Jeremy Ben-Ami

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Jeremy Ben-Ami is executive director of J Street, a pro-Israel lobby in the United States, and JStreetPac, which endorses and raises money for federal candidates.

Ben-Ami was President Bill Clinton’s Deputy Domestic Policy Adviser, and later Policy Director on Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. He was most recently Senior Vice President at Fenton Communications. Earlier he was the Communications Director for the New Israel Fund and started the Israeli firm Ben-Or Communications while living in Israel in the late 1990s.^[1] Ben-Ami has worked with Jewish peace groups, including the Center for Middle East Peace and the Geneva Initiative-North America.^{[2] [3]}

Ben-Ami's father, born in Tel Aviv, was a founder of the American Friends for a Jewish Palestine and other Zionist organizations. His grandparents were among the first settlers of Tel Aviv, where many relatives continue to live. He graduated from Princeton University and received a law degree from New York University. He married Alisa Biran in 2001.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ Abramowitz, Michael (2008-04-15). "Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402647.html. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
2. ^ Besser, James (2008-03-26). "New PAC To Offer Pols A Dovish Mideast View". The Jewish Week. http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c39_a5882/News/International.html. Retrieved 2008-04-29. 
3. ^ Deveson, Max (2008-04-16). "Jewish lobby gains new voice". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7349371.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-26. 
4. ^ Alisa Biran, Jeremy Ben-Ami, The New York Times, February 18, 2001

[edit] External links

• Jeremy Ben-Ami blog archives at The Huffington Post
• Staff biography at J Street
• Ben-Ami, Jeremy Tel Aviv, Then and Now The New York Times, April 9, 2009
• Goldberg, Michelle Same As It Ever Was? The American Prospect, April 7, 2009
• Traub, James The New Israel Lobby, The New York Times, September 9, 2009
• Jacobson, Louis A moment with ... Jeremy Ben-Ami ’84, on speaking out about Israel, Princeton Alumni Weekly October 7, 2009
• Goldberg, Jeffrey. J Street's Ben-Ami on Zionism and Military Aid to Israel, The Atlantic, October 23, 2009.
• Katz, Mandy The Man on J Street: The Story of Jeremy Ben-Ami, Moment, March/April 2010