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

[Robert Naiman]

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.

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Robert Reuel Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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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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