Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

February 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, It’s been a painful week. A grotesque ceremony from Hamas releasing the bodies of two infant Israeli hostages – Kfir and Ariel Bibas – as well as the body of 84-year-old Israeli peace advocate Oded Lifshitz. Adding to our horror was the misidentification of Shiri Bibas’s body…

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

February 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM

[Today] USAID Briefing

 🔵 Hear the on-the-ground perspective of Trump’s and Musk’s efforts to shut down USAID. Friends, Warehouses overflowing with spoiling food and medicine. HIV treatment programs shut down worldwide. Anti-extremism programs halted. Trump’s and Musk’s decision to put a hold on America’s aid…

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

February 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM

USAID Briefing: Trump & Musk Sow Chaos Worldwide

 🔵 Join a former USAID Gaza/West Bank Mission Chief and Israeli-Palestinian peace advocate for an on-the-ground perspective of Trump’s and Musk’s efforts to shut down USAID.   USAID Briefing: Trump & Musk Sow Chaos Worldwide Thursday, February 20 | 12:30pm EasternJoin a former USA…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM

A Presidents’ Day Like No Other

  Presidents’ Day.  I’ve always had the deepest respect for the institution of the Presidency – working at the White House was the honor of a lifetime. Our best Presidents have defended our freedoms, protected our rights and sought to bring our country ever closer to a more perfect unio…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

February 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friend, With Trump charging forward with his disgraceful “concept of a plan” for US-backed ethnic cleansing in Gaza, this week saw a powerful response from Congress: A letter slamming the proposal signed by over two-thirds of Democrats and a majority of Jewish members. A massive thank…

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

February 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM

This is a big deal

 ➡️ Just Released: Over 140 members of the House have signed onto a congressional letter slamming President Trump’s abhorrent, unworkable plan to “take over” Gaza and force out 2 million Palestinians who call the land home. Friend,  Just a few moments ago, 145 members of the House relea…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM

How you can fight back against fascism

 One person can make a real difference 👇 Friends, President Trump and Elon Musk are taking a wrecking ball to our country. They want nothing more than for us to retreat into the dark corners of our despair. We can’t and won’t let them win. That’s why this week, I turned my attention to …

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

February 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Response needed from You

  Hi – I’m Lily, J Street’s Deputy Director of Government Affairs. Last week, my colleague Hannah read you in on a letter circulating in Congress demanding President Trump retract his statement that the US “take over” Gaza – which would forcibly remove millions of already war-weary Pale…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

February 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, Another frightening week in Washington, DC under Trump 2.0. Among the lowlights: The galling suggestion that the US “take over” Gaza and force out millions who call the land home, withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council and sanctions on international court officials. All …

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

February 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM

Petition: We Reject Trump’s Gaza Takeover

  Hi There – it’s Hannah, J Street’s Director of Government Affairs. Right now, there’s a letter circulating among Members of Congress that condemns President Trump’s suggestion that the US “take over” Gaza and force millions of Palestinians from the land they call home. The President’s…

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  Eliza Schloss, J Street · [email protected]

February 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM

Today: Bibi Files Q&A

 🟢 Join us today! | Our first question: What’s your response to President Trump’s endorsement this week of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, and how do you see its immediate impact on the ceasefire, Israeli politics and longer term prospects for peace. Friends, Later today, J Street will be joi…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM

Emergency Briefing: Trump’s Horrific Vision for Gaza

  Friends, Let’s get one thing clear: The United States has no right to push two million people out of Gaza – and would be committing a war crime if it did so. Yesterday, Donald Trump floated the outrageous proposal that the US take over the Gaza Strip and force out its two million war-…

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  Gal Peleg, J Street · [email protected]

February 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM

The documentary Netanyahu doesn’t want you to see

 👀 | Watch now and meet the filmmakers on Thursday Dear Friend, Netanyahu is in Washington today for another show steeped in spin, and at the top of his to-do list is sparing his political survival. As someone who spent most of my life in Israel, I see through it. Now, you can too. A ne…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Petition: Trump, Don’t Get Played by Netanyahu

  Friends, Tomorrow, President Trump is set to meet with the first foreign leader of his second term: Benjamin Netanyahu. The stakes of this meeting couldn’t be higher. The ceasefire and hostage deal that’s reuniting families in Israel and protecting families in Gaza is as fragile as it…

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  Tamar Ariel, J Street · [email protected]

February 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM

[You’re Invited] Tuesday White House Rally to Free Hostages + End War

  Friends, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at the White House on Tuesday – and we'll be there to remind them of their obligation to leave no hostages behind and fully implement the deal. Stand in solidarity with our friends at UnXeptable, an Israeli-American pro-democrac…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

February 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM

Fascism Rising

  Dear Friends, There’s always more to say about the many complex issues we focus on at J Street. That’s why last year, I undertook a new effort to offer my own commentary in my own words. I’m particularly interested in finding a voice of values-based moderation that cuts through an oth…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

January 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, Just like 2017, the weeks feel like months with Trump in the White House.  The administration has wasted no time sowing chaos and targeting communities for their own political gain: Refugees, immigrants, LGBT+ Americans, public servants. Cutting off aid to millions of people …

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  Gal Peleg, J Street · [email protected]

January 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM

🎥 The Bibi Files: Watch Free via J Street (+ Meet Producer Alex Gibney)

 🟢 Watch the highly-anticipated documentary and meet the filmmakers Friends, I spent most of my life in Israel, and many of those years – far too many years – were under the rule of Prime Minister Netanyahu. When I look at the Israel of my childhood and the Israel of today, I’m beside…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

January 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM

Tell Washington: We cannot restart this war. Every hostage must come home.

 [Add Your Name] Friends,  At times over these past few days, I’ve found it difficult to breathe.  Watching hostages finally return to their families and Gazans returning home to scenes of destruction – I’ve been feeling a painful mix of hope and anxiety, sorrow and relief.  While the c…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

January 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM

Recapping Trump’s First Week Back in Office

  Friends, Today, we mark one week of the second Trump Administration. Pardoning the violent insurrectionists that attacked police officers on January 6th. Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization. Heart-wrenching scenes of refugees seeing their fli…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

January 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM

President Trump: Don’t Get Played by Netanyahu on Gaza

  Friend,  For the past couple of months, I’ve been writing a weekly commentary on Substack called Word on the Street, providing my latest thinking on all things at the intersection of Israel-Palestine, the American Jewish community and US politics. Don't miss out on future posts by sub…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

January 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, It’s been a whirlwind week. The long-awaited, long-overdue release of more hostages – including four more set to return home tomorrow. The inauguration of Donald Trump. Finally, finally, some desperately needed respite from the horror that families in Gaza have endured for mo…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM

How we’ll respond to Trump 2.0

  It’s Inauguration Day – if you’re ready to help us shape the best possible outcomes in the Middle East and at home during the second Trump Administration, you can make a grassroots contribution to support our work by clicking here. Friends, It’s official – Donald Trump is once aga…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

January 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM

Our Priorities As Trump Takes Office

  Friends, Tomorrow, J Streeters will watch – most of us with deep concern and some in disbelief – as Donald Trump takes the oath of office for the second time. A man who has shown such contempt for our values, our democracy and our freedoms will once again be entrusted with upholding a…

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  J Street · [email protected]

January 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Statement: J Street Welcomes Long-Overdue, Much-Needed Hostage Release and Ceasefire Deal

  J Street Welcomes Long-Overdue, Much-Needed Hostage Release and Ceasefire Deal January 19, 2025 The J Street community is overwhelmed with relief that the first phase of a ceasefire and hostage release deal has gone into effect. We are overjoyed that three more hostages – Romi Gonen,…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

January 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Friends, After months and months of anguish, Israel and Hamas have finally negotiated a ceasefire and hostage deal. If everything goes to plan, the first phase of the deal will start on Sunday with a ceasefire, a surge of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the release of 33 hostages over …

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

January 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Emergency Briefing: The Gaza Ceasefire Deal

 🔵 Today: Register to join Middle East experts outline the state of play and what to expect – and to take your questions. Friends, Less than 24 hours after it was announced, the long-awaited, urgently needed ceasefire/hostage deal has already slammed into the hard realities of domestic…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

January 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM

Overwhelming Relief. Determined Resolve.

  Friends, We finally have a ceasefire and hostage deal. Words can’t express the overwhelming relief I feel. We now have real hope that the anguish, death and devastation that the people of Israel and Gaza have suffered these past 467 days can finally end. To be clear, it has taken far …

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

January 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM

Advance where we can, defend where we must

  Friends, It’s been a historic week in Washington, where we marked the peaceful transition of power on a – thankfully – uneventful January 6th and honored the life of a legendary and exceptional American peacemaker and human being, Jimmy Carter. On Monday, exactly four years after a vi…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

January 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM

⏰ Donation Match Expires Midnight ⏰

 ➡️ Donate to J Street: Friends, We’re just hours away from our midnight deadline. This is the final email we’ll send. We truly count on December donations for almost half our grassroots fundraising, and we're still short of our goal. Your donation will help fight for what's right in a…

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  J Street Membership Team · [email protected]

December 31, 2024 at 3:16 PM

Final Chance to Renew

    ➡️ Donate Before Midnight | Friends, thank you, sincerely, for your support through what has been a painfully difficult year. Today is the very last chance to renew your support before tonight's 2024 fundraising deadline. We don't yet have a 2024 donation recorded against this email address.*…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

December 30, 2024 at 3:55 PM

Can You Renew Your Support? 🙏

  Friend,  Across the board, liberal and progressive groups we’re speaking with have seen December donations slide off a cliff. J Street’s online donations the past few days are down 50%. I’m reaching out because we don’t yet have a 2024 donation under this email.* We’re currently at 65…

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  Adee Telem, J Street · [email protected]

December 29, 2024 at 5:47 PM

Gaza: We Must Do Better

    Friends, I’m going to be really honest about where we’re at right now. Personally, I'm deeply upset that this White House hasn’t done more end to this catastrophic war. I’m still grieving the devastation we’ve witnessed on October 7 and every day since... Friends,  I’m going to be r…

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  Yaffa Maritz (via J Street) · [email protected]

December 27, 2024 at 4:12 PM

I’ll personally double your donation (!)

    🟢 ALL DONATIONS MATCHED: Friends, my name is Yaffa from Mercer Island, Washington. Today, I’m joining a number of other long-time supporters with an offer to match your grassroots donation. Here’s why: For years, I felt politically homeless when it came to Israel. Friends, My name i…

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  J Street · [email protected]

December 26, 2024 at 3:56 PM

📣 Fight for a Better Future for All

Friends: Together, we’re keeping up the pressure to end this war, get hostages home, and get aid to desperate families in Gaza. We're proudly fighting for a truly just, safe and democratic Israel – a beacon not just for the Jewish people, but for our Jewish values as well 💪 …

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  J Street · [email protected]

December 25, 2024 at 4:06 PM

Happy Hanukkah from J Street 🕯️

Thank you for being a light in the darkness. Today, we’re wishing you and your loved ones a Happy Hannukah, may it be joyous and meaningful. © 2024 J Street | www.jstreet.org | [email protected] J Street is the political home for pro-Israel…

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  J Street Membership Team · [email protected]

December 24, 2024 at 5:23 PM

Following up...

 Dear Friend, for years, you've stood with us to fight for what's right. Thank you, sincerely, for your enduring support through a very difficult period. As we race to close our end-of-year fundraising deadline, we don’t yet have a 2024 donation recorded under this email address.* Would you be able …

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

December 22, 2024 at 6:11 PM

can’t afford to fall short...

 Friends: We’ve got less than 10 days before we hit our End-of-Year Fundraising Deadline and we’re currently at 42% of our $400,000 December grassroots fundraising goal. We can’t afford to fall short. Friends, We’ve got less than 10 days before we hit our End-of-Year Fundraising Deadlin…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

December 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM

It’s Pro-Israel To Be Pro-Palestine

 🇮🇱🇵🇸 | Friends, I wrote last week that to be pro-Israel you don’t need to be “anti” anything – not anti-human rights, not anti-international law and certainly not anti-Palestinian. Today, I’ll go a step further: Being pro-Palestine is pro-Israel. The case for an independent Palestinia…

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  J Street Membership Team · [email protected]

December 18, 2024 at 5:25 PM

Are you still with us ?

 Dear Supporter: This year, you stood with us as we fought together for what's right. Thank you, once again, for joining the fight for our vision of a just, safe, democratic and proud Israel that’s a beacon not just for the Jewish people, but for our values as well. Dear Supporter, This…

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  J Street Membership Team · [email protected]

December 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM

🪪 Your J Street Status

 Friends: Just wanted to make sure you had a chance to review your details below and renew your support. We’ve got just 14 days before our end-of-year deadline. Thank you, once again, for being part of the J Street movement and our shared fight for peace, safety and freedom for all. Fri…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

December 16, 2024 at 5:22 PM

FW: What does it mean to be “pro-Israel”?

 Friends, Jeremy’s email from yesterday has struck a chord with so many people — we've been getting a lot of feedback. If you haven’t had a chance to read it yet, I didn’t want you to miss out. It's below. Friends, Jeremy’s email from yesterday has struck a chord with so many people — w…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

December 15, 2024 at 4:21 PM

What does it mean to be “pro-Israel”?

 Friends, if you follow arguments over Israel on social media – and, frankly, I recommend avoiding them – you’ll know there’s an Israel advocacy group obsessed with repeating the phrase: “J Street is many things... Friends, If you follow arguments over Israel on social media – and frank…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

December 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM

📝 Released: New Gaza Aid Letter

 [Thank You!!] Friends, J Street champions in the House yesterday released a letter to President Biden – signed by 77 Members of Congress – urging the White House to uphold US law and make clear that the US will not tolerate the deteriorating humanitarian crisis or the blocking of life…

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  J Street Membership Team · [email protected]

December 11, 2024 at 6:07 PM

🪪 Your J Street Status

 Friend: We have the following information on file for this email address. If anything appears amiss, please update your details so we can ensure we’re only sending relevant information (for example, advocacy opportunities with your representatives in Congress). Friends, Thank you, sinc…

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  Jen Abrahamson, J Street · [email protected]

December 11, 2024 at 4:32 PM

[Today] Fighting Against the Clock

 🔵 Together, let’s push Biden to change course. Dear Friends, I wanted to be sure you saw your invite to join the J Street Policy Center today for a discussion on what we can do now to begin countering the dangerous agenda a second Trump term has the potential to bring to the region. As…

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  Debra Shushan, J Street Policy Center · [email protected]

December 10, 2024 at 4:39 PM

[Invite] Fighting Against the Clock

 ⏰ Correcting Biden’s Course and Preparing for Trump’s Return Friends, I’ll be frank. Time is running out for President Biden to change course. We’re in a fight against the clock to pressure the President to redefine his legacy around Israel, Gaza and the Middle East more broadly. We’ve…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

December 8, 2024 at 5:49 PM

[Tues. Deadline] Gaza Petition: Press Biden for Action

  Friends, J Street’s allies in Congress are asking their colleagues to sign an urgent letter to President Biden calling on him to make clear that the US cannot tolerate the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The deadline for representatives to sign has just been extended until …

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

December 5, 2024 at 8:55 PM

New Gaza Petition: Biden Must Change Course

  Friends, Right now, J Street’s allies in Congress are urging their colleagues to sign a congressional letter designed to ramp up the pressure on President Biden to save lives and reverse course of the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.  There’s still time for consequential act…

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  Tali deGroot, J Street · [email protected]

December 3, 2024 at 11:25 PM

We can't afford to fall short

  ➡️ Giving Tuesday: Unlike groups to our right, we don’t have right-wing megadonors making massive contributions to push their agenda – we count on community support from thousands of donors like you. Right now, it's never been more important to fight for what's right. Friends, Unlike…

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