Jews Control the News For the third straight month, front-page articles have appeared in the Washtenaw Jewish News (WJN), and if they publish any more, Victor Lieberman will have to shame-facedly pack his bags and leave town. His own denigrations of our peaceful, silent vigils as a “trivial nuisance” and “largely invisible presence”, must haunt […]

Do you know what it is like to see your father beaten to death? Do you know what it is like seeing your mother abused at a checkpoint knowing that you can’t do anything to stop it? Do you know what it is like seeing your child being born in the backseat of a car […]

Will IJAN Challenge Jewish Power? Below is the analysis of Henry Herskovitz (with Michelle J. Kinnucan) of Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends to a recent op-ed by Rebecca Tumposky on the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN). There are many problems with IJAN, which lead me to doubt the purposes of the group. I first […]

New Document Supporting JWPF Online A much belated response to the infamous clergy letter of 2004, in which some benighted Ann Arbor religious leaders denounced our nonviolent vigils, went online this past Monday. We’re pleased to report that this independent effort is off to an auspicious start with the Rev. Dr. Stephen Sizer having graciously […]

Two of our scholarship recipients, Aya Bustami and Khulud Abu Askar, have finished the previous semester with honors. Aya is attending Bethlehem University and Khulud is attending The Islamic University in Gaza City. We are very proud of both these young women. Steve Beikirch Deir Yassin Remembered Scholarship

No Response From City Attorney’s Office Our letter to Ann Arbor’s City Attorney’s Office of December 28 remains unanswered. Last week, in a one-time only agreement between that office and Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends, two signs were displayed on Washtenaw Avenue in addition to the ones held by vigillers. We had hoped to […]

Many Grains of Truth in new WJN Articles Remember Victor Lieberman’s short-lived communication to Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends? His offer to negotiate was retracted upon receipt of our counter-offer, as he opined: “As regards your counter-offer, I’m afraid it would elicit no interest. Most congregants regard the vigil as no more than a […]