By Lesley Williams This is the text of a speech given in front of the Rwandan consulate in Chicago From the book of Esther: : ‘If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my...
This is a Translation of a statement by Palestinian activists originally posted to Facebook by Marzuq Al Halabi: Statement on the refugee issue in Israel : No to deporting refugees and migrants by force and yes to protecting them and respecting their rights and...
>>>>>Click here to sign: Stop Deportations and Grant Asylum to African Refugees In Israel Since 2006, about 60,000 African refugees fleeing persecution in Eritrea and Sudan have come to Israel. Rather than granting them refugee status as is required by international...
By Mark Tseng-Putterman Remarks from JVP’s “Not A Conflict” mini-conference (November 13, 2017), in response to the question: How do you see fights against antisemitism connected to or in tension with other fights for racial justice and against Islamophobia? I want to...
Tai: A Yom Kippur Sermon By Aurora Levins Morales 5778/2017 [The theme of Kehilla Community Synagogue’s High Holy Days was “spiritual audacity” drawn from these words by Abraham Joshua Heschel, written in 1963: “The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual...
(Love & hate) By Anonymous My story starts in a refugee camp outside my land. I never had friends from childhood because I moved a lot from place to place. I read a lot of books about our revolution – but there were just two words that stuck in my head:...
English translation follows Spanish statement La traducción al inglés a continuación del texto en español #SoberaniaMayaNoEsAntisemitismo #MayanSovereigntyIsNotAntisemitism Declaración de apoyo al pueblo Maya de San Juan La Laguna Recientemente nos hemos enterado,...
By Lesley Williams The following piece is the text of a speech by Lesley Williams at the Stephen Douglas Monument, on behalf of the Resists, Reimagine, Rebuild Coalition, August 19th 2017. It was orginally posted on her blog The Cranky Librarian and is posted here...
The Jews of Color, Sephardi and Mizrahi Caucus working in partnership with Jewish Voice for Peace emphatically supports Professor Rabab Abdulhadi. Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi is a prolific scholar-activist and has been a leader in Ethnic Studies, founding the Arab and...
On the 69th anniversary of the Nakba, the Jews of Color and Sephardi/Mizrahi Caucus organized in partnership with Jewish Voice for Peace is in solidarity with 1,500+ Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. We echo their demands for adequate medical...
We are Jews of Color, Sephardi, Mizrahi, and other Minoritized Jews organizing for justice in Palestine and the transformation of our communities. We are organizing in partnership with Jewish Voice for Peace.