Why the Jewish Right Is Terrified by J Street's Conference
Huffington Post - J Street, the political arm of the American Jewish pro-Israel, pro-peace movement, will convene its second national conference on Saturday night. There will be an enormous turnout. An organizer told me that about 2100 people are pre-registered (at their last conference, only 850 people were pre-registered but 1500 people showed up). There will be about 500 students from 100 campuses.
Why are all of these people converging? There are many reasons. They are desperate to find hope in what often seems like a hopeless mess in Israel and the territories. They want answers to troubling questions, like, "Is the 2-state solution dead?" and "What, in God's name, can the U.S. do to help?" They want community. They want inspiration. They crave ideas for mobilizing somnolent American Jews and cowardly U.S. politicians. I'm going, and I want all of those things.
This won't be quite as large as AIPAC's legendary policy conferences, but AIPAC has had more than 50 years to build momentum; J Street is only three years old. Read more.
Why are all of these people converging? There are many reasons. They are desperate to find hope in what often seems like a hopeless mess in Israel and the territories. They want answers to troubling questions, like, "Is the 2-state solution dead?" and "What, in God's name, can the U.S. do to help?" They want community. They want inspiration. They crave ideas for mobilizing somnolent American Jews and cowardly U.S. politicians. I'm going, and I want all of those things.
This won't be quite as large as AIPAC's legendary policy conferences, but AIPAC has had more than 50 years to build momentum; J Street is only three years old. Read more.
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