Posts Tagged: j street
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...
J Street Dealt Setbacks In Competitive Midterm Races
JNS.org - The political action committee of the left-wing Israel group J Street batted just under 43 percent on Tuesday night, as most of their endorsed...
US Jewish Political Groups, Both Democratic and Republican, Cheer Midterm Elections Results
Two American Jewish political groups on opposing sides of the spectrum have both spun the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections -- in which the Democrats...
An American Study-Abroad Program Discriminates Against Jews
JNS.org - There have been varied reactions to the merging of the US Consulate in Jerusalem with the US embassy, now located after 70 years in Jerusalem. J...
Hamas Wants to Use NGOs — and Liberal Jews — to Help Destroy Israel
Senior Hamas official Ahmad Yousef wants the terror organization to reach out to anti-Zionist Jews of the world -- and he has identified the Reform...
