I was speaking with someone here at the conference about some of the ads that ECI (the Emergency Committee for Israel) has been running and what the ads’ goals are.Ben Smith is convinced that ECI is just going after J Street.But it’s clear... 

For the last 80 years, Democrats have pretty much been able to take the Jewish vote in the United States for granted. In fact, I have heard many people quip that the Obama administration’s policy until recently was "F**k the Jews, they’ll... 

Last week, Lebanon passed legislation that allows the 400,000 ‘Palestinians’ living in that country for the first time to work in many – but still not all – professions. The Wall Street Journal notes that the Arab countries’... 

Ben Smith has been beating his head against the wall trying to get the IRS to comment on the Z Street case.Internal Revenue Service spokesman Bruce Friedland hasn’t responded to my inquiries about the general questions raised about a pro-Israel... 

Naftali Bennett, who founded a successful high tech company and then served as Prime Minister Netanyahu’s chief of staff from 2006-08, has become the Chief Executive Officer of the Yesha Council. But that’s not the interesting part. The interesting... 

In the period of the post Israel-Turkish alliance, things are moving really quickly. According to Reuters: Israel and Greece seek to expand military ties (Reuters) -” Israeli and Greek leaders discussed expanding military ties on Tuesday including... 

When I ran the story about Joltin’ Joe Biden’s meeting with the ‘Jewish leaders’ on Wednesday, I wondered aloud whether J Street was invited to the meeting and whether the ‘pro-settler’ organizations (National Council... 

With all the recent posts about J Street and the politics of politics, I wanted to just take a moment and bring our attention back down to the ground, where the key questions are not about intermarried Jews or how many states it takes to make a solution,... 

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported on a secret mission to resettle Yemen’s Jewish community in the United States and Israel. From the safety of his new home in suburban New York, Mr. Yakub recounted his last months in Yemen. Rocks... 

The J Street conference was one of the most intellectually and physically taxing experiences I’ve ever had.  I learned an incredible amount, met amazing people, and feel compelled to keep educating myself on the issues. I had an idea for a post...