Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) (קול יהודי לשלום Kol Yehudi la-Shalom) is a United States Jewish organization which describes itself as "a diverse and democratic community of activists inspired by Jewish tradition to work together for peace, social justice, and human rights support the aspirations of Israelis and Palestinians for security and self-determination." JVP seeks "an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem" and opposes Israel Defence Forces operations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and supports Israeli refuseniks. In June 2010, JVP launched a divestment campaign to get the pension fund TIAA-CREF to stop investing in companies that profit from the Israeli occupation.
JVP was formed in September, 1996 by Julia Caplan, Julie Iny, and Rachel Eisner. Rebecca Vilkomerson is currently the executive director and Cecilie Surasky is the deputy director; there are six other staff members. There are currently over 100,000 people that are JVP online activists. Members of the advisory board include Tony Kushner, Michael Ratner, Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Wallace Shawn. There are over 30 Rabbis and Rabbinic students on the Rabbinical Council.
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