J Street Conference 2009: Media Coverage

Check out some of the wall-to-wall media coverage from J Street’s first national conference, Driving Change, Securing Peace. Scroll down for Jewish and Israeli press and blog coverage of the conference.

You can check out video, photos, and other information from the conference at http://conference.jstreet.org.

• "Upstart Lobbying Group Stirs Up Jewish Community." Weekend Edition, NPR, November 1, 2009.
• "Moderate in America’s Jewish Lobby Causes a Stir," by Neil A. Lewis and Mark Landler. The New York Times, October 30, 2009.
• "Obama, J Street, and Middle East peace," by Bernd Debusmann. Reuters, October 30, 2009.
• "J Street puts a foot in the door." The Economist, October 29, 2009.
• "A New Generation Rises at J Street," by Britt Harwood. The Nation, October 29, 2009.
• "The J Street dinner," by Michael Tomasky. The Guardian, October 29, 2009.
• "A Too Late Solution?" by Matt Yglesias. The American Prospect, October 29, 2009.
• "J Street fills gap in Washington map," by Jonathan Marcus. BBC, October 28, 2009.
• "J Street as Jewish Political Cover for Obama and Democrats," by Dan Gilgoff. US News & World Report, October 28, 2009.
• "Driving up J Street," by Michelle Goldberg. The Guardian, October 28, 2009.
• "J Street Meet Draws Foreign Policy Heavyweights," by Eli Clifton. IPS, October 28, 2009.
• "Embassy Row: No Silent Majority," by James Morrison. The Washington Times, October 28, 2009.
• "J Street, Obama, and Israel," by Robert Dreyfuss. The Nation, October 28, 2009.
• "New Lobby Pushes Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Mission," by Michele Keleman. NPR, October 27, 2009.
• "New Jewish Lobby Takes Different Tack in DC," by Andrea Stone. AOL News, October 27, 2009.
• "US set to respond if Iran defiant: Obama aide," by Matt Spetalnick. Reuters, October 27, 2009.
• "The Early Word: The Opt Out," by Bernie Becker. The New York Times, October 27, 2009.
• "Does J Street arrival signal a split in America’s Israel lobby?" by Ilene Prusher. The Christian Science Monitor, October 27, 2009.
• "The New Israel Lobby," by Christopher Beam. Slate, October 27, 2009.
• "Jones Signals White House Support for J Street Cause," by Spencer Ackerman. The Washington Independent, October 27, 2009.
• "J Street First National Conference on a Two-State Solution." C-SPAN, October 26, 2009.
• "The Early Word: Presidential Rainmaker," by Bernie Becker. The New York Times, October 26, 2009.
• "Battle for American Jews," by Matt Yglesias. The Daily Beast, October 26, 2009.
• "Israel conference to open amid controversy," by Dan Eggen. The Washington Post, October 25, 2009.