Global InformationJ Street information
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| Founded | November 29, 2007[1] |
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| Founder | Jeremy Ben-Ami |
| Type | 501(c)(4) organization |
Tax ID no. | 26-1507828[2] |
| Focus | Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| Location |
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Area served |
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| Method | Lobbying |
Executive Director | Jeremy Ben-Ami[2] |
Chairman | Morton Halperin[2] |
Key people | Franklin Fisher (advisor) Daniel Levy (advisor) Debra DeLee (advisor) Marcia Freedman (advisor) Shlomo Ben-Ami (advisor) Samuel W. Lewis (advisor) Lincoln Chafee (advisor) |
| Subsidiaries | J Street Education Fund, J Street PAC[2] |
Revenue (2014) |  $2,418,969[2] |
| Expenses (2014) |  $2,207,771[2] |
Employees (2014) | 59[2] |
Volunteers (2014) | 40[2] |
| Website | jstreet |
Tax ID no. | 20-2777557[3] |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(3) organication |
President | Jeremy Ben-Ami[3] |
Chairman | Morton Halperin[3] |
Revenue (2014) |  $4,955,262[3] |
| Expenses (2014) | $4,671,950[3] |
Employees (2014) | 0[3] |
Volunteers (2014) | 40[3] |
J Street (Hebrew: ג'יי סטריט) is a nonprofit liberal[4][5][6] advocacy group based in the United States whose stated aim is to promote American leadership to end the Arab–Israeli and Israeli–Palestinian conflicts peacefully and diplomatically. J Street was incorporated on November 29, 2007.[1]
According to J Street, its political action committee, the J Street PAC, is "the first and only federal Political Action Committee whose goal is to demonstrate that there is meaningful political and financial support to candidates for federal office from large numbers of Americans who believe a new direction in American policy will advance U.S. interests in the Middle East and promote real peace and security for Israel and the region".[7]
J Street describes itself as "the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans who want Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewish people ... advocat[ing] policies that advance shared US and Israeli interests as well as Jewish and democratic values, leading to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict".[7] Critics from the right allege that J Street and the policies they support are anti-Israel.[8][9][10]
- ^ a b "J Street"[permanent dead link]. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Government of the District of Columbia. Accessed on March 24, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". J Street. Guidestar. December 31, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g ""Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". J Street Education Fund. Guidestar. December 31, 2014.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Abramowitz2008-04-15was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Eggen, Dan (April 17, 2009). "Year-Old Liberal Jewish Lobby Has Quickly Made Its Mark". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ Stockman, Farah (February 27, 2010). "Delahunt's journey to Mideast upended". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ^ a b "About J Street". J Street. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
- ^ "COLUMN ONE: THE LONELY ISRAELI LEFT". The Jerusalem Post. July 30, 2009. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ Donig, Mark (August 6, 2011). "Dershowitz strikes back: 'J Street has harmed Israel'". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ^ Sasson, Theodore (April 8, 2015). The New American Zionism. NYU Press. pp. 50, 54. ISBN 9781479806119.