Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

August 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Share Now: Outrage Grows in Israel

  Friends, "Netanyahu is leading Israel and the hostages to doom.” That’s what hostage families had to say amid reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu is planning to intensify the war in Gaza and fully occupy the Gaza Strip, a step which right-wing coalition partners see as essential…

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  Ben Linder, J Streeter · [email protected]

August 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Help me make some meaning of this killing

  Friends, My friend Awdah was shot and killed by an extremist settler last week. I’m asking for your help to make some meaning of it. Awdah was raising three young kids in the South Hebron Hills. Since he was a teenager, he’d been committed to nonviolent advocacy against Israeli militar…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

August 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This week: Jewish Leaders Speak Out 📣 | Pressure Builds in Washington 🏛️ | J Street Mourns Killing of Palestinian Activist Awdah Hathaleen 🕯️ | Public Calls, Rallies and Conversations 🎥 | J Street Welcomes French and British Pledges to Recognize Palestinian Statehood 🇵🇸 | This Week’s Must-Reads 📖 |…

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

July 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM

Congressional Update

  Friends, We’re seeing a clear and significant shift in Washington, DC, as pressure mounts to end this horrific war, get hostages home and surge aid into Gaza. Our advocacy teams in Washington and across the country – supported by your grassroots activism – have been working overtime …

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  Sam Berkman, J Street · [email protected]

July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM

[Today] National Mobilization Call: End The Gaza War

  Friends, Today at 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific, we’re gathering for a powerful National Mobilization Call to demand an end to the war, the release of the hostages and urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza. We’ll be joined by leaders and rabbis across the Jewish communal world. Register here …

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

July 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM

Can You Call Your Senators?

 📞 We need to make sure our Senators are hearing from us right now | Friends, Across our community and across the country, we’re witnessing a groundswell of pressure to end the horrific war in Gaza, get hostages home and surge international aid.  As head of J Street’s Government Affairs…

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  Sam Berkman, J Street · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM

[Invite] National Mobilization Call: End The Gaza War

 Join Jewish communal leaders this Thursday at 12pm Eastern Dear Friends, This Thursday, J Street is proud to be hosting a National Mobilization Call to rally our community to shatter the wall of silence and call for an end to this war, the return of the hostages and a surge of aid into…

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  Eliza Schloss, J Street · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM

[Today] Israeli Voices Against the War

 🔵 Hear from a hostage family member, combat soldier now refusing to serve in Gaza and a peace advocate Dear Friends, Today, we’re hosting a public call with Israeli anti-war advocates, including a hostage family member, a combat soldier refusing to return to serve in Gaza and a peace a…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street · [email protected]

July 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM

The Dam is Beginning to Break

  Friends,  It feels as if a dam is beginning to break.  Since we wrote with our call to action last week, we’ve seen a growing number of Jewish leaders and institutions speak out against the horror in Gaza and the need to stop mass starvation and seal a war-ending hostage deal.  We stil…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

July 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM

[Tomorrow] Israeli Voices Against the War

 🔵 Hear from a hostage family member, combat soldier now refusing to serve in Gaza and a peace advocate Friends, There is a shift happening in Israel. Images and reports of suffering in Gaza are breaking through like never before. A small but growing number of reservists are refusing to…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

July 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: Silence is Complicity 📢 | Peter Beinart and Jeremy Discuss Gaza, Zionism and Jewish Identity 🎙️ | Senators Speak Out 🏛️ | What’s Stopping a Ceasefire and Hostage Deal? 🚧 | Claim Your J Street Convention Recap Discount 🏷️ | This Week’s Must-Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And …

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

July 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM

Silence is Complicity: It’s time for a reckoning

 Join us in demanding more Jewish leaders speak out Friends, There’s an important difference between loving Israel and remaining silent in the face of this Israeli government’s agenda of endless war and devastation. It’s past time for our community to decide where we stand. We are in a…

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

July 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM

ICYMI: Peter Beinart and I discuss Gaza, Zionism and Jewish identity

 We don’t agree on everything – but we’re aligned on the need for justice, dignity and dialogue Dear Friends, My invitation to this conversation with Peter Beinart, renowned journalist and commentator in the world of Israel-Palestine, sparked a great deal of interest, and I wanted to b…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

July 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM

We must meet this moment

  Friends, These past few weeks have been excruciating. The images of violence and starvation in Gaza are too horrific to bear. Hostage families are nearing two years of anguish. Young Israeli soldiers are sent to fight a grinding, unwinnable war. We’re at a moral reckoning. As Jere…

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  Jess Blum, J Street · [email protected]

July 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM

[Signature Pending] Sanction Violent Settlers

  Hi there, We haven’t yet got your signature on our petition supporting legislation for US sanctions on violent West Bank settlers. President Trump won’t act. Prime Minister Netanyahu won’t act. It falls to us to stand up for our values and push Congress for a measure of deterrence a…

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

July 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Join me and Peter Beinart live on Wednesday

 We’ll discuss Gaza, Zionism and more at 4pm Eastern Live with Peter Beinart on Substack Wednesday, July 23 | 4pm Eastern Subscribe Now Friends, The challenges facing the Jewish community right now couldn’t be more urgent. Antisemitism. Gaza. Trump. Netanyahu. Peter Beinart is on…

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  Nadav Tamir, J Street · [email protected]

July 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Tell Congress: Sanction Violent Settlers

 This is a Jewish obligation… Friends, There are heroes still in Israel standing up for our common humanity. The hostage families protesting for a ceasefire. The peace advocates holding photos of the children killed in Gaza. The activists putting their bodies on the line to protect Pa…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

July 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: American-Israeli Hostage Family Member On His Tireless Efforts to Bring His Son Home 🎙️ | Extremist Settlers Kill Palestinian-American 🕯 | Don’t Let the Fight Against Antisemitism Fuel Antisemitism ⚠️ | This Week’s Must-Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much more. …

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

July 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM

[Today] American hostage family member Jonathan Dekel-Chen joins live

 Tune in at 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific. Can’t make it? Catch the recording 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 discus…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

July 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM

Petition: Take Action On Settler Violence

  Friends, Last week, two more young men were killed in a West Bank settler attack. According to eyewitnesses, Sayfollah ‘Saif’ Musallet, a 20-year-old Palestinian American visiting family, was beaten to death. A 23-year-old, Razek Hussein al-Shalabi, was shot and killed in the same a…

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  Lexi Goldwyn, JStreetPAC · [email protected]

July 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM

You’re Invited: Join Jon Ossoff and J Street tomorrow!

J Street Hi there, I’m reaching out one more time in hopes that you’ll be able to join us tomorrow, July 16th, at 6:30pm ET/3:30 PM PT for our marquee summer event – a virtual fundraiser featuring Senator Jon Ossoff! REGISTER NOW » Senator Ossoff is the most vulnerabl…

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

July 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM

The Netanyahu Expose

  Friends,The recent devastating New York Times investigation into Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to prolong the Gaza war has been reverberating across our community – and for good reason. Deeply reported from over 100 interviews with officials and scores of documents, war plans and intel…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

July 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: The Aftermath of Netanyahu’s DC Visit ✈️ | Brad Lander on Netanyahu, Mamdani and More 🎙️ | Our Advocacy Priorities on the Hill 🏛️ | Last Chance for 20% Off J Street Convention Tickets! 🎟️ | This Week’s Must-Reads and Listens 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much more. …

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

July 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM

Brad Lander’s Politics of Joy

  Build Unity. Reject Bigotry. Protect Democracy. DONATE » Friends, Yesterday, I spoke with Brad Lander – New York City Comptroller, former mayoral candidate and a true leader showing what’s possible when we choose unity over division. What struck me most wasn’t just …

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

July 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM

[Tomorrow] Brad Lander Joins Word on The Street

  Friends,  I’m a massive fan of Brad Lander – New York City’s Comptroller, a candidate for Mayor in this year’s election and now an ally of Zohran Mamdani, the surprise Democratic nominee in the race. Brad is a long-time friend from my days in NYC politics. He’s been a true friend of J…

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

July 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM

[BRIEFING TUESDAY] Expert Analysis: Trump-Bibi Meeting

  Hi Friends, Truly anything could happen at today’s White House meeting with Trump and Netanyahu. The first brought us Trump’s ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ mass displacement plan. The second brought us a stunningly short-lived commitment to diplomacy with Iran. For reactions to today’s…

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

July 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM

This should be the week the war in Gaza ends

  Friends,With Prime Minister Netanyahu in DC this week, this absolutely should be the week the American President ends the Gaza war. A war-ending hostage deal is what Americans want. It’s what Israelis want. And god knows it’s what Palestinians deserve. But with Trump and Netanyahu i…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

July 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Mamdani’s NYC Victory 🗽 | As He Prepares to Visit DC, Tell Netanyahu to Stop Blocking Aid 📢 | Our Policy Framework for the West Bank 🧭 | Top Analysis on the Iran-Israel War 🔍 | This Week’s Must-Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️| And much more. This Week: Mamdani’s NYC Victory 🗽…

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  Emily Reeves Keller, J Street · [email protected]

July 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Take a Stand for Your Values at Our 2026 Convention

J Street Dear Friends, As we prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July – a holiday rooted in the ideals of freedom, justice and democracy – we’re reckoning with the irony of Trump and Netanyahu attacking those very values. Both leaders are pursuing agendas that ignore the hostages …

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

July 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM

WATCH: Three Jewish New Yorkers on Zohran Mamdani’s Win

 Ilan and I take to Substack to discuss the mayoral election and disparate reactions to it across the Jewish community Subscribe and Watch >> Last week’s mayoral primary in New York City has sparked immense interest and debate – in the Jewish community, the Democratic Party and e…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street · [email protected]

July 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM

While No One’s Looking, The West Bank is Being Transformed

  Friends,Since the horrific Hamas attack of October 7 and the Netanyahu government’s devastating response, the world’s eyes have been mostly fixed on Gaza. But away from the spotlight, the settlement movement has seized the chance to take transformative steps to fundamentally reshape …

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  J Street Membership Team · [email protected]

June 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Midnight Renewal Deadline 📅

  Friends, We don’t yet have a contribution recorded from this email account in 2025.* Can we count on you to support our work before our midyear deadline? We’ve got just a few hours left. Supporter Name: [email protected] 2024 Contribution: NO 2025 Contribution: PENDING DONA…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

June 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Iran and Israel Reach a Ceasefire 🧯 | Tell Congress: Take Back Your War Powers ✍️ | The View from Israel 🇮🇱 | The Situation in Gaza and the West Bank 👁️ | Don’t Miss Out on Substack 💡 | This Week’s Must-Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much more. This Week: Iran and Isra…

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  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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