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Friends,

Looking ahead to Passover, a celebration of freedom and liberation,
everyone at J Street is reflecting on the lessons the Jewish people have
learned from our own oppression. These teachings are more salient than
ever as we tackle the profound challenges we’re facing.

As Jews across the world gather around the seder table, we’re thinking of
the many who will be missed. Prime Minister Netanyahu has moved to
reignite the war in Gaza while 59 hostages are still suffering in
captivity and war-weary Gazan families are caught in the middle of
continued bombardments and deprived of humanitarian aid.

A majority of Israelis want to see an end to the war with the hostages
released. J Street continues to lift up their message in the United States
– urging lawmakers and communal leaders to push the decision makers to
restart the ceasefire and work toward an agreement that provides security
and freedom to both Israelis and Palestinians and removes the tyrannical
Hamas from power in Gaza.

Passover also serves as a warning about the dangers of authoritarianism.

Of particular concern to so many of us is President Trump and his
administration using our community’s genuine fears about the dramatic,
global rise of antisemitism as a pretext to push an authoritarian agenda –
policies that Jewish Americans overwhelmingly voted against and are filled
with abuses that stand in stark contrast to the values we hold dear.

The fight against those fuelling antisemitism must be taken seriously. We
cannot allow Trump and the MAGA movement to hijack it for their own
distorted aims.

Trump, Elon Musk and their allies are bullying universities, attacking
diversity, silencing dissent, deporting migrants without due process,
cracking down on free speech and trampling our rights. It’s
authoritarianism 101, and our community’s pain is being used to make it
happen.

It’s unacceptable, which is why we’re counting on you to help us keep up
the pressure.

J Street is committed to fighting back, bringing our voices to Capitol
Hill, synagogues and Jewish spaces, campuses, and the media. In order to
scale up these plans, we’re launching a major fundraising initiative – a
$50,000 Passover fundraising goal.

[ [link removed] ]Will you fund our work by helping us hit this crucial target?

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The success of this Passover campaign will help ramp up the pace of our
work for the rest of 2025, leveraging the strength of our movement and our
ability to form a meaningful resistance to Trump’s anti-democratic agenda,
including the exploitation of our real fears about antisemitism.

Unlike the far-right factions in both America and Israel, we are not
driven by mega donors – instead, we have thousands of motivated grassroots
supporters like you, which is why we truly rely on the response we get to
emails like this one to fund our work.

[ [link removed] ]A contribution of $18, $36 or $90 or any other amount
would go a long way toward helping us hit our target. I hope I can count
on you to send yours.

Thank you, sincerely, for being part of this!

Wishing you and your families a meaningful Passover,

Adee Telem
Chief Development Officer, J Street


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