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J Street goes on the offensive against AIPAC-backed candidates

AIPAC has spent heavily since launching its super PAC, United Democracy Project, ahead of the 2022 midterms, and is the top outside spender in this election cycle.

A visitor holds an AIPAC folder in an elevator in Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC; Illustrative.
Aisha Wahab speaks during the Bay Area Abortion Rights Coalition commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade at City Hall in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 25, 2023.

California special election becomes battleground over AIPAC's influence in Democratic Party

Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaks at the group's national conference in 2018.

J Street defends College Democrats co-sponsorship amid backlash over Hasan Piker speech

Brad Lander, candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, speaks to the media while standing next to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a watch party after winning the primary elections in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 23, 2026.

Takeaways from the NY primaries: Shifting Jewish power centers, Mamdani the Kingmaker and more


Israeli gov't ties to European far-right is unsettling - opinion

Today, extremist right-wing parties in Europe, born out of European fascism and from the heart of antisemitism, have transformed into the Israeli government’s European “natural partners.”

 HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER Viktor Orbán attends a news conference in Budapest, earlier this month.

Chuck Schumer is right - opinion

In the face of the horrors of Hamas that have strengthened the identification of Jews all over the world with Israel, Netanyahu and his partners are doing everything to keep our loved ones away.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU waves to well-wishers Tuesday night at his campaign victory celebration.

J Street drops Jamaal Bowman endorsement, saying his rhetoric ‘crossed a line’

Ben-Ami cited the use of the term “genocide”, which Bowman has used multiple times in the months since the war began, as a breaking point.

 Democratic congressional nominee Jamaal Bowman delivers remarks in tribute to congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis during an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner at the National Action Network House of Justice in New York City, July 18, 2020.

J Street calls for 'negotiated stop to the fighting' in Gaza

The statement avoided use of the word "ceasefire," and it was not clear what plan of action the organization was supporting.

J Street chief Jeremy Ben-Ami

Letters to the Editor, December 27, 2023: Exclusive environment

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Letters to the Editor, November 27, 2023: Peace and stability

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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J Street avoids talking sense in order to preserve its politics - opinion

The most prominent forces on the Palestinian Arab scene, and the most prominent supporters of the Palestinian cause, have gone completely off script, doing and saying what they really think.

 People attend a demonstration in support of Gaza and Palestinians, organised by the Palestine Committee, near the Royal Palace and the building of the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, in Oslo, Norway, November 4, 2023.

HIAS and other groups ask Biden administration to extend protected status to Israelis in US

The US has already said they will extend Temporary Protected Status, which allows non-citizens to remain in the US when their home country is dangerous, to Palestinians.

 Washington, D.C. (February 2, 2021) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas participates in a flag raising ceremony after being sworn in as the department's seventh secretary.

Randi Weingarten, teachers’ union leader, joins J Street board

Randi Weingarten has been a critic of Israel's right-wing governments, and this year has joined leading American Jews who have endorsed the Israeli mass protest movement.

 Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, testifies about the effect of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on students and schools in front of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. April 26, 2023.

Did you ever wonder why traffic lights are red, orange, and green?

Unveiling the reason behind the choice of colors for traffic signals.

The first electric traffic lights were introduced in 1914, in Cleveland, Ohio.