Nick Shulevitz, J Street · [email protected]

June 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM

📅 Support Renewal 📅

  Friends, We’re almost halfway through 2025 — and it’s already been a year of extraordinary challenge and consequence. We’ve seen Netanyahu reignite a devastating war in Gaza. Hostage families plunged from hope back to anguish. A scary escalation between Israel and Iran with US invol…

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

June 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM

Tell Congress: Take Back Your War Powers

  Friends, Last week, Donald Trump brought the US to the brink of yet another war in the Middle East. I’m relieved a ceasefire is now in place – for the sake of Americans, Israelis, Palestinians and Iranians alike. And deeply concerned about the ramifications this will have on our abi…

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  Jess Blum, J Street · [email protected]

June 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM

[Important] Your J Street Membership 🪪

  Hi there – it’s Jess, J Street’s Digital Director. In this precarious moment for the region – amid chaos between Israel, the US and Iran and relentless anguish for hostages and their families as well as all civilians currently in harm’s way – I want to thank you for staying engaged i…

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

June 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM

[UPDATED START TIME] Briefing: What’s Next After the US Strike on Iran?

  Friends, For an up-to-the-minute assessment of the implications of the US strikes on Iran and the risks ahead, we’re holding a virtual briefing with Iran expert Danny Citrinowicz and J Street Policy Fellow Frank Lowenstein today – and we’d love to have you join us. Please note the upd…

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

June 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM

Our Response to Last Night's Attacks

  Friends, I wanted to share my immediate reaction to President Trump's decision last night to enter the war with Iran with three major strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, as well as several other resources.  My response is below. J Street's organizational statement with members of th…

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  Nadav Tamir, J Street · [email protected]

June 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM

Gaza, Iran and my view from Tel Aviv

  Friend, These past few days, life in Israel has been thrown into chaos. The country is at a standstill. My whole family is crammed into my apartment as we await the next missile barrage from Iran. We’re lucky to have a shelter, but that’s not the case for many, especially in the Ara…

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

June 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Ending Iran’s Nuclear Threat

  Friend, Few issues unite the pro-Israel community more than opposition to the Iranian regime and concern at the thought of it having a nuclear weapon. Iran funds terror groups and militias to destabilize Israel and the region and to extend terror globally. Its nuclear program goes w…

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

June 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM

[Briefing Tomorrow] Latest Between Israel and Iran

  Friends, As I write to you, the fighting between Israel and Iran is intensifying. Overnight, Iran struck an Israeli oil refinery and residential buildings, damaging part of the power grid. Casualties on both sides are mounting. With residents of Tehran fleeing the capital and Israelis…

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

June 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM

UPDATE: Israel Strikes Iran

  Friends, Fresh off our emergency briefing on Israel’s strikes on Iran, I’m now seeing frightening reports about retaliatory Iranian missile strikes on Israel. I’m filled with dread for our staff, family and friends – and for the millions of civilians in Israel, Iran and across the reg…

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

June 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM

[Briefing Today] Israel Attacks Iran

 🔵 Join us at 2pm Eastern as a roundtable of Middle East policy experts discuss what’s next for Iran and Israel – and the role of the US. Dear Friends, Last night, the Netanyahu government unilaterally struck Iran, damaging a nuclear facility and assassinating top Iranian military leade…

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

June 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM

I explored my family roots in Austria. I wish the same for Palestinians.

  Friend,I recently returned from a family vacation that ended with three days of ‘roots’ exploration in Vienna, where four generations on my mother’s side lived in the decades leading to 1938. We visited the homes where family members grew up and then raised their own children. We to…

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

June 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM

The Latest from Word on the Street

  Dear friend, I’m writing to invite you to join the community we’re building on Substack, where I’ve been penning weekly columns and beginning to dive into live streaming under the Word on the Street brand. My most recent piece shared personal reflections from my recent family trip t…

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  Adee Telem, J Street · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Let’s save lives together

    Dear friend, These past months have brought so much heartbreak. Terror attacks targeting our community, hostages remaining in the hands of an evil captor and abandoned by the Netanyahu government, horrors upon horror for families in Gaza. It’s easy to feel helpless. But even now –…

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  Team J Street · [email protected]

June 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM

A powerful, essential film—see "There Is Another Way"

 Step into a conversation that could change everything you believe about peace and what is possible. We’re reaching out to encourage you to see a documentary that is moving audiences around the world. There Is Another Way invites us to step into one of the most urgent conversations o…

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

June 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM

What you need to know about today’s starkly different antisemitism resolutions...

  Hi there, In a few hours, Congress is set to vote on two starkly different antisemitism resolutions — one demonstrates how Congress can come together in a show of unity, the other how divisive it can be to introduce other agendas — in this case, MAGA's anti-immigrant agenda — into th…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street · [email protected]

June 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Reflections from the region

 What I learned from spending 10 days in Israel and the Palestinian Territory Hi there, I recently returned from 10 days in Israel and the Palestinian Territory as part of a J Street Education Fund Len Hill Education Program trip – my first since joining the J Street team. Our delegat…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Another Horrific Antisemitic Terror Attack ⚠️ | J Street Mourns, Honors Lives of Judith Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai 🕯️ | Trump-Netanyahu Aid Plan Is Entirely Insufficient 🌾 | We Reject Trump’s New Travel Ban 🧳 | An Open Letter to the American Jewish Establishment 📄 ‍| A Reckoning is Coming in …

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

June 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM

[Today] Ending the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza

  Dear Friends, Amid a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where civilians face dire shortages of food, medicine and shelter, the recently announced US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has made consistent headlines as a dangerous, complex and inefficient aid distri…

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

June 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM

[Invite] Ending the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza

 🔵 Thursday, hear from the directors of leading aid groups about what it will take – and what obstacles stand in the way – to bring relief to civilians in Gaza. Friends, After nearly three months of a complete blockade on all food, medicine and life-saving supplies into Gaza, the Netany…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street · [email protected]

June 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM

Yet more horror and heartbreak…

    We don't normally send emails on Shavuot, and it breaks my heart to be writing again following yet another brutal attack on our community here in the United States. On the eve of Shavuot yesterday, an assailant hurled molotov cocktails and used a makeshift flamethrower to attack a …

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

May 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Tell Congress You Oppose the Gaza War 📞 | Jeremy Ben-Ami Debates Einat Wilf: Is Trump Good For Israel? 🎤 | 600 Days Of Hell 📅 | Terror and Death Come to Washington 🏛️ | Trump-Netanyahu ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ Devolves Into Chaos 🌾 | The Growing Chorus Against Netanyahu’s War 📢 | This Week’s …

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM

Tell Congress: We Oppose This War

  Friends, In both Israel and the United States, clear majorities of both nations' Jewish communities want a ceasefire / hostage deal. But while most of us want the war in Gaza to end, too often it’s pro-war voices that are grabbing the megaphone. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olme…

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  J Street & HIAS · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Together in Welcome: Faith Communities for Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers

  Dear friend, Over the last few months, we have witnessed the fundamental undermining of our national commitment to welcoming immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers to the United States. J Street is proud to partner with HIAS for a month of vigils to reclaim this commitment to welcom…

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  Josh Fielding, J Street · [email protected]

May 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM

⏱️ Last Chance: Donations Matched Through Midnight!

  I’ll keep this brief, folks. Josh from the J Street Development team here with an important update! Our Chicago supporter’s offer to match grassroots gifts up to $1,000 is still active, but only until midnight tonight. Pitching in today, before the clock runs out, allows your gener…

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  Jessica Blum, J Street · [email protected]

May 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM

✅✅ Active Match Opportunity for you

  Hi there – it’s Jess, J Street’s Digital Director. First of all, I wanted to tell you how grateful I am for everyone who pitched in a matched donation since my colleague Nick reached out a few days ago! The success of this match campaign will help ramp up the pace of our work for th…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM

A Painful Weekly Recap 📥

  Friend, It’s been an extremely dark and difficult week. Horror here at home echoed the horror in the region with the tragic shooting of Israeli Embassy staff Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky. Our hearts break for their families, friends and colleagues as they grapple with this sense…

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

May 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Waking up to horror this morning

  Friends, I’m horrified and heartbroken. This morning, we woke up to the devastating news that a gunman had shot and killed two young Israeli Embassy staff at the Capital Jewish Museum not far from the J Street office. Footage is circulating of the shooter shouting “free Palestine” as …

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  Nick Shuelvitz, J Street · [email protected]

May 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM

🟢Your Donation Will Be Matched 🟢

  Hi there – it’s Nick from J Street’s development team. We’ve got an exciting update to share: a long-time J Street supporter in Chicago is offering to match all grassroots donations, up to $25,000 in total. To take advantage of this generous offer, make a donation through this page in…

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  Tamar Ariel, J Street · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM

[Invite] The Struggle for Democracy in Israel and the US with Israeli journalist Tal Shalev and J Street Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg

  Dear Friends, At a time when democracy is under threat from right-wing extremists in both the US and Israel, we’re excited to invite you to a special opportunity to hear from leading Israeli political journalist Tal Shalev and J Street Chief Policy Officer and Senior Vice President Il…

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  Tamar Ariel, J Street · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM

[Invite] The Struggle for Democracy in Israel and the US with Israeli journalist Tal Shalev and J Street Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg

  Dear Friends, At a time when democracy is under threat from right-wing extremists in both the US and Israel, we’re excited to invite you to a special opportunity to hear from leading Israeli political journalist Tal Shalev and J Street Chief Policy Officer and Senior Vice President Il…

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

May 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM

FW: A dark threshold

  I fear we’re crossing a dark threshold. This weekend, Netanyahu moved forward with his plan to massively escalate the fighting to fully re-occupy Gaza. In Israel, hostage families are in despair. I think of the words of Arbel Yehoud, a freed 29-year-old hostage, pleading with politi…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 A Moral Stain ⚠️ | Israeli-American Hostage Edan Alexander Comes Home 🏠 | Takeaways from Trump’s Middle East Trip ✈️ | Majority of Jewish Americans Think Trump is Antisemitic 📊 | This Week’s Must-Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much more. This Week: A Moral Stain ⚠️ | I…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street · [email protected]

May 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Grappling with The Trump Doctrine in the Middle East

  Trying to understand Donald Trump’s ever-shifting approach to foreign policy is like nailing jello to a wall. But with the president in the Middle East this week, we might be seeing the solidification of a second-term ‘Trump Doctrine’ – or at least the closest thing to one that we mi…

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

May 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM

A Moral and Strategic Tragedy for Israel

  Friends, I’m deeply disturbed by the humanitarian situation in Gaza. As reported in the New York Times, Israeli military officials warned their superiors already days ago that “immediate steps were needed” to ensure aid can be delivered “fast enough to prevent starvation.” The latest …

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

May 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Majority of House and Senate Democrats Press on Humanitarian Aid 🏛️ | Netanyahu’s Gaza Re-Occupation Plan ⚠️ | Policy Center Corner 🔍 | This Week’s Must-Reads (And Watches!) 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much more. This Week: Majority of House and Senate Democrats Press on …

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM

Now Public: Humanitarian Aid Letter

  Friends, Almost 100 House Democrats signed on to the J Street-backed congressional letter urging the Netanyahu government to end its “morally wrong” and “strategically counterproductive” blockade of all food, shelter, medicine and other humanitarian supplies from Gaza. As Jews and Ame…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street Policy Center · [email protected]

May 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM

[Today] What to Expect from Trump’s Middle East Trip

  Dear Friends, President Trump takes off for the Middle East on Monday. There’s no shortage of pressing issues up for discussion in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. However, it's still unclear what Trump’s reaction will be to the Israeli government’s newly announced plans to re-seize l…

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

May 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM

UPDATE: Right-wing groups lobby against humanitarian aid

  Friends, J Streeters around the country are hard at work rallying support for a congressional letter urging the Netanyahu government to end its two-month blockade of humanitarian aid access into Gaza. I’m reaching out because our records show we don’t yet have your signature on our co…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM

Netanyahu’s Gaza Re-Occupation Plan

  Friends, As the details of Netanyahu’s “total victory” plan for Gaza come into sharper focus, it’s looking more and more like a catastrophic plan for permanent occupation – a goal long championed by the most extreme members of his government. Netanyahu took another dramatic step in th…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM

[Briefing] What to Expect from Trump’s Middle East Trip

  Friends, For the first time in his second term, President Trump is headed to the Middle East. Next week, he’ll be visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE to “strengthen ties,” according to the White House. The visit comes as the Middle East agenda is quite full, including the ongoing…

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  Sam Berkman, J Street · [email protected]

May 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM

[VOTE NOW] Election ends today!

  Friends, I’ll be brief. Today is the last day to vote in the World Zionist Congress election. If you have procrastinated or have been on the fence, now is the time! J Street has proudly endorsed the Hatikvah Slate (Line 16 on the ballot). If you want to help us stop millions of dollar…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Tell Netanyahu To Stop Blocking Aid ✍️ | American Jews Reject Trump’s Exploitation of Genuine Fears About Antisemitism ✊ | Marking Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut 🕯️ | The View From Capitol Hill 🏛️ | Last Chance to Vote Hatikvah! ✡️ | Next Week: The People’s Peace Summit 👐 | This Week’s Must-Reads…

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM

[ADD YOUR NAME] Stop Blocking Humanitarian Aid

  Friends, For 61 days, the Netanyahu government has blocked all humanitarian aid from every entry point into Gaza: No food. No antibiotics. No fuel. No nutrition tablets. No childhood vaccines. The impact is devastating: Women enduring C-sections without anesthesia. Parents scavenging …

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

May 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM

A Personal Reflection on Israel’s Independence Day

  Dear Friends, I’ve just returned from a visit to the kibbutz where I lived for 12 years – where my daughter was born, where I still have beloved family, friends and community – and I found myself reflecting deeply on the past, present and future of the State of Israel this Independenc…

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  Emily Reeves Keller, J Street · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Invitation for You from J Street 💌

  Dear Friend, At a time when democracy is under threat at home and abroad, we’re reminded of the power and importance of standing up to defend our values. While the Trump Administration continues its war against the Constitution, putting our rights and liberties at risk, and Netanyahu…

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  Sam Berkman, J Street · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM

[Happening Tomorrow] Israel @ 77: What we're honoring. What we're fighting for.

  Dear Friends, In Israel, our partner organizations and loved ones have already begun marking Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. While we may not be on the ground with them, we still have the opportunity to join them in honoring Israel’s founding values of justice, equality, de…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM

Senators Risk Empowering Trump’s Crackdown

  Dear Friends, With President Trump continuing to hijack the fight against antisemitism to attack universities, bypass due process and deport foreign students, we’re now deeply worried that senators are about to walk into a trap that will only make things worse. Let me explain: There’s…

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  Allie Berg, J Street · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Friends, Join us at the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Event

  Dear Friends, Twenty years ago, Israelis and Palestinians who had each lost loved ones to the conflict came together to create something extraordinary: A joint Memorial Day ceremony. They chose to mourn together and work to build a future grounded in empathy, dignity and peace for bot…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Ben-Gvir Does Not Speak for Us 📢 | Yom Hashoah 2025 🕯️ | Trump’s Attacks on Higher Ed Don’t Stop at the Ivies 🎓 | J Street Champions Lead the Charge against Trump’s Authoritarian Deportations ✊ | Vote Hatikvah Before Polls Close! ✡️ | Next Tuesday: The Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremo…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street Policy Center · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM

[New Substack] The Double Standard Facing Dems on Israel and Antisemitism

  Hi Friends, From the Trump Administration’s handling of the Iran nuclear issue to the attempted arson of Governor Josh Shapiro’s home, Democrats have long been held to a double standard on Israel and antisemitism. Why do Trump and Republicans always get the benefit of the doubt while …

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