Becky Havivi
Overview
Becky Havivi was arrested together with other IfNotNow (INN) activists for holding an anti-Israel “liberation seder” in the lobby of the building housing the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in New York.
Havivi also helped coordinate an event repurposing Jewish rituals and promoted an INN training event accusing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) of spreading Islamophobia, featuring Taher Herzallah of the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
In 2017, Havivi worked as the “National Fundraising Coordinator” for INN and has been a leader of INN since July 2014.
In 2019, Havivi started a fundraiser to attend an anti-Israel activist trip in Israel.
In 2014, 2015, 2017, Havivi was affiliated with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ).
As of June 2019, Havivi’s LinkedIn page said that she was the “National Organizer” at Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and the “National Operations Associate” for the New Israel Fund (NIF) from July 2013 - 2015.
Havivi also helped coordinate an event repurposing Jewish rituals and promoted an INN training event accusing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) of spreading Islamophobia, featuring Taher Herzallah of the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).
In 2017, Havivi worked as the “National Fundraising Coordinator” for INN and has been a leader of INN since July 2014.
In 2019, Havivi started a fundraiser to attend an anti-Israel activist trip in Israel.
In 2014, 2015, 2017, Havivi was affiliated with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ).
As of June 2019, Havivi’s LinkedIn page said that she was the “National Organizer” at Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and the “National Operations Associate” for the New Israel Fund (NIF) from July 2013 - 2015.
As of the same date, Havivi’s LinkedIn page also said that she was a 2013 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) where she majored in Philosophy.
Repurposing Jewish Rituals
On April 20, 2016, Havivi was one of seventeen INN activists who were arrested for holding a “liberation seder”in the lobby [00:05:44] of the Manhattan building housing the offices of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).A Seder is a Jewish Passover ritual, that involves telling the story of the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt and their travels to the Promised Land.
The activists occupied the lobby, demanding that the ADL and American Jewish leaders publicly oppose Israeli “occupation.”
INN uploaded resources for public use to their website and claimed that approximately 500 people participated in their liberation seders across the country.
On April 9, 2015, Havivi participated with INN activists in an INN-organized: “Freedom for All: #IfNotNow Seder in the Streets.” INN activists “went to the central office of the Jewish Federations of North America” to “renew our commitment to wrestling with our community” over its alleged “support for Israeli military rule over the Palestinian people.”
On August 14, 2014, Havivi authored an article on jewschool.com where she stated that she helped plan an INN vigil held the Friday night before Tisha B’Av.
Tisha B’av is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar and is a day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples.
During the vigil, over 300 demonstrators said the Mourner’s Kaddish “to mourn the deaths of over 1500 Palestinians and Israelis killed” during OPE.
The Jewish ritual of the Mourner’s Kaddish is a prayer customarily reserved for close relatives or Jews murdered for being Jews.
On April 16, 2018, Havivi posted an INN article and fundraiser on Medium.com titled: “37 Young American Jews Arrested Nationwide Over Two Weeks” and described the arrests as putting “public pressure on the Jewish Establishment and our political leaders. ”
Havivi wrote: “It’s been a whirlwind watching the Palestinian death toll go up and up. It’s been a whirlwind watching our communal leaders justify or ignore the Israeli army’s unconscionable violence on protesters” and "Can you donate now to support our movement in this critical time?”
Suggested donations ranged from $5 to $250 “Or, donate another amount.”
That same day, INN held a demonstration in Washington, D.C. that protested the U.S. government’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
On April 29, 2018, Havivi posed for a photo during a training session with fellow INN leadership and the anti-Israel group BtS.
A comment on the photo in which Havivi appeared indicated that the INN leaders were headed to a “week of relationship building and action” at the CJNV.
On November 6, 2017, Havivi was featured in a group photo posted on Facebook of INN activists from an INN training weekend in Boston.
Havivi said that CJNV “uplifts…Palestinians, Israelis and Diaspora Jews committed to active shared resistance to the Occupation by mobilizing Diaspora Jews to join Palestinians and Israelis in nonviolence civil resistance to the Israeli Occupation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.”
CJNV’s website says that they aim to “end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza” and that they partner with anti-Israel groups including BtS and Youth Against Settlements (YAS).
INN claims to take no position on the BDS movement and that it is “open to any who seek to shift the American Jewish public away from the status quo that upholds the Occupation.” However, INN organizes with pro-BDS, anti-Israel organizations including American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).
INN uploaded resources for public use to their website and claimed that approximately 500 people participated in their liberation seders across the country.
On April 9, 2015, Havivi participated with INN activists in an INN-organized: “Freedom for All: #IfNotNow Seder in the Streets.” INN activists “went to the central office of the Jewish Federations of North America” to “renew our commitment to wrestling with our community” over its alleged “support for Israeli military rule over the Palestinian people.”
On August 14, 2014, Havivi authored an article on jewschool.com where she stated that she helped plan an INN vigil held the Friday night before Tisha B’Av.
Tisha B’av is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar and is a day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Temples.
During the vigil, over 300 demonstrators said the Mourner’s Kaddish “to mourn the deaths of over 1500 Palestinians and Israelis killed” during OPE.
The Jewish ritual of the Mourner’s Kaddish is a prayer customarily reserved for close relatives or Jews murdered for being Jews.
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
Promoting a Protest Against AIPAC
On March 22, 2017, Havivi posted on the Facebook event page for an INN-organized “ResistAIPAC Anti-Islamophobia Training.”
Havivi wrote: “Hi all - Jeremy Weyl and Rachel Mandelbaum are putting in lots of work to make this training awesome! I know that I'm really looking forward to it. I want to support them on recruitment to make sure that folks know this is happening and show up. Do 2-3 people have about 1 hour of time to lend to recruitment for this? I will be supporting those folks.”
Havivi wrote: “Hi all - Jeremy Weyl and Rachel Mandelbaum are putting in lots of work to make this training awesome! I know that I'm really looking forward to it. I want to support them on recruitment to make sure that folks know this is happening and show up. Do 2-3 people have about 1 hour of time to lend to recruitment for this? I will be supporting those folks.”
Havivi indicated on Facebook that she “went” to the March 27, 2017, INN-organized training event in Washington D.C., that was “developed and facilitated in coordination” with Taher Herzallah, the Associate Director of Outreach and Grassroots Organizing for AMP. The training event’s Facebook page promised to “continue the theme of the day with an action” that focused on the ways “AIPAC supports Islamophobia.”
The INN organizers wrote they were “excited to be joined by” Ramah Kudaimi, the Director of Programs and Operations for U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), a coalition of American-based anti-Israel organizations, which lobbies the U.S. Congress to adopt anti-Israel policies and to end support for Israel.
INN reported that the event was attended by “55 IfNotNow members from Washington D.C, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City.”
They also reported that the training session looked at “messages of Islamophobia” and “focused on the ways the Jewish institutions in which many of us grew-up teach and propagate these messages.”
INN then listened to Herzallah go into “greater detail about various Jewish institutions that perpetuate Islamophobia support the occupation.”
The training event was followed by a protest outside of AIPAC's Conference at the Mt. Vernon Convention Center that evening to focus “on the ways AIPAC supports Islamophobia.”
At the protest, INN organizer Jill Raney said that the training earlier that day taught [00:22:10] her how Islamophobia is closely tied to the “American support for the Occupation.”
During the protest, one leader claimed [00:30:18] that AIPAC is “Islamophobic” and “peddles Islamophobia.” Another INN speaker took the bullhorn to explain [00:09:04] that he came out to “make sure that we continue to resist the awful influence that AIPAC has on the Jewish community and our country as a whole.”
The INN organizers wrote they were “excited to be joined by” Ramah Kudaimi, the Director of Programs and Operations for U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), a coalition of American-based anti-Israel organizations, which lobbies the U.S. Congress to adopt anti-Israel policies and to end support for Israel.
INN reported that the event was attended by “55 IfNotNow members from Washington D.C, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City.”
They also reported that the training session looked at “messages of Islamophobia” and “focused on the ways the Jewish institutions in which many of us grew-up teach and propagate these messages.”
INN then listened to Herzallah go into “greater detail about various Jewish institutions that perpetuate Islamophobia support the occupation.”
The training event was followed by a protest outside of AIPAC's Conference at the Mt. Vernon Convention Center that evening to focus “on the ways AIPAC supports Islamophobia.”
At the protest, INN organizer Jill Raney said that the training earlier that day taught [00:22:10] her how Islamophobia is closely tied to the “American support for the Occupation.”
During the protest, one leader claimed [00:30:18] that AIPAC is “Islamophobic” and “peddles Islamophobia.” Another INN speaker took the bullhorn to explain [00:09:04] that he came out to “make sure that we continue to resist the awful influence that AIPAC has on the Jewish community and our country as a whole.”
Fundraising for INN
On November 26, 2018, Havivi launched an INN fundraiser to support INN’s growth in 2019.
On April 16, 2018, Havivi posted an INN article and fundraiser on Medium.com titled: “37 Young American Jews Arrested Nationwide Over Two Weeks” and described the arrests as putting “public pressure on the Jewish Establishment and our political leaders. ”
Havivi wrote: “It’s been a whirlwind watching the Palestinian death toll go up and up. It’s been a whirlwind watching our communal leaders justify or ignore the Israeli army’s unconscionable violence on protesters” and "Can you donate now to support our movement in this critical time?”
Suggested donations ranged from $5 to $250 “Or, donate another amount.”
INN Activity
On April 29, 2018, Havivi posed for a photo during a training session with fellow INN leadership and the anti-Israel group Breaking the Silence (BtS).In July 2016, Breaking the Silence (BTS) was discredited by Israel’s investigative Channel 10 TV show, HaMakor (The Source). HaMakor presented a report revealing that a substantial number of BTS testimonies are untrue or distorted.
A comment on the photo in which Havivi appeared indicated that the INN leaders were headed to a “week of relationship building and action” at the Center for Jewish Nonviolence (CJNV).
On May 14, 2018, Havivi updated her Facebook profile photo with INN’s hashtag: “#EmbassyOfFreedom. “
On May 14, 2018, Havivi updated her Facebook profile photo with INN’s hashtag: “#EmbassyOfFreedom. “
That same day, INN held a demonstration in Washington, D.C. that protested the U.S. government’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
On April 29, 2018, Havivi posed for a photo during a training session with fellow INN leadership and the anti-Israel group BtS.
A comment on the photo in which Havivi appeared indicated that the INN leaders were headed to a “week of relationship building and action” at the CJNV.
On November 6, 2017, Havivi was featured in a group photo posted on Facebook of INN activists from an INN training weekend in Boston.
Activist Trip to Israel
In February 2019, Havivi started a GoFundMe fundraising page to finance her participation in the delegation run by the CJNV to spend time in Israel “alongside Israeli, Palestinian and international activists fighting for justice.”Havivi said that CJNV “uplifts…Palestinians, Israelis and Diaspora Jews committed to active shared resistance to the Occupation by mobilizing Diaspora Jews to join Palestinians and Israelis in nonviolence civil resistance to the Israeli Occupation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.”
CJNV’s website says that they aim to “end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza” and that they partner with anti-Israel groups including BtS and Youth Against Settlements (YAS).
IfNotNow (INN)
IfNotNow (INN) is an anti-Israel organization founded in 2014, in response to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) against Hamas.
INN claims to be “young Jews angered by the overwhelmingly hawkish response of American Jewish institutions” to OPE. INN presents three demands on its website: “Stop the War on Gaza, End the Occupation, and Freedom and Dignity for All.”
INN defines “the Occupation as the military rule over Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza,” which is land Israel has controlled for nearly 50 years since the 1967 Six-Day War. However, INN leaders have made [00:34:32] the claim [00:13:49] at protests that the occupation is 70 years long, referring to Israel’s founding in 1948.
INN actions have aimed to demonize [00:38:13] Israel, harass [00:05:44] mainstream American Jewish organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and decrease support for Israel among American Jews.
INN has used “public action and imaginative ritual” to achieve its goals, including disruptions where activists were arrested.
One of the high-profile arrests occurred at a May 2018 disruption at a U.S. Senator’s office in Washington, D.C. to protest legislation against the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
At the same incident, INN used [00:07:17] the Jewish ritual of the Mourner’s Kaddish prayer to mourn [00:09:10] protesters who were killed during the Hamas-organized and funded Great March of Return riots on the Israel-Gaza border.
INN activists have also staged and promoted walk-offs from Birthright Israel trips, a heritage trip to Israel for young Jewish adults from across the world.
INN claims to be “young Jews angered by the overwhelmingly hawkish response of American Jewish institutions” to OPE. INN presents three demands on its website: “Stop the War on Gaza, End the Occupation, and Freedom and Dignity for All.”
INN defines “the Occupation as the military rule over Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza,” which is land Israel has controlled for nearly 50 years since the 1967 Six-Day War. However, INN leaders have made [00:34:32] the claim [00:13:49] at protests that the occupation is 70 years long, referring to Israel’s founding in 1948.
INN actions have aimed to demonize [00:38:13] Israel, harass [00:05:44] mainstream American Jewish organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and decrease support for Israel among American Jews.
INN has used “public action and imaginative ritual” to achieve its goals, including disruptions where activists were arrested.
One of the high-profile arrests occurred at a May 2018 disruption at a U.S. Senator’s office in Washington, D.C. to protest legislation against the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
At the same incident, INN used [00:07:17] the Jewish ritual of the Mourner’s Kaddish prayer to mourn [00:09:10] protesters who were killed during the Hamas-organized and funded Great March of Return riots on the Israel-Gaza border.
INN activists have also staged and promoted walk-offs from Birthright Israel trips, a heritage trip to Israel for young Jewish adults from across the world.
INN claims to take no position on the BDS movement and that it is “open to any who seek to shift the American Jewish public away from the status quo that upholds the Occupation.” However, INN organizes with pro-BDS, anti-Israel organizations including American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:www.facebook.com/506465966Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/bhavivi/
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