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Nadav Tamir (Photo courtesy of Nadav Tamir)
November 21, 2024, 4:38 pm
‘American support is not a blank check’: An interview with J Street Israel’s Executive Director Nadav Tamir
"If we won’t end occupation, the occupation will end us.”
By Toby Tabachnick
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 20, 2024, 10:32 am
Progressive Jewish groups back Senate resolutions against arms sales to Israel
In a shift, J Street is supporting the “resolutions of disapproval” proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
By Luke Tress
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April 3, 2024, 10:39 am
J Street is committed to electing officials who are pro-Israel and pro-democracy
Israel maintains the right to respond to Hamas’ onslaught, but the price exacted on innocent Palestinian civilians is unconscionable .
By Mark Fichman
Rep. Jamaal Bowman arrives at the U.S. Capitol, June 22, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)
January 29, 2024, 3:56 pm
J Street drops Jamaal Bowman endorsement, saying his rhetoric ‘crossed a line’
Alliances on the Jewish left are shifting after Hamas' Oct. 7 invasion of Israel.
By Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES - 2018/04/15: Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street, speaking at the J Street National Conference. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
December 8, 2023, 9:03 am
J Street to stick by Bowman, other endorsees despite split on Gaza
The progressive advocacy organization called on the White House to consider pulling its support for Israel’s war against Hamas
By Gabby Deutch
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov/press)
August 21, 2023, 5:19 pm
AIPAC, J Street and Summer Lee wrangle over 2024 District 12 race
A local fundraiser “will show Congresswoman Lee that the J Street and Pittsburgh community has her back,” wrote the host of an Aug. 29 event.
By Toby Tabachnick
US Rep. Andy Levin speaks at a press conference introducing his 'Two-State Solution Act,' on Capitol Hill, September 23, 2021. He is flanked by, from left: Hadar Susskind, the president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now; Rep. Alan Lowenthal; Rep. Sara Jacobs; Rep. Peter Welch; and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami. (Ron Kampeas/JTA, via The Times of Israel)
January 5, 2023, 12:25 pm
J Street and what it really means to be pro-Israel
I would be glad to meet publicly with those who disagree and discuss civilly our views of US-Israel relations, Israel's future, and the organization I lead
By Jeremy Ben-Ami
J-Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami met with the Chronicle in 2017 (Chronicle photo)
January 4, 2023, 11:03 am
J Street is honest about what it is, we just have to listen
The group lobbied Congress for U.S. investigations into Israel’s military and called on Biden to publicly pressure Lapid during his first official visit to the U.S.
By Brian Strauss
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami at J Street’s 2022 national conference in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2022. (Courtesy of J Street)
December 7, 2022, 3:05 pm
J Street to AIPAC: ‘Pull back’ on political spending and we will too
President Jeremy Ben-Ami said the group will keep its focus on foreign policy, though it highlighted domestic issues in 2022
By Jacob Kornbluh
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2022. (Kevin LaMarque/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
December 5, 2022, 2:52 pm
Blinken: US will judge Israeli government on its policies, not its politicians
Blinken said the Biden administration would continue to unequivocally oppose any acts that undermine the prospects of a two-state solution, including settlement expansion.
By Ron Kampeas
J-Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami met with the Chronicle in 2017 (Chronicle photo)
November 6, 2022, 2:33 pm
Here’s why J Street isn’t focusing on Israel ahead of midterm elections
“J Street is not a two-state solution organization, that’s a mistaken premise,” Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street’s founding director, said in an interview
August 3, 2022, 11:23 am
Chronicle poll results: Israel advocacy groups
We asked our readers which Israel advocacy group best represents their views on the Jewish state. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Mahmoud Abbas addresses attendees of J Street conference in 2021. Jonathan S. Tobin feels the organization is dangerous for Israel and American Jewry. (Photo courtesy of J Street via Washington Jewish Week)
July 28, 2022, 10:44 am
J Street’s new low: Calling supporters of Israel racists
J Street has been investing considerable resources to backing candidates who are not supportive of Israel.
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Ronnie Cook Zuhlke. Photo courtesy of Ronnie Cook Zuhlke
May 2, 2022, 1:01 pm
Getting to know: Ronnie Cook Zuhlke
Squirrel Hill resident set to receive national award from Women of Reform Judaism
By Adam Reinherz
A view of Tufts University's Medford, Massachusetts campus. (Courtesy of Tufts University)
March 17, 2022, 12:58 pm
A Tufts student campaign urges boycott of pro-Israel groups — even J Street
The latest Students for Justice in Palestine campaign goes well beyond the conventional norms of boycotts.
By Penny Schwartz
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