Allie Berg, J Street · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM

[Join Us] “Hometown Hero” Event with Rep. Jennifer McClellan

  Hello Friends, As violence resurges in Gaza and the Trump Administration continues down its dangerous authoritarian path, the need for principled, pro-democracy leadership in Congress has never been more urgent. We need leaders who will defend our values both abroad and here at home. …

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: Tell Your Senators, Vote No on Huckabee ✍️ | The Greatest Threat to Jewish Safety is Fascism 🚨| Introducing Our Policy Center Team ⭐| J Street’s Haggadah Supplement 🕊️ | Our Democracy To-Do List 🗳️| And much more. This Week: Tell Your Senators, Vote No on Huckabee ✍️ | The G…

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  Erin Beiner, J Street U · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM

Trump is exploiting antisemitism to push his agenda

    Friends, Far from lowering the temperature on campus tensions and supporting students from all backgrounds, the Trump Administration is making a challenging situation worse – which is what J Street U is hearing from our students across the country. At J Street, we’re appalled by the…

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  Avraham Spraragen, J Street Policy Center · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM

[Briefing] An Alternate Path for Israeli Policy

  Friends, This year, J Street’s friends at the Forum for Regional Thinking and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute released a landmark report answering a question we’ve heard a lot recently: What else is Israel to do? Titled “The Present Day: Peacemaking Alternatives for Israeli Policy,” …

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

March 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Tell the Senate vote NO on Huckabee

  Hi There – it’s Hannah, J Street’s Director of Government Affairs. Today, the Senate considered President Trump’s nominee for US Ambassador to Israel: Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee. When asked if he supported West Bank annexation, he said, "Yes sir." When given the opportu…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

March 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: Netanyahu Reignites the Gaza War 🔥| Trump Targets the Department of Education 📚| J Street on the Hill 🏛️| The Future We’re Fighting For ✊ | Defining “Pro-Israel” in 2025 🇮🇱 | Our Democracy To-Do List 🗳️| And much more. Our Weekly Recap: Netanyahu Reignites the Gaza War 🔥| T…

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

March 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM

Today: The Cost of Reigniting the Gaza War

 🔵 Briefing: 11am Eastern / 8am Pacific | Dear Friends, We’ll be joined shortly for an urgent, interactive briefing by seasoned Middle East policy experts Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin and Ilan Goldenberg. I wanted to be sure you had a chance to register. Click here to join us today at 11am Ea…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

March 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM

Briefing: The Cost of Reigniting the Gaza War

 🔵 Tomorrow, we’re joined by experts Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin and Ilan Goldenberg to dive into how – and whether – there’s a way to get the ceasefire back on track. Friends, Netanyahu’s decision this week to reignite the anguish of the Gaza war is a dark, painful milestone. Tomorrow, we’re…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

March 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM

J Street Responds to Netanyahu’s Decision to Resume Airstrikes in Gaza

  Friends, This is a dark and painful moment we hoped would never come. We strongly oppose the decision by Netanyahu to reignite this horrific war. This decision flies in the face of pleas from freed Israeli hostages, families of those still held in Gaza and top Israeli security experts…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

March 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM

My speech tomorrow…

  Friend, Today, J Street leaders from across the country are gathering in Washington DC. I’ll be sharing some thoughts with them on this moment and our movement’s role, and I wanted to share those thoughts with you here too. We’re coming together at perhaps the most trying moment of ou…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

March 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: Trump attacks higher education 📚 | Our roadmap for Gaza 🧭 | Stand for your values, vote Hatikvah ✡️ | Jews say no to Project Esther 🛑 | Mark your calendar for Conference 📅 | And much more. Our Weekly Recap: Trump attacks higher education 📚 | Our roadmap for Gaza 🧭 | Stand fo…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

March 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM

Trump’s Assault on Education

  Friends, The storm clouds gathering over American democracy grow darker and more ominous by the day. Core freedoms, rights and institutions that have given Jewish Americans – and so many others – opportunity and security are under threat. Right before our eyes, Donald Trump and his Ad…

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  Sam Berkman, Hatikvah Slate · [email protected]

March 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM

⏰ It's time to vote!

J Street Friends, If your last couple of months have been anything like mine, then you’ve felt a mix of outrage, fear, sadness and even helplessness. The universe seems flipped upside down with Trump and Netanyahu dragging us in the wrong direction. If you’re like me, you’ve ques…

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  Erin Beiner, J Street U · [email protected]

March 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM

In light of what’s happening at Columbia...

 Hear directly from a Jewish college student as Trump ramps up his attacks on higher education. Hi There – it’s Erin, the director of J Street U. I was so proud of our student leader Meirav for speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week as they held a hearing on antisemit…

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  Meirav Solomon, J Street U · [email protected]

March 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM

Here’s what I told the Senate about antisemitism on campus 🗣️

  Friends, My name is Meirav. I’m a student at Tufts University and a J Street U student leader. Last week, I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee as they held a hearing on antisemitism in America. As the only Jewish college student to participate, I was disheartened by the s…

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

March 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, It's been another breakneck week. Netanyahu’s decision to withhold aid to Gaza, rather than advancing the negotiations for the second phase of the hostage and ceasefire deal, is a violation of international law that endangers the hostages and threatens to plunge Israelis and …

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  Emily Reeves Keller, J Street · [email protected]

March 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM

An invitation for You from J Street!

J Street Dear Friends, A lot has changed since our last National Conference – The horrific events of October 7th and the violence and destruction that followed for Israelis and Gazans alike. The re-election of Donald Trump and the escalating ultra right-wing extremist ideologies …

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

March 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM

Trump’s Dark, Divisive Speech

  Friends, Last night, Donald Trump set out a dark and divisive vision for the future of our country. Between the scapegoating of migrants and trans people, the disingenuous embrace of “law and order,” boasting of DOGE’s dismantling of the federal government, and the absurdity of seekin…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

March 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM

Now what?

  To help us unpack the latest developments of the ceasefire and hostage deal, J Street’s Policy Center is hosting a briefing tomorrow, March 4 at 2pm Eastern featuring renowned Israeli journalist and military analyst Amos Harel and J Street Policy Fellow Yael Patir. Register Here Fr…

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  J Street · [email protected]

March 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM

J Street Responds to the Expiration of Phase 1 of the Ceasefire

  J Street Responds to the Expiration of Phase 1 of the Ceasefire March 2, 2025 Washington DC – As the Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas entered its 42nd day – the intended timeframe for beginning Phase II of the agreement – J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami released the…

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, Phase I of the ceasefire is set to expire this Saturday, but getting to Phase II is far from certain. Prime Minister Netanyahu is attempting to extend Phase I while insisting on keeping Israeli troops in the Philadelphi Corridor, violating the ceasefire and jeopardizing futur…

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  Cooper Boyar, J Street · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM

Highlights From Our Trip to Israel and the West Bank

  Hi Friends, I wanted to reach out following my return from our Congressional delegation to Israel and the West Bank last week. Our educational travel program to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory -- named the Len Hill Education Program in honor and memory of its longtime ad…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

February 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM

[Briefing] The State of Gaza Ceasefire Negotiations and Escalation in the Region

  Friends, It’s hard to overstate how fragile a moment this is. Phase I of the ceasefire and hostage release deal is set to expire on Saturday. Israelis and Palestinians are holding their breath as the parties were supposed to begin Phase II negotiations weeks ago. The latest reports in…

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

February 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, It’s been a painful week. A grotesque ceremony from Hamas releasing the bodies of two infant Israeli hostages – Kfir and Ariel Bibas – as well as the body of 84-year-old Israeli peace advocate Oded Lifshitz. Adding to our horror was the misidentification of Shiri Bibas’s body…

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

February 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM

[Today] USAID Briefing

 🔵 Hear the on-the-ground perspective of Trump’s and Musk’s efforts to shut down USAID. Friends, Warehouses overflowing with spoiling food and medicine. HIV treatment programs shut down worldwide. Anti-extremism programs halted. Trump’s and Musk’s decision to put a hold on America’s aid…

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

February 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM

USAID Briefing: Trump & Musk Sow Chaos Worldwide

 🔵 Join a former USAID Gaza/West Bank Mission Chief and Israeli-Palestinian peace advocate for an on-the-ground perspective of Trump’s and Musk’s efforts to shut down USAID.   USAID Briefing: Trump & Musk Sow Chaos Worldwide Thursday, February 20 | 12:30pm EasternJoin a former USA…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM

A Presidents’ Day Like No Other

  Presidents’ Day.  I’ve always had the deepest respect for the institution of the Presidency – working at the White House was the honor of a lifetime. Our best Presidents have defended our freedoms, protected our rights and sought to bring our country ever closer to a more perfect unio…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

February 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friend, With Trump charging forward with his disgraceful “concept of a plan” for US-backed ethnic cleansing in Gaza, this week saw a powerful response from Congress: A letter slamming the proposal signed by over two-thirds of Democrats and a majority of Jewish members. A massive thank…

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

February 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM

This is a big deal

 ➡️ Just Released: Over 140 members of the House have signed onto a congressional letter slamming President Trump’s abhorrent, unworkable plan to “take over” Gaza and force out 2 million Palestinians who call the land home. Friend,  Just a few moments ago, 145 members of the House relea…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM

How you can fight back against fascism

 One person can make a real difference 👇 Friends, President Trump and Elon Musk are taking a wrecking ball to our country. They want nothing more than for us to retreat into the dark corners of our despair. We can’t and won’t let them win. That’s why this week, I turned my attention to …

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

February 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Response needed from You

  Hi – I’m Lily, J Street’s Deputy Director of Government Affairs. Last week, my colleague Hannah read you in on a letter circulating in Congress demanding President Trump retract his statement that the US “take over” Gaza – which would forcibly remove millions of already war-weary Pale…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

February 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, Another frightening week in Washington, DC under Trump 2.0. Among the lowlights: The galling suggestion that the US “take over” Gaza and force out millions who call the land home, withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council and sanctions on international court officials. All …

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

February 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM

Petition: We Reject Trump’s Gaza Takeover

  Hi There – it’s Hannah, J Street’s Director of Government Affairs. Right now, there’s a letter circulating among Members of Congress that condemns President Trump’s suggestion that the US “take over” Gaza and force millions of Palestinians from the land they call home. The President’s…

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  Eliza Schloss, J Street · [email protected]

February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM

Today: Bibi Files Q&A

 🟢 Join us today! | Our first question: What’s your response to President Trump’s endorsement this week of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and how do you see its immediate impact on the ceasefire, Israeli politics and longer term prospects for peace. Friends, Later today, J Street will be joi…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM

Emergency Briefing: Trump’s Horrific Vision for Gaza

  Friends, Let’s get one thing clear: The United States has no right to push two million people out of Gaza – and would be committing a war crime if it did so. Yesterday, Donald Trump floated the outrageous proposal that the US take over the Gaza Strip and force out its two million war-…

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  Gal Peleg, J Street · [email protected]

February 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM

The documentary Netanyahu doesn’t want you to see

 👀 | Watch now and meet the filmmakers on Thursday Dear Friend, Netanyahu is in Washington today for another show steeped in spin, and at the top of his to-do list is sparing his political survival. As someone who spent most of my life in Israel, I see through it. Now, you can too. A ne…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Petition: Trump, Don’t Get Played by Netanyahu

  Friends, Tomorrow, President Trump is set to meet with the first foreign leader of his second term: Benjamin Netanyahu. The stakes of this meeting couldn’t be higher. The ceasefire and hostage deal that’s reuniting families in Israel and protecting families in Gaza is as fragile as it…

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  Tamar Ariel, J Street · [email protected]

February 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM

[You’re Invited] Tuesday White House Rally to Free Hostages + End War

  Friends, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at the White House on Tuesday – and we'll be there to remind them of their obligation to leave no hostages behind and fully implement the deal. Stand in solidarity with our friends at UnXeptable, an Israeli-American pro-democrac…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM

Fascism Rising

  Dear Friends, There’s always more to say about the many complex issues we focus on at J Street. That’s why last year, I undertook a new effort to offer my own commentary in my own words. I’m particularly interested in finding a voice of values-based moderation that cuts through an oth…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

January 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, Just like 2017, the weeks feel like months with Trump in the White House.  The administration has wasted no time sowing chaos and targeting communities for their own political gain: Refugees, immigrants, LGBT+ Americans, public servants. Cutting off aid to millions of people …

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  Gal Peleg, J Street · [email protected]

January 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM

🎥 The Bibi Files: Watch Free via J Street (+ Meet Producer Alex Gibney)

 🟢 Watch the highly-anticipated documentary and meet the filmmakers Friends, I spent most of my life in Israel, and many of those years – far too many years – were under the rule of Prime Minister Netanyahu. When I look at the Israel of my childhood and the Israel of today, I’m beside…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

January 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM

Tell Washington: We cannot restart this war. Every hostage must come home.

 [Add Your Name] Friends,  At times over these past few days, I’ve found it difficult to breathe.  Watching hostages finally return to their families and Gazans returning home to scenes of destruction – I’ve been feeling a painful mix of hope and anxiety, sorrow and relief.  While the c…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

January 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM

Recapping Trump’s First Week Back in Office

  Friends, Today, we mark one week of the second Trump Administration. Pardoning the violent insurrectionists that attacked police officers on January 6th. Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization. Heart-wrenching scenes of refugees seeing their fli…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

January 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM

President Trump: Don’t Get Played by Netanyahu on Gaza

  Friend,  For the past couple of months, I’ve been writing a weekly commentary on Substack called Word on the Street, providing my latest thinking on all things at the intersection of Israel-Palestine, the American Jewish community and US politics. Don't miss out on future posts by sub…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

January 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, It’s been a whirlwind week. The long-awaited, long-overdue release of more hostages – including four more set to return home tomorrow. The inauguration of Donald Trump. Finally, finally, some desperately needed respite from the horror that families in Gaza have endured for mo…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM

How we’ll respond to Trump 2.0

  It’s Inauguration Day – if you’re ready to help us shape the best possible outcomes in the Middle East and at home during the second Trump Administration, you can make a grassroots contribution to support our work by clicking here. Friends, It’s official – Donald Trump is once aga…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

January 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM

Our Priorities As Trump Takes Office

  Friends, Tomorrow, J Streeters will watch – most of us with deep concern and some in disbelief – as Donald Trump takes the oath of office for the second time. A man who has shown such contempt for our values, our democracy and our freedoms will once again be entrusted with upholding a…

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  J Street · [email protected]

January 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Statement: J Street Welcomes Long-Overdue, Much-Needed Hostage Release and Ceasefire Deal

  J Street Welcomes Long-Overdue, Much-Needed Hostage Release and Ceasefire Deal January 19, 2025 The J Street community is overwhelmed with relief that the first phase of a ceasefire and hostage release deal has gone into effect. We are overjoyed that three more hostages – Romi Gonen,…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

January 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, After months and months of anguish, Israel and Hamas have finally negotiated a ceasefire and hostage deal. If everything goes to plan, the first phase of the deal will start on Sunday with a ceasefire, a surge of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the release of 33 hostages over …

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

January 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Emergency Briefing: The Gaza Ceasefire Deal

 🔵 Today: Register to join Middle East experts outline the state of play and what to expect – and to take your questions. Friends, Less than 24 hours after it was announced, the long-awaited, urgently needed ceasefire/hostage deal has already slammed into the hard realities of domestic…

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