Can you tell me how to get to J Street?
Permanent linkJ Street, a PAC with a corresponding pro-peace, pro-Israel lobby formed by prominent Jewish Americans launched April 15, and, according to executive director Jeremy Ben-Ami, the goal is to take on the pro-Israel giants, particularly the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, where they are the most powerful: in Congress.
The group has a projected annual budget of $1.5 million--a fraction of the nearly $50 million AIPAC spends -- and is backed by an advisory council of more than 100 former elected and government officials, prominent political donors, rabbis, organization heads, and academics.
The new group's launch video takes aim at several prominent non-Jewish conservative supporters of Israel, as well as Morton Klein, the president of the Zionist Organization of America, suggesting that their criticisms of the current peace process do not represent the views of many American Jews. According to JTA, AIPAC declined to comment about the J Street launch; insiders said it was watching the new group with interest but was not overly concerned. Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, says he is doubtful that J Street is going to have a significant impact on U.S. policy.
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www.jstreet.org
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So what do you think of J Street?
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