Comments on: J Street’s Bumpy Philadelphia Road

By: B.BarNavi

B.BarNavi — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:07:52 +0000

The “Money trail” argument did not work then and still does not work now.

By: Aliza Becker

Aliza Becker — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:27:18 +0000

Dave,

J Street Launches are happening in 21 cities where Brit Tzedek v’Shalom previously had chapters. Chapters operated in cities in which volunteers stepped forward to organize them. The two organizations integrated in January and this is the first event bringing together the constituencies under the mantle of the new J Street Field Program. J Street will soon be hiring 4 additional professional organizers and most certainly expanding into key geographical areas.

By: Rabbi Brant Rosen

Rabbi Brant Rosen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:29:25 +0000

Yisrael,

Delighted to be your latest Evanston pen pal!

For the record, J Street was founded well before Obama became President. It was created with the primary purpose of building American political support for a negotiated two-state solution – which was also the policy of the Bush administration, by the way.

As a matter of fact, even Bibi Netanyahu is now on record as supporting the two-state solution. So what is it exactly that makes J St. an “anti-Israel” organization?

By: Yisrael Medad

Yisrael Medad — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:46:16 +0000

[Amazing, I once had a pen pal in Evanston when I was in 5th grade at PS 135 in Queens NY which would be about 1958]

Anyway, back to J Street. Is it truly “pro-Israel” or actually pro-Obama is the question. Shall we try to reconstruct what we know about J St. by, in the liberal tradition, upon ourselves to plurality in debate by trying this:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/showdown-on-j-street/ as well as this: http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=11863

and my contributions:
http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2009/08/follow-j-street-money-trail.html
http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2009/08/j-streets-jeremy-ben-ami-threatens.html

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:05:54 +0000

Very strange. According to local.jstreet.org NYC gets as many locals as Eugene OR, Maine gets 2 chapters-the same number as New Jersey, which is still twice as many as all of Florida gets.

Fortunately Detroit get a local for all the Jews who are still there.

Doesn’t anyone at JStreet know where Jews actually live?

By: Shirley Gould

Shirley Gould — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:51:24 +0000

I believe one of the weekly Jewish papers had an attack on J Street last week. I didn’t save it, but wish I had. Totally inappropriate, but probably influential.

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Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:45:43 +0000

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By: Trayf

Trayf — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:49:38 +0000

I am attending the JStreet Philadelphia launch. I think it is interesting, that the worst “anti-Israel” charges the opponents put in their op ed is supporting Goldstone. I actually think JStreet should do much more to support Goldstone, they are being pilloried for supporting it anyway, might as well take the moral position!

By: Bo Fauth

Bo Fauth — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:34:53 +0000

This kind of attack is actually encouraging, because it shows that J Street is growing at a pace that frightens AIPAC and its mainstream supporters. A movement like J Street is only worth attacking when it starts to persuade a significant number of people and erode their once knee-jerk support.

By: Cotton Fite

Cotton Fite — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:51:35 +0000

My hope is that reasonable people will begin to see these charges against J Street as so ludicrous that they will cease to pay them any attention. And, who knows, maybe it will lead some to give J Street’s position more of a hearing.