Jewish Peace Fellowship

The Jewish Peace Fellowship is a nonprofit, nondenominational organization set up to provide a Jewish voice in the peace movement. The organization was founded in 1941 in order to support Jewish conscientious objectors who sought exemption from combatant military service.[1][2] The JPF is currently headquartered in Nyack, New York.[3]

The fellowship is a branch member of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation.[4]

The JPF produces literature about peacemaking, nonviolent activism, and registering as a conscientious objector.[5][6] The Jewish Peace Fellowship maintains its archive at the American Jewish Historical Society/Center for Jewish History in NYC

Further reading
  • Polner, Murray and Naomi Goodman (1994) The Challenge of Shalom: The Jewish Tradition of Peace and Justice. New Society Pub. ISBN 0-86571-300-6
  • Jewish Peace Fellowship (2000) Wrestling with Your Conscience: A Guide for Jewish Draft Registrants and Conscientious Objectors. Nyack, NY: Jewish Peace Fellowship.
  • Polner, Murray and Stefan Merken (2007) Peace, Justice & Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition Bunim & Bannigan. ISBN 978-1-933480-15-2
  • Solomonow, Allan (1981) Roots of Jewish Nonviolence. Nyack, NY: Jewish Peace Fellowship
  • Polner, Murray and Naomi Goodman (2002), Nonviolent Activist: The Heart & Mind of Edward Feder
  • Shalom: The Jewish Peace Letter (an online monthly newsletter published by JPF)

See also

References
  1. http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/index.php?p=about
  2. http://www.beyondthepale.org/link/jewish-peace-fellowship
  3. http://www.jewishdirectory.com/listing/jewish_peace_fellowship_497bb804c2044.html%5B%5D
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/index.php?p=publications
  6. http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/index.php?p=the_draft


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