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 […]

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 His offer to negotiate was retracted upon receipt of our counter-offer, as he opined: “As regards your counter-offer, I’m afraid it would elicit no interest.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 […]

Abuna Chacour and JWPF Abuna Elias Chacour spoke this week at the First Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor and delivered his message of steadfastness and love. Abuna is noted for founding the Mar Elias Educational Institutions and was hosted by Pilgrims of Ibillin. This writer reminded him of his visit to Ann Arbor four years […]

Ten, the Hard Way JWPF’s Head Statistician reports that last Saturday was the first time we placed ten vigilers on Washtenaw Avenue since June of 2008, but we did! And for the story behind the headline: Ms. D is the wife of the owner of a local motorcycle shop; this fall she was raising funds […]

Exposing Another Zionist in the Peace Movement The following section is offered as a case study in how to distinguish those activists who support a Jewish state from those who recognize that deadly symptoms of Zionism are connected at the root, and that it is this root of the conflict that must be eliminated, not […]