num_pages: 272
description: When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false charges of antisemitism or redefining antisemitism can suppress the global progressive fight for justice. There is no one definitive voice on antisemitism and its impact.Jewish Voice for Peace has curated a collection of essays that provides a diversity of perspectives and standpoints. Each contribution explores critical questions concerning uses and abuses of antisemitism in the twenty-first-century focusing on the intersection between anti-Semitism accusations of anti-Semitism and Palestinian human rights activism.This anthology provides a much-needed tool for Palestinian solidarity activists teachers as well as Jewish communities. Featuring contributions from Omar Barghouti Judith Butler and Rebecca Vilkomerson as well as activists academics students and cultural workers On Political Solidarity and Justice includes the voices of Palestinian students and activists and Jews that are often marginalized in mainstream discussions of anti-Semitism including Jews of Color and Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews.Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a national grassroots organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just and lasting peace according to principles of human rights equality and international law for all the people of Israel and Palestine. JVP has over 200000 online supporters over sixty chapters a youth wing a Rabbinic Council an Artist Council an Academic Advisory Council and an Advisory Board made up of leading U.S. intellectuals and artists.
language: English
title: On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice in Palestine
publisher: Haymarket Books