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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


Biden says Trump’s foreign policy is bad for Israel

Biden said that Trump has "put Israel in danger by tearing up the Iran nuclear deal and replaced it with nothing,” and allowing "Israel’s foes to take residence in Syria."

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at J Street

Jewish organizations mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

J Street, AJC, URJ and others issued statements mourning the passing of the first Jewish woman on the Supreme Court.

A sign with an image of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is displayed during a vigil following her death, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2020

Liberal Jewish groups back ADL after progressive coalition attack

Liberal Jewish organizations that have worked with the ADL are publicly defending its record as a Jewish civil rights organization with a long track record of standing up for marginalized communities

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the group's 2018 National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.

Jewish groups welcome historic deal with UAE as pathway to peace

"Two allies of the US now become open strategic partners in the region to thwart Iran and other Jihadists."

General view of the exterior of the Dubai mall, May 3, 2020.

JDCA: new DNC draft platform is 'strong and supportive of Israel'

The draft maintains US military assistance to Israel while opposing annexation.

Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden at a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 14, 2020.

Elan Carr calls J Street annexation tweet antisemitic, sparking argument

The US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism called the J Street's tweet on annexation antisemetic, and the Simon Weisenthal Center along with a JTA reporter jumped in.

U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism, Elan Carr

J Street initiative calls on Democrats to oppose 'occupation, annexation'

18 College Democrat chapters and 70+ College and Young Democrat leaders have backed J Street's calls for Palestinian rights to be enshrined in the Democratic Party platform.

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg delivers remarks during the AIPAC convention at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, U.S., March 2, 2020.

Jewish groups accuse ZOA president of 'bigotry' for criticizing BLM

Progressive Jewish groups have accused Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America of 'bigotry' and 'hatred' for his opposition of Black Lives Matter.

Palestinians walk past graffiti of George Floyd painted on a section of the separation wall in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on June 8, 2020.

200 US Jewish students leaders call for censure of ZOA for alleged racism

According to the letter, Zionist Organization of America head Mort Klein is alleged to have engaged in “a pattern of racist and Islamophobic behavior."

caroline glick zoa award

Sen. Cardin implies he won’t join a letter against possible annexation

The progressive Jewish group J Street asked supporters on Monday to urge their respective senators to sign the letter.

Ben Cardin, United States Senator (D) from Maryland at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY