Friends, As we continue to rally our leaders to speak out about the horrors in Gaza, Netanyahu and his allies appear determined to continue plunging deeper into catastrophe. Following a marathon nine-hour meeting last night, Israel’s security cabinet approved plans for the intensific…

  Friends, This is insanity. The world is recoiling in horror from images coming out of Gaza. Starving families. Emaciated hostages. Flattened cities. Yet Netanyahu’s response is to escalate further. Today, as hostage families protested outside, Israel’s security cabinet considered ap…

  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…

  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…

 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 📖 |…

  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 …

  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 …

 📞 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…

 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…

 🔵 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…

  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…

 🔵 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…

 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 …

 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…

 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…

  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…