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Revision as of 22:25, 12 November 2009
Adivisory Council
Over 160 prominent former public officials, policy experts, community and academic leaders are on the J Street Advisory Council.[1]
(* PLEASE NOTE: Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only; individual involvement in this effort does not imply organizational support. Names are in alphabetical order.)
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
Diana Aviv, President and CEO, Independent Sector; Former Vice President for Public Policy, United Jewish Communities
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
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
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. Thomas 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
Dr. Franklin Fisher, Board Chair, Americans for Peace Now
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
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
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 US Ambassador to Syria and the United Arab Emirates
Stanley Katz, Director, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University
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
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
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 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
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 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 and 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 inScott Sklar the United States
Maxine Singer, Biochemist, President Emerita, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group Ltd
Alan Snitow, Snitow-Kaufman Productions
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
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 Weissbourd, President, RW Ventures
Ambassador (ret.) Philip Wilcox Jr, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace
Edward Witten, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Mark Zivin, Partner,Morrison & Morrison, CPAs, Chicago