jewish Journal March 9, 2016

A recent Torah reading dealt with the Golden Calf—Jews turning away from the Torah and going against other Jews.

Variety pulls pro-BDS ad accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’

Jewish Journal February 23, 2016

The entertainment magazine Variety refused to publish an advertisement that says “Don’t endorse Israeli apartheid.”

In California and Washington, a push to define and redefine anti-Semitism

Jared Sichel May 21, 2015

In recent months new reports and allegations of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activity on University of California campuses appear to have died down — at least by comparison to the flurry of coverage from early 2014 to early this year.

Young Americans and Israel – a disconnect

Rob Eshman September 4, 2014

The new concern in the American-Jewish community is the number 25. According to a Gallup poll conducted in the midst of the Gaza war, 42 percent of all Americans supported Israel’s action. Among people aged 18 to 29, that number was 25 percent.