Dear Friends,
This afternoon, Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of Sagui Dekel-Chen – one of the American hostages who was recently released – will join me and J Street Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg to discuss his tireless advocacy to bring his son home and his ongoing efforts to support other hostage families whose loved ones are still held captive.
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We’ll also discuss Jonathan’s home of over three decades, Kibbutz Nir Oz, where Sagui was taken captive by Hamas on October 7. Nir Oz made headlines again recently after Prime Minister Netanyahu paid his first visit to the devastated community.
To catch more conversations like these, I invite you to subscribe to my Substack page, Word on the Street, where I write thought pieces that come to your inbox every Sunday morning and host engaging discussions alongside Ilan featuring rotating guests at 4pm Eastern every Wednesday.
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Most recently, we hosted NYC Comptroller Brad Lander to discuss his run in the NYC Mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani’s win and the central role the debate around Israel played in the local election. For a hint of what you can expect, you can watch that discussion here.
We hope you can join us this afternoon with Jonathan. As always, a recording will be available following our discussion across platforms – Substack, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Hope to see you there,
Jeremy Ben-Ami
J Street President
