Another Vigiller Assaulted To the assaults by Eli Avny and Abraham Seligman we now add another attack perpetrated against members of JWPF. A man wearing a yarmulke (pictured below) has, for the past few weeks, made a point of walking in front of our peaceful vigillers, in spite of the fact that we stay off […]

Hiatus Over Just because you haven’t received a vigil report since June doesn’t mean Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends hasn’t been maintaining our vigilant vigils. Vigiller G has kept accurate records, and we thank all the extra participants who kept up the struggle for Palestine here in Ann Arbor: July 3 – Seven Vigillers […]

Sabeel’s Sister Elaine Kelley Supports JWPF Vigils Sister Elaine Kelley has served as the Administrative Officer of Friends of Sabeel – North America (FOSNA) for almost a decade and is one of four FOSNA Steering Committee officers. Sister Elaine lived in the Bethlehem area for four years and was a contributing writer to the Washington […]

IJAN Will Protect Jewish Sensibilities Strike One: For about six weeks, JWPF had been asking Sara Kershnar, “international organizer” for the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, to distribute an invitation to join our anti-Zionist vigils at Beth Israel in Ann Arbor on June 19th, just preceding the start of the 2010 US Assembly of Jews: Confronting […]

JWPF Prepares for the US Social Forum Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends will be conducting a workshop entitled “Synagogue Vigils: Six Years of Challenging Judaic Zionism” as part of the US Social Forum next week. Our presentation will take place on Friday, June 25th from 3:30 – 5:30, location: TWW1 (151 W. Fort St., […]

Support Helen Thomas – Sign the Petition Talk about the power of the Jewish Lobby to divert attention from the horrific attacks in the Mediterranean by forces of the Jewish State to the truthful statements uttered by one of the few remaining true journalists this country has to offer! It reminds us of the power […]

Aspiring Local Politicians Fear Jewish Power Background: In the fall of 2004 the Ann Arbor City Council abdicated its responsibility to uphold the Constitution. Rather than support our exercise of our freedom of expression, they caved to Dr. Barry Gross and the local Jewish community by “condemning” our nonviolent, silent vigils at Beth Israel Congregation. […]