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Breaking News JCPA Sorry for Bigger ‘Tent’ Jibe at Presidents Conference Over J Street
Memo from the Jewish Council for Public Affairs to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: Sorry for suggesting that our tent is bigger than yours. The JCPA was apologizing for a fundraising letter that mocked the Conference of Presidents for rejecting J Street. “We deeply regret and sincerely apologize for the fundraising…
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News Jewish Fraternity With Right Wing Ties Helped Block J Street Bid
When American Jewry’s major umbrella group on Israel met recently to debate a membership application from the dovish lobby J Street, some of the strongest opposition to it came from an organization better known for throwing beer-fueled parties. Deliberations in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations are secret. But the hawkish Zionist…
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Breaking News J Street-Backed GOP Incumbent Walter Jones Survives N.C. Primary
An incumbent Republican North Carolina congressman backed by J Street defeated a primary challenger who had been backed by pro-Israel conservatives. Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) beat back a challenge by Taylor Griffin, a former George W. Bush administration official, in the primary Tuesday. J Street, a liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, backed Jones in…
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News ‘Broken’ Presidents Conference Faces Powerful Rebellion After J Street Debacle
American Jewry’s large centrist and liberal groups are seeking to radically reform the community’s main umbrella organization, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. This new effort is the biggest fallout yet from the Presidents Conference’s controversial decision to reject the membership bid of J Street, the dovish Israel lobby. In a May…
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News Fact-Checking the J Street Feud Over Rejection by Presidents Conference
(JTA) — The vote is over, but the debate rages on over the recent rejection of J Street’s application to join the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Depending on where you stand, the 22-17 vote rejecting the application was either about J Street’s own missteps or the conference’s failure to live up…
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Opinion Blackballing J Street: Who Voted How
One of the most interesting and curious aspects of the J Street membership vote in the Conference of Presidents is the fact that it was conducted by secret ballot. Thus an institution that presumes to be one of the most broadly representative bodies in the American Jewish community takes one of its most fraught and…
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Opinion The J Street Vote: Updates and Corrections
Here are some corrections and updates to my earlier post on who voted how in the Conference of Presidents vote on J Street’s application for membership. 1.) I’ve learned from several sources that Mercaz USA, the Conservative movement’s Zionist arm, in fact voted “No,” breaking with the denomination’s other wings. 2.) On the other hand,…
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Opinion Those Who Reject J Street Are Blind
The decision by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to reject JStreet’s application for membership was perverse. More than that, it was pathetic. There are some 5,000 students, on 60 campuses, who are involved with JStreet U, JStreet’s college organizing vehicle, this at a time when the Jewish community is appropriately agitated…
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