Well… I am not a member. But if I had a seat at the table of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, I would drop out. Seriously, is the Conference actually...
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What Sort of Jew is Obama?
A Traditional Jew, a safe Jew, a MAxwell House Haggadah Jew according to Jeffery Goldberg’s blog in The Atlantic. The post deserves reading just because it has one of the best titles of any...
Rabbi David Wolpe Decries Beinart’s Hubris and Demagoguery
Rabbi David Wolpe, one the most influential Rabbis in America, has had enough of Peter Beinart’s hubris. The catalyst was Beinart’s promotional email to members of JStreet hawking his...
J Street and the question of the pro-Israel tent
At the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, a panel called Thin Ice – Criticism vs. Loyalty in Israel-Diaspora Relations included reporter Shmuel Rosner as moderator. Participants were Jeremy Ben...
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...
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...
Obama gives Israelis something they can agree on
Today’s NYTimes carries an Op-Ed from Haaretz Editor Aluf Benn, “Why Won’t Obama Talk to Israel?” His article is clear and concise and asks who is the fool behind the Obama...