IfNotNow

Israelism: The progressive Jewish documentary roiling college campuses

“We think it models how Palestinians and Jews can work together for freedom and justice for all people, between the river and the sea.”

 Jewish pro-Palestinian activists protest Birthright in a scene from the documentary "Israelism"
IfNotNow protest at Chabad on Shabbat.

If Not Now organizes 'shiva' for Gazans, including Hamas terrorists

Tower of Faces at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Doctors planned protest against Israel inside US Holocaust Museum

 Police and demonstrators argue at the entrance to the Democratic National Headquarters during a multi-denominational event hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America, IfNotNow Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.

Members of Congress evacuated amid anti-Israel protest outside DNC HQ


IfNotNow does not speak for me

As I entered my third decade, I wanted to engage more meaningfully with my own relationship to Judaism and experience Israel firsthand. And so, this past winter, I attended Taglit-Birthright.

People organized by IfNotNow protest outside of Trump International Hotel against the new U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem in Washington, US, May 14, 2018

IfNotNow activists interrupt Trump speech, denounce ‘plague of occupation’

The small group chanted “Jews are here to say Occupation is a plague,” and “Jews are here to say white nationalism is a plague.”

People organized by IfNotNow protest outside of Trump International Hotel against the new U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem in Washington, US, May 14, 2018

15 Jewish students arrested protesting against Birthright

IfNotNow members have been arrested previously while protesting other major Jewish groups, such as the Anti-Defamation League.

People organized by IfNotNow protest outside of Trump International Hotel against the new U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem in Washington, US, May 14, 2018

IfNotNow pickets Chabad on Shabbat in protest of ex-IDF soldier speaker

“I’m not against protests, even if I disagree with the cause. But on Shabbat -- during prayer services – really?” wrote Rabbi Zev Johnson.

IfNotNow protest at Chabad on Shabbat.