We have addressed J Street multiple times before.
J Street is the progressive lobbying and political action group created as an alternative to AIPAC and other mainstream pro-Israel groups. J Street was co-founded by
Jeremy Ben-Ami, with major early funding from George Soros and a mysterious Hong Kong financier. J Street initially denied the Soros funding, but that was exposed, as we wrote in 2010,
Yup, Soros Is Behind J-Street.
J Street has grown rapidly, and is on the
verge of being accepted into the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations.
J Street's critics argue that J Street is
nothing more than a Trojan horse, meant to weaken American support for Israel.
The J Street Challenge, a movie being screened now, presents
the case against J Street.
Under the guise of supporting Israel's right to exist, J Street allegedly relentlessly criticizes Israel, and plays into the anti-Israel narrative behind the BDS and other movements, even if it doesn't support such movements openly. Gullible liberals, particularly liberal students, it is argued, fall for the J Street line, and thereby legitimize the demonization and delegitimization of Israel. J Street calls many of the accusations
Myths.
Part of the drama between AIPAC and more traditional pro-Israel groups, on the one hand, and J Street, on the other hand, plays out on college campuses, where J Street U -- the very active college division of J Street -- routinely hosts anti-Israel speakers and fails to push back against anti-Israel agitation.
Brandeis University is one place where that tension has been sharp the past academic year, as Daniel Mael, a religious Jew who writes for pro-Israel websites like TruthRevolt.com, has exposed and criticized J Street.
Mael has been a relentless critic of J Street and its college chapters, authoring at least the following articles (these were pulled from Mael's
Twitter feed, where he has been tweeting the links):
