At J Street, Attempting to Redefine “Pro-Israel”
By Niv Elis
In its second-ever conference in Washington, DC this week, the self-described “Pro-Peace, Pro-Israel” lobby group J Street drew some 2,000 left-leaning Israel supporters.
By...
Jews Up For Grabs
By Symi Rom-Rymer
In advertising the November debate between Alan Dershowitz and Jeremy Ben-Ami, the 92nd St. Y framed it as a discussion over Israeli policy,...
Hannah Rosenthal Under Fire
By Symi Rom-Rymer
The mock outrage and cheap scoring of political points that has ensued in the wake of a Haaretz interview with Hannah Rosenthal, the...
Jeremy Ben Ami is the new Don Draper
By Sarah Breger
The interweb has been abuzz this past weekend over the publication of the NYT magazine profile of J Street.
Critics of the left-leaning Israel...
The Forward 50: 2008 Jews of the Year
By Jeremy Gillick
The Forward has published its annual list of America’s 50 most important Jews: the Forward 50.
Winners include Rahm Emanuel, Obama's newly appointed Chief...