Jewish Voice for Peace-Boston supports Boston March! Imagining a World Without Prisons or Police on Sunday, August 7th (3 PM, Old South Church). As organizers for justice in Palestine, we cannot fully separate Israeli apartheid from an American form of apartheid which polices and incarcerates black people, indigenous people, other people of color, and poor people at […]
Massachusetts Human Rights Advocates Applaud Withdrawal of Anti-Boycott Amendment: Proposal Would Have Impeded First Amendment Rights Contact: Eli Gerzon, Jewish Voice for Peace-Boston: (339) 223-3185, eli@eligerzon.com Boston, MA: After pressure from advocates for Palestinian rights, Massachusetts Senator Cynthia Creem of Newton withdrew amendment 133 of Economic Development Bill S.2423 around 5 pm yesterday. If passed, 133 would […]
To the Massachusetts Bay District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, As members of a multifaith group in Boston committed to a just peace in Israel/Palestine, we are gratified to hear that the Unitarian Universalist Association is divesting from companies that profit from human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories. We know that your initiative […]
What could Massachusetts’ highest-ranking legal officer learn from one of the world’s leading violators of international law? Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is in Washington, DC, to address gun violence. But local community leaders are concerned about her next stop on the trip: Israel. On Sunday the Associated Press reported that Healey would take […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 19, 2016 Contact: Ibraheem Samirah, (202) 492 – 0034, ibraheem.samirah@gmail.com (Photos below) . MASS AGAINST HP LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO END PUBLIC CONTRACTS WITH HP Releases report exposing local contracts & company’s role in global human rights violations Cambridge, MA (May 18, 2016) – Last night 75 community members gathered to […]
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Ibraheem Samirah, (202) 492 – 0034, ibraheem.samirah@gmail.com Statewide Boycott of Hewlett-Packard to Launch in Cambridge, MA Activists Condemn HP’s Complicity in Racism; Call on Local Governments to End Contracts WHAT: Massachusetts Against HP (MAHP) is calling for local and state governments to end contracts with Hewlett-Packard until the company agrees to end […]
Jewish Institutions Must Condemn Hate Group, in Newton and Beyond Last week Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), a known hate group dedicated to undermining Muslim organizations and spreading Islamophobia, disrupted a community forum addressing instances of racism, homophobia, and antisemitism in Newton Public Schools. The disruptors, identifying themselves as “Jewish activists,” insisted that antisemitism was the only form of bigotry […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Lauren Jappe (laurenjappe1@gmail.com), Nancy Murray (numurray@comcast.net, 617 – 470 6300) Over 60 Massachusetts Organizations Protest Anti-Boycott Legislation Plan to Deliver Open Letter to Commonwealth Senators and Representatives Tuesday Morning Over 60 organizations across the Commonwealth have formed the Massachusetts Freedom to Boycott Coalition, including groups representing Muslims, Christians, Jews, American Indians, students, professors, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Lauren Jappe | laurenjappe1@gmail.com Boston Jews Raise Concerns about Anti-Boycott Legislation in Massachusetts Jewish Voice for Peace Boston is deeply concerned about an upcoming Massachusetts anti-boycott bill that would legislate against institutions that have chosen to withdraw from complicity with Israeli human rights abuses by boycotting or divesting from Israel. While […]
Even in Massachusetts, the so-called ‘bluest state’, Muslim communities live under suspicion, surveillance, and attack. If Governor Baker’s injudicious comments regarding Syrian refugees weren’t enough of a reminder two weeks ago, Islamophobic bigotry is now being leveled at the only Muslim elected official in the state. Concurrent with Baker’s remarks, the Orwellian-named anti-Muslim group ‘Americans for Peace and […]