When J Street’s supporters gather in Washington later this month for the dovish Israel advocacy group’s first national conference, they will have no shortage of things to celebrate. In the year and a half since its launch, the self-proclaimed “political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement” has made itself a major player in the Jewish community — and, for many, its enfant terrible. While other dovish Jewish groups have attempted, over the years, to influence America’s Mideast policy debates, none has managed to generate anything comparable to J Street’s potent combination of grassroots enthusiasm, inside-the-Beltway political cachet and media buzz.Read More
White House green jobs adviser Van Jones resigned this weekend after an avalanche of revelations about — and conservative criticism of — his past rhetoric and associations. The stalwart of the San Francisco Bay Area’s left-wing activist scene achieved considerable mainstream cred after jumping on the green bandwagon and attempting to bridge the divide between two key liberal constituencies: environmentalists and racial minorities. He wrote a bestselling book, was profiled in The New Yorker, made the Time 100 (where the write-up on him was penned by Leonardo DiCaprio) and had Nancy Pelosi describing him as “one of the most innovative and strategic thinkers of our time” and California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman proclaiming herself a “huge fan.”Read More
Blogging about a new illustrated version of Genesis from graphic artist extraordinaire Robert Crumb, Sara Ivry of the online magazine Tablet displays some confusion about her own publication’s genesis.Read More
Birthright Israel continues its tear as the world’s leading purveyor of clever Jewish viral videos:Read More
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