JStreet

J Street

JStreet is an organization that, according to its website, "was founded to change the dynamics of American politics and policy on Israel and the Middle East." Observers believe that the group, while nominally supporting Israel, is a pro-Palestinian wolf-in-sheep's-clothing.

Adivisory Council

Over 160 former public officials, policy experts, community and academic leaders serve on the J Street Advisory Council.

• Marc Abrams, The Titan Capital Group
• Tom Allen, Former Member of Congress
• Stuart Appelbaum, President, Jewish Labor Committee; President, Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union
• Bernard Avishai, Author, The Hebrew Republic
• David Avital, MTP Investments
• Rabbi Andy Bachman, Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, New York
• David Baltimore, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine and President Emeritus, Caltech
• Judith Barnett, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Middle East and Africa
• Patricia Bauman
• Rabbi Leonard Beerman, Founding Rabbi, Leo Baeck Temple
• Dolores Beilenson, Former Co-Chair, Congressional Spouses for Soviet Jewry
• Rep. Anthony Beilenson, Former Member of Congress, California
• Marjorie Benton, Co-Founder of the Chicago Global Donors Network and Co-Founder of the Chicago Foundation for Women
• Rabbi Don Berlin, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Oheb Shalom, Baltimore
• David Birenbaum, Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. for U.N. Management Reform
• Rabbi Barry Block, Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth-El in San Antonio and Board Member, Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Kenneth Bob, President, Ameinu
• Ernest Bogen, Board Member, Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University
• Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein, Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, New York City
• Rabbi Sharon Brous, IKAR-LA
• Martin Bunzl
• Daniel Cedarbaum, Immediate Past President, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
• Lincoln Chafee, Former United States Senator
• Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• David Cohen, Co-Founder, Advocacy Institute, President, Global Integrity and former President, Common Cause
• Steven Cohen, Professor of Jewish Social Policy, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
• Rabbi Hillel Cohn, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Emanu El, San Bernardino, CA
• Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels, Beth Shir Sholom
• Rabbi Rachel Cowan, Executive Director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality
• Lynn Cutler, Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs
• Debra DeLee, President/CEO, Americans for Peace Now
• Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Rector, American Jewish University
• Rep. Tom Downey, Former Member of Congress, New York
• Sheldon Drobny, Co-Founder, Nova M Radio, Air America Radio
• Albert Dwoskin, President/CEO, A.J. Dwoskin & Associates Inc
• Maria Echaveste, Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff
• Peter Eckstein, Jewish Educator, formerly of Temple Israel of West Palm Beach
• Peter Edelman, Board Chair, New Israel Fund
• Paul Egerman, Software Engineer
• Sara Ehrman, Former Political Education Director, AIPAC
• Rabbi Amy Eilberg, St. Paul Interfaith Network
• Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, Professor of Comparative Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Leonard Fein, Writer
• Chai Feldblum, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
• Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Board Member, Rabbis for Human Rights
• Dan Fleshler, Writer and Blogger
• Marcia Freedman, Founding President, Brit Tzedek v’Shalom
• Rabbi Allen Freehling, Former Executive Director, City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission
• David Friedman, Former Co-Chair, Jewish Funders Network
• Dodi Fromson, Board of Directors of the American Associates of Ben Gurion Univeristy and member of the Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles
• Gail Furman, Board Member, Democracy Alliance
• Larry Garber, Chief Executive Officer, New Israel Fund
• Lila Garrett, Emmy-Award Winning Writer and Director and Host, public radio's Connect the Dots
• Jim Gerstein, Former Executive Director, Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation
• Davidi Gilo
• Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, Temple Judea, Coral Gables, Florida
• Michelle Goldberg, Author, Kingdom Coming
• Dr. Richard Goodwin, Chair, Middle East Peace Dialogue Network
• Dr. David Gordis, President Emeritus, Hebrew College
• Rabbi Samuel Gordon, Rabbi, Congregation Sukkat Shalom
• Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater, Rabbi, Pasadena Temple and Jewish Center
• Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector, Hebrew College Rabbinical School
• Mark Green, Former New York City Public Advocate
• Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films
• David Gross, Nobel Laureate, Physics; Director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Richard Gunther and Lois Gunther
• Morton Halperin, Former Director of Policy Planning, Department of State
• Ambassador William Harrop, Former Ambassador to Israel and former Inspector General of the State Department and Foreign Service
• Arnold Hiatt, Former Chairman, The Stride Rite Corporation
• Elaine Hoffman, Former Finance Director, Democratic National Committee
• Stanley Hoffmann, Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University
• Michael Huttner, Executive Director of ProgressNowAction in Colorado
• Dr. Jill Iscol, President of the IF Hummingbird Foundation
• Richard Jacobs, Chair, Courage Campaign
• Rabbi Steven Jacobs, Founder, Progressive Faith Foundation
• Jonathan Jacoby
• Professor Robert Jervis,Professor of International Politics, Columbia University
• Marc Kahn, President, The Bancroft Foundation Inc
• Linda Heller Kamm, Former General Counsel, House Budget Committee
• Robert Kapp, Founder and Co-President, International Senior Lawyers Project
• Ambassador Ted Kattouf, Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria and the United Arab Emirates
• Stanley Katz, Director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University
• Jim Klutznick
• Rabbi Peter Knobel, Former President, Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Herbert Kohlmeyer Jr, Former Louisiana AIPAC Chair
• Doris Kosmin, Cantorial Soloist, West End Synagogue of Nashville, TN
• Markos Kounalakis, President and Publisher, The Washington Monthly
• Victor Kovner, Former Corporation Counsel of the City of New York
• Rabbi Douglas Krantz, Congregation B’nai Yisrael
• Rabbi Charles Kroloff, Past President, Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Luis Lainer
• J Shawn Landres, CEO & Director of Research, Jumpstart
• Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate, Physics; Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
• Lawrence Lerner, President, MeretzUSA
• Daniel Levy, Former Advisor, Israeli Prime Minister’s office
• Lawrence Lewin, Former President and CEO, The Lewin Group
• Geoffrey Lewis, Kernstein, Coren & Lichtenstein LLP
• Hon. Samuel Lewis Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel
• Rabbi Andrea London, Beth Emet the Free Synagogue, Evanston, IL
• Robert Malley, Former Special Assistant to the President for Arab-Israeli Affairs
• Yaffa Maritz
• Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate, Economics; Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
• Steve Masters, President, Brit Tzedek v’Shalom
• Rabbi Rolando Matalon, Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, New York City
• Avi Meyerstein, Founder, Alliance for Middle East Peace
• Professor David Myers, Professor and Director, UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
• Arthur Obermayer, President, Moleculon Research Corporation
• Ambassador Herbert Okun, Former Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic and to the United Nations, Professorial Lecturer, Schoolof Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
• Michael Ostrolenk, Co-founder, The Transpartisan Center
• Eli Pariser, Board President, MoveOn.org Political Action
• Robert Pastor, Former Senior Director, National Security Council
• Ricken Patel, Co-founder and Executive Director, Avaaz
• Ambassador Robert Pelletreau, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs and former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Tunisia and Bahrain.
• Kathleen Peratis, Partner, Outten & Golden, LLP
• Michael Pertschuk, Former Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; co-founder, The Advocacy Institute
• Professor H. David Politzer, Nobel Laureate, Physics; Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology
• Avi Poster, Chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Nashville, Tennessee
• Kevin Quigley, President, National Peace Corps Association
• Rabbi Arnold Rachlis
• Jeri Rice
• Fran Rodgers
• Dr. Irwin Rose, Nobel Prize Winner, Chemistry
• Norman Rosenberg, Former Chief Executive Officer, New Israel Fund
• Hannah Rosenthal, Former Executive Director, The Jewish Council on Public Affairs
• Mrs.Ruth M. Rothstein
• Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
• Alan Sagner, Organizer/First Chairman, Young Leadership Cabinet of National UJA
• Deborah Sagner, Board Member, Democracy Alliance
• Herb Sandler
• Marion Sandler
• Mark Schneider, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights
• Irwin Schneiderman, Senior Counsel, Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Stanley Sheinbaum, Publisher, New Perspective Quarterly
• Rabbi Arnold Sher, Immediate Past Director of Placement of the Joint Placement Commission representing the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Union for Reform Judaism and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
• Michael Shtender-Auerbach, Founder, Social Risks LLC
• Rabbi Dennis Shulman, Former Congressional Candidate, New Jersey
• Henry Siegman, President, U.S./Middle East Project
• Bill Singer, Brandeis Fellow and Commissioner on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States
• Maxine Singer, Biochemist, President Emerita, Carnegie Institution of Washington
• Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group Ltd
• Alan Snitow, Snitow-Kaufman Productions
• Daniel Solomon
• Robert Solow, Nobel Laureate, Economics; Professor Emeritus of Economics, MIT
• Robert Spiegel, Private Investor
• Herzl Spiro, Former Chair, Jewish Agency for Israel Committee on Immigration and Absorption
• Rabbi Toba Spitzer, President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
• Ronna Stamm, Board Chair, Jewish Fund for Justice
• Alexandra Stanton, Former Chief of Staff, Empire State Development Corporation
• Mary Ann Stein
• Rabbi Jack Stern, Past President, Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Paula Stern, Former Chairwoman, United States International Trade Commission
• Rabbi Alvin Sugarman, Rabbi Emeritus, The Temple-Hebrew Benevolent Congregation
• Joshua Tenenbaum, Associate Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Marty Tenenbaum, Chairman and Founder, CommerceNet
• Rabbi David Teutsch, Director, Center for Jewish Ethics, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
• Sidney Topol, Former Chairman/CEO, Scientific Atlanta Inc
• Joshua Tzuker, Former Legislative Director, Office of Congressman John Dingell, Ambassador (ret.)
• Nicholas Veliotes, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asia, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Jordan and former Deputy Chief of Mission to Israel
• Milton Viorst, Writer
• Rabbi Burton Visotzky,Professor, Jewish Theological Seminary
• Al Vorspan, Director Emeritus, Commission on Social Action, Union of American Hebrew Congregations
• Ayelet Waldman, Author, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
• Robert Wald, Founder and former Co-Chair, Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
• Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
• Bernice Weissbourd, President, Family Focus
• Robert M. Weissbourd, President, RW Ventures
• Ambassador (ret.) Philip Wilcox Jr, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace
• Edward Witten, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
• Alan Wurtzel
• Mark Zivin, Partner, Morrison & Morrison, CPAs, Chicago

JStreet Education Fund

The J Street Education Fund, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) that aims to educate targeted communities "about the need for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, raise the visibility of a mainstream pro-Israel, pro-peace presence within the American Jewish community, and promote open, dynamic and spirited conversation about how to best advance the interests and future of a democratic, Jewish Israel." J Street Local, J Street’s national field program and J Street U, J Street’s on campus movement are programs of the J Street Education Fund.

External links

• JStreet website