“All In!” Jewish Voice for Peace Calls for Palestinian Liberation, Participation in BDS
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JVP Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson
The 2017 National Member Meeting of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), held at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center, galvanized the energies of the 1,000 advocates—Jews and non-Jews alike—who participated in the March 31-April 2 event. JVP members kicked off the long weekend with a raucous klezmer ensemble and ended with a stirring call to practice a prophetic Judaism insisting on justice for all. Intersectionality and solidarity were the watchwords of this massive, noisy meeting of activists on Chicago’s Near-South Side.
United by the national meeting’s slogan, “All In!”, participants called for an end to Israel’s brutal military occupation in the Palestinian territories, and an end to racism and discrimination against Palesti...