Author Posts: Ben Winsor

Two-Way Street for Simchat Torah

There is something beautiful and comforting in the notion that we know the cycle that life will follow and that...

The Shelter and the Shield: Sukkot as Symbol of Safety and Peace

This year, may we find the way to build our sukkah of peace and to gather within it.

Former IDF Officer: We Must Stop Enabling Settler Violence

I’m a former IDF officer. My kids have served in the IDF. I’ve trained hundreds of young recruits. And I’m...

The Fight for Worker’s Rights Amid Israeli-Palestinian Escalations

“I don’t think you can understand the conflict today without understanding the economic injustices.”

J Street Position on 2/21 Anti-ICC Senate Letter

J Street does not endorse Palestinian approaches to the International Criminal Court (ICC) or the ICC Pre-Trial Court's decision on...

‘Humiliation and absurdity’: The Israeli women bearing witness to the Occupation

“The vision of Israel we are working toward is one free of the burden of oppressing a neighboring people that...

‘We want to be equal citizens’ : Meet the Bedouin Israelis fighting for their land and heritage

“We want to be an integral part of the State of Israel, while maintaining our special character and heritage as...

How Creeping Annexation is Strangling Hope for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Growing rates of arbitrary home demolitions and settlement expansion are inflicting intolerable hardships on Palestinians and pushing peace further out...

J Street Condemns Trump’s Destruction of the US Refugee Program

In a submission to the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, J Street voiced our community's strong...