JVP Radio

Across the U.S., local and state governments, universities, and other institutions support Israel's military and government by investing billions in Israel Bonds – direct, unrestricted loans to Israel. In today's episode, we talk to JVP’s Campaigns Manager, Dani Noble, about Break the Bonds , JVP's ongoing campaign to divest from these loans. Dani breaks down why we campaign, and what it takes to...

In this episode, singer Laura Elkeslassy and writer/organizer Shir look back at a decade of Mizrahi/Arab-Jewish Left organizing in New York City — from art and feminist, egalitarian prayer services to active solidarity with Palestine. Together, we dive into what it takes to move beyond the Arab–Jewish binary, reclaim our full selves, and tie our practices of return with the Palestinian struggle fo...

How can return for SWANA and Arab Jews be a visionary gesture?  This is the question our guests ask on JVP Radio Episode 5 - SWANA and Arab Jews: Imagining Return. Writer and curator Camille Lévy-Sarfati speaks about returning to Tunisia as a political act of resistance — a way to imagine narratives beyond the ones prescribed by Zionism. And scholar Livnat Konopny-Decleve shares her work on politi...

How do we build the mass movements needed to fight genocide and rising fascism? In this episode, we talk “basebuilding” with organizers on the front lines: JVP’s Jemma Pasch and Khalil Cole of Rising Majority break down the challenges and the necessity of collective action. Then, JVP New Orleans’ Cypress Atlas gives us a ground-level view of what this work looks like day to day. Featuring Ana Damm...

As the genocide in Gaza continues, more Americans than ever stand in solidarity with Palestine. But action has been met with reaction: We discuss the repression facing the Palestinian solidarity movement as a whole, and explore the threats to Jewish pro-Palestine organizing. We’ll talk about how this repression harms our Palestinian comrades, and contextualize recent developments within both US hi...

Welcome back to JVP Radio! In episode two we return to Jewish Voice for Peace’s National Member Meeting (NMM), held in Baltimore in May 2025. Direct from the plenary sessions, Palestinian legal scholar Noura Erakat speaks about collective power; historian Robin D.G. Kelley urges listeners to embrace radical traditions in order to fuel global solidarity; Rashida Tlaib , the only Palestinian member...

EPISODE 1 Welcome to JVP Radio! Our first two episodes serve as teasers to give you a sense of the broader theme the show will address and simultaneously offer highlights from Jewish Voice for Peace’s National Member Meeting (NMM) in Baltimore this past May where over 2000 Jews, Palestinians, and allies gathered to grieve the ongoing Nakba, skill up, and organize for a Free Palestine.  We’ll hear...