[Peace-discuss] Is there still a Jewish Voice for Peace chapter in Champaign-Urbana?

[David Green]

I don't have much of a sense of who that might be; wish I did. I know that
Bruce Rosenstock (Dept. of Religion) seemed to be interested when Rabbi
Brant Rosen came to speak; but I don't know him personally and don't have
any sense of where he's at now.

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 12:00 PM Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
wrote:

>
> I share some of your ambivalence about the national direction of JVP.
> However, that's not really what my question was about. It was more about
> trying to find local people who were a little bit involved in it, if they
> are still around. Especially people who showed up to early meetings, some
> of whom, I think, showed up less out of any strong attachment to national
> JVP then a sense of "oh, here's a group of local progressive Jews who are
> trying to do something independent of the Jewish Establishment, let's see
> if we have a home here." Those are the people I'm looking for.
>
> ===
>
> Robert Reuel Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:44 AM David Green <davidgreen50 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Even though I paid dues to JVP for a few years, I was never really
>> involved with the local chapter, organized by Samantha Brotman during the
>> Salaita episode. I haven't heard of any specific activity for quite a few
>> years now. Meanwhile, SJP seems rather moribund now as well, undone by one
>> of its leaders' focus on "intersectionality."
>>
>> I'm critical of the manner in which JVP nationally has attached itself to
>> #resistance and promoted a kind of Jewish identity politics, a
>> "progressive" version of the ADL.
>>
>> There was a good guy named Steve Sherman, I believe a grad student in
>> Geography, who was involved during the Salaita episode; I'm not sure if
>> he's still around. I don't think Samantha is either.
>>
>> I'm not currently on board with the strategy/tactics of the national JVP,
>> such as I understand them to revolve almost solely around BDS. I know its
>> grown a lot in membership and contributions in recent years, but nothing
>> fails like success, as they say.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 8:29 AM Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <
>> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> A while ago, there was a Jewish Voice for Peace chapter in
>>> Champaign-Urbana.
>>>
>>> Some of the people who came to early meetings were particularly
>>> interested in the cultural aspect of things. Like, "it's ok to learn a
>>> little Yiddish, you wouldn't die."
>>>
>>> Is there such a chapter now?
>>>
>>> ===
>>>
>>> Robert Reuel Naiman
>>> Policy Director
>>> Just Foreign Policy
>>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>>> (202) 448-2898 x1
>>>
>>>
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