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This Week: Lawmakers Mobilize Against Trump’s Political Arrests ✍️ |
Jewish Leaders: Stand Up to Trump’s Authoritarian Attacks on Students ✊ |
Nick Kristof on Covering Today’s Atrocities 🎙️ | At a Time of Crisis, a
Movement Rises 🕊️ | Reject Anti-Palestinian Terrorism, Reject Ben-Gvir 🛑 |
This Week’s Must Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much
more.

✍️ Lawmakers Mobilize Against Trump’s Political Arrests: After Mohsen
Mahdawi’s arrest, our movement called on Congress to act. On Wednesday, a
total of 68 Members of the House Democratic Caucus – led by J Street
champion Rep. Becca Balint – signed a letter condemning Trump’s
anti-democratic, anti-Palestinian student crackdown and demanded answers
following the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi. [ [link removed] ]Read the letter and find out if
your representative signed here >>

* More is Needed: Call your representative to thank them for taking a
stand – or to make clear that you expect them to do more about these
continued political arrests and deportations. [ [link removed] ]Confirm your call
here to help us track our advocacy impact >>

✊ Jewish Leaders: Stand Up to Trump’s Authoritarian Attacks on Students. A
lot of issues divide Jewish America – whether it’s our opinion of what
Israel’s government is doing, what constitutes antisemitism or who speaks
for our community. But as Trump tears apart the foundational pillars of
democracy, free speech and lawful immigration that have made this country
a safe and welcoming home for our community – this moment demands a
unified call.

* Political Arrests of Pro-Palestinian Students: "These dystopian
arrests are corrosive to all that has made this country a secure home
for Jewish Americans for generations – from the opportunities of
higher education to the embrace of immigration to the core protections
guaranteed by our Constitution." [ [link removed] ]Read our full statement >>

* Our Generation’s Time to Answer the Call: “The overwhelming majority
of Jewish America needs to stand up and make clear that this is not
how the fight against antisemitism, against hate and against bigotry
should be conducted,” J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami wrote. [ [link removed] ]Read
the full blog post >>

* J Street Pushes Back: We were proud to join more than two dozen
American Jewish organizations in [ [link removed] ]filing an [ [link removed] ]amicus brief in
federal court expressing concern over the arrest, detention and
potential deportation of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk.

🚨 Sign and share our petition. [ [link removed] ]Tell Trump he doesn’t speak for us >>

🕊️ At a Time of Crisis, a Movement Rises: 60 Israeli civil society and
peace organizations – Jewish and Palestinian – have come together in an
unprecedented coalition to demand a different future and to transform the
Israeli peace camp into a cohesive and powerful force for change.

* The People’s Peace Summit: On May 8-9, this coalition will host The
People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem: A historic gathering of Israelis
and Palestinians determined to end the war, bring everyone home and
resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a political agreement
grounded in freedom, security, equality and justice for both peoples.

* [ [link removed] ]Learn more about the coalition and the Summit >>

* [ [link removed] ]Join or host a global solidarity action in your area >>

🎙️ Nick Kristof on Covering Today’s Atrocities: Pulitzer Prize-winning
journalist Nick Kristof recently returned from Israel and the West Bank,
and joined Jeremy to discuss the brutal impact of war on civilians, the
failures of Israeli, Palestinian and American leaders, and the moral
depravity of allowing this situation to continue.

* “People have really kind of tuned out of Gaza,” Kristof said. “I think
that Prime Minister Netanyahu thinks that he has a much freer rein to
get away with things there, and I think as a result, he’s showing a
lot less restraint.” [ [link removed] ]Watch, listen and share a recording of the
conversation >>

🛑 Reject Anti-Palestinian Terrorism, Reject Ben-Gvir: Israeli Minister for
National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir led a US-designated terrorist
organization – the Jewish Defense League – has a whopping 13 convictions
in Israel – mostly for hate crimes and terror-related activities – brags
about sabotaging Gaza ceasefire agreements, and now, for the first time,
is being welcomed into the US with open arms by Trump.

* Minister Ben-Gvir and his Jewish Supremacy are Not Welcome Here: J
Street, UnXeptable and other major Jewish organizations are joining
together to say Ben-Gvir is not welcome here. [ [link removed] ]Add your name if you
agree >>

* 🗽 J Street New York: Join the rally against Ben-Gvir’s visit on April
24 in the Upper East Side. J Street will have signs and merch
available. [ [link removed] ]Learn more and RSVP >>

📖 This Week’s Must-Reads:

* Princeton: A Tale of a Prime Minister, Protesters, Pagers and
Presidents: In his latest Word on the Street, Substack Jeremy
discusses the response to protests at Princeton University. [ [link removed] ]Read
here >>

* Even Trump Understood: Netanyahu is Not Israel: “The polls show that
an overwhelming majority of Israeli citizens understand how harmful
Netanyahu is to them and their country. The time has now come for
supporters of Israel around the world to stand with the citizens and
no longer with a corrupt leader who has turned the country into a tool
for his personal interests.” [ [link removed] ]Read here >>

* My ‘Mixed Multitude’ Passover Seder Was a Ringing, Singing Celebration
of Diversity: “The poem by Primo Levi that begins my haggadah echoes
the line in Exodus that tells us the Israelites fleeing Egypt were
joined by an ‘erev rav’ – a mixed multitude. [...] During these days
when we are experiencing a strange and sinister attack against
diversity, the mixed-multitude gathered around my seder table felt all
the more significant and celebratory.” [ [link removed] ]Read here >>

🗳️ Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List:

[16][ ]  [ [link removed] ]Find Pro-Israel, Pro-Democracy, Pro-Peace candidates at
JStreetPAC.org >>

[18][ ] [ [link removed] ]Vote for the Hatikvah Slate for the World Zionist Congress >>

[20][ ]  Pro-Democracy Actions Near You: Find a local action where you can
make a concrete difference in your community and around the country.
[ [link removed] ]Sign up for in-person and virtual volunteer opportunities here >>

[22][ ] Mark Your Calendar for [ [link removed] ]the People’s Peace Summit, May 8-9, and
[ [link removed] ]sign up to join or host a global solidarity action in your area >>

[25][ ] [ [link removed] ]Tell Ben-Gvir that he and his extreme agenda are not welcome
here >>

[27][ ] [ [link removed] ]Sign up for J Street’s 2026 National Convention >>

[29][ ] Share these actions with a friend!

✅ A massive thanks to everyone who signed our anti-deportation petition
and called their members yesterday. For a 48-hour turnaround, 68 House
Members signing on is a very strong response.

[ [link removed] ]Check out and share the regularly updated Democracy To-Do List on our
website >>

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