Posts Tagged: j street
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...
Is President Trump Siding With J Street?
JNS.org - Has the Trump administration taken J Street’s side in the dispute over an illegal Arab settlement on the outskirts of Jerusalem? That disturbing question...
What Einstein Would Have Thought of J Street, JVP, and IfNotNow
The American Council for Judaism was started in 1942 as an anti-Zionist Jewish group that tried to split the American Jewish community. Its position (since somewhat...
Why J Street’s ‘Birthwrong’ Trip Might Actually Be a Good Idea
JNS.org - J Street thinks that Birthright Israel trips are too pro-Israel. So it has announced that it is launching some trips of its own. Perhaps...
US Jewish and Pro-Israel Groups Praise Trump’s Golan Sovereignty Recognition
Top American Jewish and pro-Israel groups have largely welcomed US President Donald Trump’s tweet on Thursday in which he called for American recognition of Israeli...
J Street’s New Trip to Israel Pushes a Political Agenda
After a year of protesting Jewish and pro-Israel institutions for their refusal to demand that Birthright Israel incorporate Palestinian voices during trips to Israel, J...
A Dangerous Future for J Street
JNS.org - At first glance, it’s a one-sided struggle. On the one hand, you have incoming House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland. On the...
The Truth About American Jews and Israel’s Borders
JNS.org - More than three-quarters of American Jews want Israel to be reduced to just miles wide -- narrower than Washington, DC or the Bronx. How can that...
