Two nights ago, I awoke at 2:00 AM, threw on my dress, and met my Russian neighbors in the stairwell of my Tel Aviv hotel, waiting for the sirens to die down. The last place I expected to be in my “week without travel” was Tel Aviv. But when J Street decided to send a mission to Israel to express solidarity with all the people of the region suffering under the current violence, it felt important to make this very brief trip. Read More...

I'm on the ground in Israel, writing from Jerusalem, with a J Street delegation of lay leaders, students and staff, 16 in all. We will be meeting with political leaders, journalists and members of various peace and human rights organizations. We will be visiting with those injured by the recent round violence and paying condolences to bereaved families. Read More...

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J Street Chief of Staff Steve Krubiner is leading an emergency mission to Israel this week to lend support to the victims of the current crisis—the Israeli soldiers and citizens living under rocket fire, and for Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire. Read More...

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