J Street’s second national conference kicked off tonight with a very large crowd of over 2,000. Of significant note was the presence of almost 500 students from the relatively new J Street U. I came in concerned about the atmosphere at this conference. In 2009, at the first J Street national conference, there was a [...]
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On the First Day Of J Street…
Posted in J Street, Jewish Community, tagged democracy, human rights, Israel, Israel Lobby, J Street, Jewish State, Justice, Middle east, Obama, Occupation, Palestine, Palestinians, Peace Groups, pro-Israel, Settlements, Two-state solution on February 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
J Street Conference
Posted in Jewish Community on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just a note to my readers that I will be blogging from the J Street conference for the next few days. I plan to let you all know what happens there and what it all seems like to me, the atmosphere and the events themselves. I’m given to understand that attendance will be considerably higher than the [...]
US Senators Press Lebanon on International Tribunal
Posted in Democracy, Lebanon, tagged democracy, Goldstone, Hariri, Hezbollah, Lieberman, McCain, Middle east, Obama, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Syria on February 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
American leaders continue to demonstrate that changes in the rest of the world, and the deep flaws in our foreign policy which they reveal, will have no impact on our thinking whatsoever. The latest case in point is the position staked out by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) with regard to Lebanon. [...]
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