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

Hasan Piker used his College Democrats convention speech to condemn Democrats who support Israel and call for an end to US military aid, intensifying criticism of J Street’s presence at the event.

Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaks at the group's national conference in 2018.
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 politicians, government ministers, public officials and supporters take part in the Israel Day Parade in New York City, May 31, 2026

Smotrich parade row exposes deep divide among American Jews - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC, U.S., March 6, 2018

Can AIPAC and J Street coexist? The shrinking middle ground in US-Israel support - opinion


Jewish American organizations endorsing antisemitism must be denounced

The IHRA working definition of antisemitism was widely adopted - the pro-Israel community should use it to target obvious antisemites.

 US HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi greets Rep. Ilhan Omar on Capitol Hill. Even the Democratic House leadership, led by Pelosi, said that Omar had ‘engaged in deeply offensive antisemitic tropes.’

Letters to the Editor, December 05, 2022: Witness to the atrocities

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Blinken: We will judge Israeli gov't by its actions rather than its members

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched on the topics of the incoming Israeli gov't, the JCPOA and the two-state solution.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, May 25, 2021

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address J Street conference

“We are deeply honored and excited that Secretary Blinken will be addressing this year’s J Street conference,” said J Street president and founder Jeremy Ben-Ami.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a sideline meeting of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York City, New York, US, August 1, 2022.

US midterm elections: How Jewish candidates did in key midterm races

Who are the winners and losers of the US midterm elections? From the Jewish candidates to the Republicans and Democrats backed by AIPAC and J Street.

COLORADO RESIDENTS vote in the US midterm elections

AIPAC-allied PAC spends more than $1 million to oppose progressive Summer Lee

A political action committee affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is spending upwards of $1 million in a second bid to oppose Summer Lee.

 THEN-PRIME minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Conference in Washington in 2018.

What do Jewish organizations think about the Iran deal revival?

As Iran and the superpowers are on the verge of reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement, several Jewish organizations are expressing concern.

An Iranian Army paratrooper flies with the Iranian flag during a military exercise dubbed 'Zulfiqar 1400', in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, Iran, November 7, 2021.

$1m. to super PACs: Robert Kraft to AIPAC, George Soros to J Street

United Democracy Project spent over $26 million in Democratic primaries this cycle. Meanwhile, Soros’ donation was the single largest to J Street Action Fund, which has spent $1.7 million this cycle.

ROBERT KRAFT, 2019 Genesis Prize laureate.

Who tried to block US funding for Iron Dome? - opinion

This is the quintessential difference between J Street and AIPAC.

 Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in Ashkelon on August 7, 2022.

Norway, EU and the Oslo Accords: Who is the real hypocrite? - opinion

If these countries were convinced that the Palestinian civil service organizations support terrorism, there is no doubt they would, based on their policies and laws, end their funding.

 THE AL-HAQ offices in Ramallah: The European Anti-Fraud Office concluded that claims of terror ties against Al-Haq were baseless.