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Life Dispatches From J Street: Where Are All the Israeli Officials?
A Tight Squeeze It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book. When planning an event, always make sure the room is just big enough or, even better, a little too small for the number of people you are expecting. That way, the room will always be full and you can avoid any embarrassing bald…
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Life J Street and the Israel Project: A War of Words
The Israel Project and J Street are now officially at war. The two groups have been trading barbs in Jewish media outlets in recent days over leaks from the Israel Project’s (TIP) “message guide” on what to say when talking about Israel. Columnist Doug Bloomfield reported in the New Jersey Jewish News about the manual…
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Life On the Eve of Bibi’s U.S. Visit, Jewish Groups Fight it Out
There are only a few days left until Benjamin Netanyahu descends on Washington, and preparations within the Jewish community are in high gear. That means, of course, that it’s time for some inter-organizational fighting. The first question is who will get to meet Bibi. The Israeli embassy is putting together a list of 40 communal…
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Life J Street’s Disappearing Gaza Statement (UPDATED)
UPDATE: As of a little bit after noon, the J Street statement in question is back online. UPDATE II: Isaac Luria of J Street e-mails that the “text was down due to a technical error. It’s back up, as you’ve noted. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.” J Street, the dovish new Israel lobbying…
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Life Why Did J Street Make a ‘Radical’ Revision to John Hagee’s Words? (UPDATED)
Note: J Street has responded with an apology and explanation. See the updates to this post below. It’s not hard to find examples of inflammatory rhetoric from Christians United for Israel founder John Hagee. All you have to do is listen to his sermons, read his books or, for the more lazy among us, do…
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