Tag Archives: J-Street

Rick Jacob’s Speech to the Religious Action Center

Posted on 05/03/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

Both the video and the text of Rabbi Rick Jacobs speech to the Religious Action Center’s Consultation on Conscience are available by permission on the We Are For Israel Blog. Rick is the designated successor to Rabbi Eric Yoffie as … Continue reading →

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Ammiel Hirsch’s Response to Peter Beinart at the CCAR Convention

Posted on 04/03/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

At the CCAR Convention in New Orleans this past week, Peter Beinart and Ammiel Hirsch spoke about Israel advocacy. Ammiel Hirsch’s response to Beinart is simply one of the best responses to him and those who agree with his positions … Continue reading →

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Friday news briefs

Posted on 03/25/2011 by Meryl Yourish

That’s funny, I thought this was a war crime: Phosphorous shells only count when Israel uses them in Palestinian territories. When the Palestinians fire them into Israel, well, then they’re just desserts, or something. Israel helps Japan: Israel is sending … Continue reading →

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J Street’s Call to End Oslo

Posted on 11/30/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

This week J Street sent out a petition to its membership urging them to sign on to a letter urging the Obama Administration as follows: Mr. President — You have inspired me with your commitment to a two-state solution to … Continue reading →

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The immodest hopes of J-Street

Posted on 09/29/2010 by Soccerdad

Essential to maintaining the fiction that it is a mainstream Jewish organization, J-Street was careful to pretend that received support from many sources. We see this in a press release news story that appeared last year in the Washington Post. … Continue reading →

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J Street smears ECI: It’s all about lack of context

Posted on 09/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

J Street knows that the Emergency Committee for Israel is hitting nerves. Joe Sestak has now refudiated signing a letter to Obama urging the lifting of most of the Gaza blockade. So what is J Street doing? Lying by omission. … Continue reading →

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J Street’s All or Nothing Fabrication

Posted on 07/23/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

It looks like Alan Dershowitz read my article from a few days ago on J Street – Community of Hypocrisy when he wrote his excellent article in the J Post. J Street’s new ad is not winning it friends. Myself and … Continue reading →

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Changing Opinions

Posted on 07/21/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

As Meryl wrote yesterday morning, Abbas is refusing to hold direct talks without preconditions that amount to determining the end game of discussions about borders. This is in no small part due to the perception that both the Obama administration … Continue reading →

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J Street’s New Ad – The Community of Hypocrisy

Posted on 07/20/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

J Street’s new 30 second TV ad begins with “While chaos and violence in the Middle East grow….” The ad then actually pretends to condemn “fear mongering.” This is a profoundly hypocritical path. I say “pretends” because clearly the opening … Continue reading →

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The mendacity of J Street

Posted on 04/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The New York Times published five letters about Israel yesterday. Two were pro-Israel. Two were not. And one was from Jeremy Ben-Ami, the executive director of J Street, which purports to speak for “most” Jews. Watch as the language he … Continue reading →

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Poll dancing

Posted on 12/11/2009 by Soccerdad

Ben Smith repeats an egregious lie based on a single poll question. (via memeorandum) The survey, by Jim Gerstein, asked Israelis (both Jewish and Muslim) whether a series of terms describe President Obama well, and 39% of respondents said the … Continue reading →

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J-street cleaning

Posted on 11/01/2009 by Soccerdad

What happens when you try to present yourself as something you’re not, and then events conspire to show your true colors? Well you go to a sympathetic reporter and get him to present your side of the story. It’s very … Continue reading →

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Briefly

Posted on 10/28/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Hamas to Israel: Your refusal to release our murderers is causing us to keep Gilad Shalit hostage. You know, I pretty much don’t have to describe the article after that headline. Israel files complaint with UN; complaint goes into circular … Continue reading →

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Ignoring a decade

Posted on 10/28/2009 by Soccerdad

Matthew Yglesias (via memeorandum): I was debating with Jon Chait at a J Street panel this morning on the subject of “what does it mean to be pro-Israel?” As expected, we disagreed on a number of points, most of which … Continue reading →

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Wear the label proudly

Posted on 10/27/2009 by Soccerdad

David Bernstein offers some friendly advice to J-Street. I certainly agree with his advice. However, I disagree with one of his premises. Second, from approximately 1988 to Fall 2000, I held views on the Arab-Israeli conflict that would put me … Continue reading →

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The whiner that roared

Posted on 10/25/2009 by Soccerdad

You may not be aware, but the NJDC just had a conference. It was attended by many Democratic legislators, an advisor to the President and even, yes, Ambassador Michael Oren. But if you didn’t know about it, you won’t read … Continue reading →

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An invitation to decline

Posted on 10/14/2009 by Soccerdad

J-Street in an effort to increase its relevance, has been lining up well known speakers for its upcoming convention. Such efforts to delegitimize the organization appear to have failed, with 160 congressional lawmakers endorsing its conference. The slate of scheduled … Continue reading →

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J-Street: The lobby that isn’t

Posted on 09/14/2009 by Meryl Yourish

One of the things that struck me in the New York Times’ hagiography of J-Street is this quote: The average age of the dozen or so staff members is about 30. Ben-Ami speaks for, and to, this post-Holocaust generation. “They’re … Continue reading →

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When your enemy’s a lightbulb

Posted on 09/09/2009 by Soccerdad

Q. How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? A. Only one, but the light bulb really has to want to change. In defense of their stance on Hamas, J-Street writes (h/t Jennifer Rubin): We also recognize, … Continue reading →

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The president’s ear

Posted on 07/15/2009 by Soccerdad

Jeremy Ben Ami of J-Street who was at the meeting between Jewish leaders and President Obama, thought that the President was amazing. In an extremely soft interview Ben Ami recounts: One is Malcolm Hoenlein’s, and he’s said this publicly, that … Continue reading →

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