After almost a year in preparation, a new dovish Jewish group is ready to launch its operations hoping to reflect the views of what its founders see as the silent majority of American Jews.
The group, which will be named J Street — a Washington-insider joke relating to the fact that the city’s alphabetically-named street grid does not have a J street — is expected to formally kick off its operations next week, after already starting to raise over a million dollars.
J Street will work as a PAC — a Political Action Committee — raising money from Jewish donors for political candidates who support the group’s goals: enhanced US involvement in promoting a two-state solution, support for peace talks between Israel and Syria and backing a diplomatic approach to the nuclear crisis with Iran.