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Jacob Frey, Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, defeats challenger who drew Mamdani comparisons

Jacob Frey defeats Democratic Socialist opponent Omar Fateh in Minneapolis mayoral race, signaling hope for Jewish voters concerned about anti-Israel rhetoric in the Democratic Party.

 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at an Election Night party in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 4, 2025.
J STREET FOUNDER Jeremy Ben-Ami is flanked by Jill Jacobs of T’ruah (left) and Margo Hughes-Robinson of Partners for Progressive Israel. Ben-Ami used his platform to push divisive political resolutions, the writer charges.

WZC supposed to be about unity; J Street made it about division - opinion

US SENATOR Bernie Sanders arrives for a news conference on blocking offensive weapons sales to Israel, at the Capitol last year. Israeli action,s which he warned would lead to catastrophe, have, in fact, contributed to stability, the writer argues.

Thank you, Bernie Sanders, for showing critics of Israel lack rational judgment - opinion

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Trump participates in a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" in Washington

Could Donald Trump be the next liberal Zionist hero? - analysis


Examining the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry - opinion

Left and Right, religious and secular, we have become too pedantic toward Diaspora Jewry. We have not paid sufficient attention to almost half of our people who do not live in the Jewish state.

American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]

J Street is the go-to Israel-focused US NGO? God help us! - opinion

It is clear that J Street and its fellow travelers like Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow view Israel through the prism of the American Jewish experience.

A J Street panel meeting

Can J Street stoop any lower in backing anti-Israel views? - opinion

NGO is lobbying to restrict US military aid to Israel and moving towards a ‘confederated state’ to replace Israel.

A J Street panel meeting

Proposed limit on US aid to Israel tests the pro-Israel diaspora - opinion

The pro-Israel diaspora have every reason to be concerned as the US House of Representatives debate placing limits on the financial aid they provide to Israel.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington in 2015.

What J Street means for Progressives' views on Israel - analysis

J Street, with its predictable talking points and focus on a two-state solution, should not be dismissed as a one-trick pony with little impact.

A J Street panel meeting

Abbas to J Street: US must rescind declaration of PLO as terror group

"A one-state solution, an apartheid state... is something neither, we nor the entire world would accept. A one-state solution will only perpetuate the conflict," Abbas said.

THEN-US VICE-PRESIDENT Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2016.

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas to address J Street conference

J Street, a liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, is spearheading a bid to keep Biden to his promise of restoring US relations with the Palestinians.

THEN-US VICE-PRESIDENT Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2016.

Groups back bill that restricts Israeli spending of US aid

U.S. assistance to Israel, $3.8 billion a year, overwhelmingly goes to weapons systems.

The US Capitol Building can be seen from behind fencing with barbed wire in Washington, US, January 28, 2021

J Street to present Jimmy Carter with peacemaker award

Carter is being awarded for brokering the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace.

EGYPTIAN LEADER Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter and prime minister Menachem Begin meet at Camp David in September 1978

Far-left Jewish groups' opposition of IHRA's antisemitism hurts us

They don’t want universities to use it. They don’t want states and cities to adopt it. And they want the federal government to stop considering it.

Plants in beds spell out the school's name on the roof of the library at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, US, November 27, 2017.