J Street Blog
Rabbi John Rosove To Become J Street Rabbinic Cabinet National Co-Chair
September 25th, 2012
J Street announced today that Rabbi John Rosove, Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel in Los Angeles, will become the new national co-chair of the J Street Rabbinic Cabinet. Read More...
J Street Condemns President Ahmadinejad's Anti-Israel Remarks
September 24th, 2012
J Street condemns the recent incendiary remarks at the United Nations by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Read More...
J Street Response to Morally Repugnant Advertisement Campaign
September 24th, 2012
J Street was founded on the idea that there are many ways to be pro-Israel, but Pamela Geller's conflation of the hatred of Muslims with support for the Jewish homeland certainly isn't one of them. Her latest billboard and bus-side screed is morally repugnant and a distortion of Jewish values and Jewish aspirations for the State of Israel. Read More...
J Street Statement on Today's Attack on the Israel-Egypt Border
September 21st, 2012
J Street was heartbroken to learn of the death of an Israeli solder this morning, killed in a shootout with terrorists attempting to infiltrate the Israel-Egypt border. We strongly condemn this deadly attack, and hope that a day will come when Israel is no longer threatened by terror. We offer our condolences to the soldier’s loved ones and wish a full and speedy recovery to those wounded in this attack. Read More...
J Street Statement on Misleading Ad Airing in Florida
September 20th, 2012
The new advertisement released yesterday by the group “Secure America Now” distorts facts regarding Iran and provides precisely the wrong prescription for American policy. Read More...
J Street Statement on Mitt Romney's Comments Regarding Middle East Peace
September 19th, 2012
J Street is deeply dismayed by Governor Mitt Romney's comments regarding Middle East peace on the recently-released videotape from a south Florida fundraiser. Read More...
The Iran Project report
September 14th, 2012
On September 13, a new paper on “Weighing the Benefits and Costs of Military Action Against Iran,” signed by over thirty senior security experts from the ranks of the military, diplomatic service and elected office, was released by The Iran Project. The paper provides a fact-based analysis of the inputs likely to be involved in an American military strike against Iran and its nuclear program, and the results such a campaign might achieve. Read More...
J Street Condemns Escalating Violence of Anti-American Protests
September 13th, 2012
J Street condemns the escalating violence of anti-American protests in Egypt, Yemen and Libya. Read More...
