This is the Forward’s coverage of J Street, a lobby group that advocates for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Fast Forward J Street And Liberals Line Up For (Hopeless) Battle Against David Friedman
Jewish activists are lining up their troops for the battle over confirming David Friedman as America’s next ambassador to Israel. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on Friedman Thursday and even though he is likely to win the confirmation, liberal groups are launching a full court press to try and block the…
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Community Seriously, Jews: It’s Time To Stop Calling One Another Kapos.
Several years ago, an Israel activist in my community referred to JStreet supporters as kapos. He also posted articles using the analogy on his Facebook page, and forwarded them to his various email lists. He was already known in town for his insulting, flamboyant language, his Rush Limbaugh/Sean Hannity-style contempt for left wingers or anyone…
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Opinion Smearing Fellow Jews as ‘Kapos’ Disqualifies David Friedman from Representing America
President Donald Trump’s nomination of lawyer David Friedman to be the next US ambassador to Israel has provoked alarm and outrage in some quarters, especially among many American Jews. Objections to Friedman have been raised on several grounds. Critics cite the fact that he opposes a two-state solution and supports Jewish settlements in the West…
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News 5 Startling Shifts in Pro-Israel Politics After Vote by Congress
A pro-Israel resolution that condemned the United Nations resolution on Israel passed in the House of Representatives by an overwhelming 342-to-80 majority Thursday night. But the one-sided vote may be deceiving. Several trends have emerged within both parties that may indicate it may not be business as usual when it comes to America’s relationship with…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Split on Kerry’s Israel Speech
(JTA) — Jewish organizations split along ideological lines in their reactions to Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech criticizing Israeli settlement growth and laying out principles to achieve a two-state solution. Centrist groups were measured in their reactions, criticizing the American decision to abstain last week on a U.N. vote rebuking the settlements while praising Kerry’s commitment…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Blasts Kerry’s Speech — J Street Praises It
Pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC blasted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech Wednesday as “a failed attempt to defend the indefensible,” even as dovish J Street applauded his words. “The Israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right wing in Israeli history, with an agenda driven by…
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Community Oberlin Is The Most Jewish Place I’ve Ever Lived
When choosing the right graduate school, I wanted to make sure that I found a school that had good academics and a good sense of community. As an upperclassman at a conservatory of music within a small liberal arts college, it was only natural that I’d look at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, perhaps the…
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Culture Why David Friedman Is So Wrong To Call J Street Liberals ‘Kapos’
Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, has called Jews with left-leaning political views “far worse than kapos.” It’s a highly-charged word, to say the least, and discussion of Friedman’s word choice — kapoim in Hebrew — is blaring from the radio on Israeli buses. I heard a radio host explain Friedman’s use…
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