“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” – St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century. By Lyon Roth Globes Magazine Today, most political roads seem to lead to Washington DC...
Tag - J Street
Jon Stewart in a Misguided Moment of J Street Envy?
How else to explain his recent interview with Anna Baltzer and Mustafa Barghouti? Clearly Stewart wanted in on the whole peace, love and understanding thing going on over at the J Street conference...
J Street Conference. New Avenue for Ideas or Dead End, Part 2
The J Street conference reminded me of two recent Torah readings. The first was Bereshit, in which the world is created (and then there was a helluva lot of work required afterwards). And the next is...
J Street: A New Avenue for Ideas or a Dead End? Day 1
Washington DC has a grid of numbers and lettered streets overlayed with diagonal avenues named for U.S. states. There are smaller streets in alphabetic order which ascend in sequence by their numbers...
J Street Students a Little Confused
The Jerusalem Post reported that the student section of the J Street U national conference voted to remove the words “pro-Israel” from their self-description while keeping the words...
Ha’Am Eem… J Street? Maybe not.
This evening in Washington DC, many Jewish leaders and their followers will gather for the two day NJDC Conference. The NJDC is a liaison between the organized Jewish community and the Democratic...
Uh… J Street looking for a National Field Director
I get inundated on a daily basis with all kinds of requests. People and organizations think I have nothing better to do with my time than to repost their press releases, promote their events or...
J-Steet: Bridging Divides, Helping Friends
Another Kumbaya Moment I could not help but gush at the recent news that showed how effectively J-Street, the peace loving, pro-Israel alternative to AIPAC, has managed to bridge gaps between Arabs...