Posts Tagged: j street
J Street’s Selective Memory on Palestinian Antisemitism
Dylan Williams of J Street, in a recent op-ed, called on the Biden administration to “rebuild the U.S. relationship with moderate Palestinian leaders.” Since presumably J...
The Battle Over Jewish Students and the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
On January 12, 2021, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations published a letter to President-elect Joe Biden, imploring his incoming administration to...
Liberal Israel Supporters Exasperated Over AOC Dumping of Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Event
Liberal Jews and Israel-supporters expressed exasperation and anger over the weekend after far-left Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced she would not attend a memorial event marking...
Biden Warns Netanyahu Against Annexation, Denounces Antisemitism on the Left
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Joe Biden, is warning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against moving to annex the West Bank, but says...
J Street’s Twisted Passover Haggadah
Like others who faced the challenge of holding a seder this year, my family resorted to Zoom to bring together my parents in Boca Raton,...
New York Times Bares Its Bias in Peace Plan Coverage
President Trump’s new peace plan and meetings this week with Israeli politicians are turning into a fresh opportunity for The New York Times to display...
Democrats for Palestine?
While teaching seminars on the history of Israel, I was occasionally asked about a president’s evident discomfort with the Jewish state. Jimmy Carter was a...
Democratic Presidential Candidates and US Military Aid to Israel
Three of the four leading Democratic presidential candidates recently said they would consider cuts in US military aid to Israel as a means to pressure...
New York Times Blames Trump for Democrats’ Threats to Israel Aid
Democrats are talking about threatening to cut aid to Israel, and the New York Times manages to find a way to blame not the Democrats,...
What J Street Has Become
JNS.org - When it was founded some 10 years ago, J Street claimed to be a “pro-Israel and pro-peace” organization. That was taken to mean...
Prominent US Reform Rabbi Warns of Growing Anti-Israel Sentiments in Democratic Party
A prominent US Reform rabbi warned on Wednesday of growing anti-Israel sentiments in the Democratic Party. The senior rabbi at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in...
J Street’s Alternative Universe Tour
Birthright Israel has been criticized by some people, including Jews, for failing to take participants to the West Bank and not spending more time on...
J Streeters Duped on Alternative Tour of Israel
JNS.org - Non-profit advocacy group J Street has recently been campaigning against Birthright Israel, an educational program that sponsors free 10-day heritage trips to Israel...
Birthright or Birth-Wrong?
As the father of a daughter who learned a lot about Israel from her Birthright trip a decade ago, I was intrigued by David Halbfinger’s...
