J Street
Brooklyn’s Unofficial Mayor
City Councilman Brad Lander’s coalition includes Hasids and J Streeters—but can he move beyond Brooklyn?
Do We Need a Pro-Israel Lobby?
Six prominent thinkers and activists make their case—and their answers may surprise you
Explaining the Occupation
I’ve taught my children to love Israel. This summer, I tried to start a more complicated conversation.
J Street’s New Senate Ally
As Dianne Feinstein accepts its endorsement, the liberal Israel advocacy group gets the gravitas it craves
Kristol Explains Praise for Obama on Israel
J Street’s Ben-Ami questions ECI’s ‘substantive objections’
Daybreak: Israel Buys Obama’s Iran Seriousness
Plus is a Syria ceasefire in the offing? and more in the news
Peter Beinart’s False Prophecy
The Crisis of Zionism, his book arguing that the Israeli occupation alienates young American Jews, is sloppy with facts and emotionally contrived
J Street Dispatch: Tuesday
UPDATED: Many conference attendees stand to the left of the official party line; some support the boycott of products made in West Bank settlements
J Street’s Forerunner
The dovish organization, meeting this weekend in D.C., isn’t the first to propose an “alternative” pro-Israel stance. Breira did it 40 years ago.
Beinart Advocates Partial Boycott
Oren slams call; J Street’s Ben-Ami praises analysis, differs on prescription
Sundown: The Centrifuges Are A-Spinnin’
Plus National Front attack in France, Kaddish for the Fogels, and more
The Hitler Test
The strongest evidence that the taboo against anti-Semitism is being eroded is the fact that obvious forms of verbal abuse are tolerated—even justified
The Napkin Artist
Remembering Yiddishist, linguistics scholar, Holocaust survivor, and painter Edward Stankiewicz, who died this year
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
