Welcome to 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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Israel News J Street Accepted in Some, Not All, Cities
In November, J Street found itself rejected again. The recent decision by the Jewish Student Union at the University of California, Berkeley was but the latest in a handful of incidents in which the self-described pro-Israel, pro-peace organization has been frozen out of local Jewish institutions in such places as Tennessee and Boston. Depending on…
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News Reporters’ Roundtable: Jack Abramoff’s Redemption; J Street Blues; Best of 2011
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward fellows Ezra Glinter and Naomi Zeveloff to discuss our list of the best in Jewish arts and culture in 2011. Then Naomi explains a bizarre discussion between the celebrity-minded orthodox lawyer Shmuley Boteach and shamed lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is trying to rehabilitate his…
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Opinion J Street U Bounced by Berkeley Group
Students at the University of California, Berkeley, have stood at the forefront of progressive movements throughout history, from free speech, to civil rights, to the recent protests against tuition fee hikes. Student activists at our school, many of them Jewish, have displayed great political courage, following in the footsteps of other Jewish leaders who have…
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Opinion J Street Staffer Circulates Slam of ECI
Liberal Jews have taken turns over the past few weeks whacking at the Emergency Committee for Israel’s advertisement alleging anti-Semitism at the Occupy Wall Street protests. Eliot Spitzer called the ad “despicable” on Slate; Richard Cohen called it “reprehensible” in his Washington Post column; and J Street said it “slandered” Occupy Wall Street. A new…
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Opinion Opposing Statehood Bid, Supporting a New Path to Peace
At college campuses across the country this fall, students are lining up on one side or the other of the most current fault line in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: To support the Palestinian statehood bid, or not? Lines have been drawn, talking points distributed. The narratives of each side are familiar, as each makes the case…
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Opinion J Street Opposes Palestinian Statehood Bid
As we get closer to September 20 and the opening of the UN’s General Assembly, all the various voices of the American Jewish universe are beginning to state their opinion about whether the Palestinian push for UN recognition is a wise or foolish step. We’ve actually got an editorial, stating our own position, which will…
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Opinion New Poll: Israel Is Not the Deciding Factor
It is polling season in the Jewish world and after Gallup’s poll and the controversial Dick Morris and the just as controversial McLaughlin and Caddell surveys it is now J Street’s turn to weigh in. The group released yesterday its own national survey of American Jews which reinforces the main findings of the Gallup poll…
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News Taking It to the Hill
It is a tradition of Washington advocacy conferences: After hearing from experts, debating with activists and getting pumped up — it’s time for participants to take their message to Capitol Hill. This morning, J Street conference participants mounted the buses and left for more than 200 advocacy meetings in congressional offices. Some will get to…
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