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Advisory Council

Over 100 prominent former public officials, policy experts, community and academic leaders are on the J Street Advisory Council.

(* PLEASE NOTE: Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only; individual involvement in this effort does not imply organizational support. Names are in alphabetical order.)

  • Eric Alterman
    City University of New York Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism
  • David Avital
    MTP Investments
  • Judith Barnett
    Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Middle East and Africa
  • Rabbi Leonard Beerman
    Founding Rabbi, Leo Baeck Temple
  • Jeremy Ben-Ami
    Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
  • Rabbi Don Berlin
    Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Oheb Shalom, Baltimore
  • David Birenbaum
    Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. for U.N. Management Reform
  • Kenneth Bob
    President, Ameinu
  • Ernest Bogen
    Board Member, Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University
  • Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein
    Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, New York City
  • Rabbi Sharon Brous
    IKAR-LA
  • Martin Bunzl
  • Daniel G. Cedarbaum
    Immediate Past President, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
  • Lincoln Chafee
    Former United States Senator
  • David Cohen
    Co-Founder, Advocacy Institute, President, Global Integrity and former President, Common Cause
  • Rabbi Hillel Cohn
    Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Emanu El, San Bernardino, CA
  • Rabbi Rachel Cowan
    Executive Director, Institute for Jewish Spirituality
  • Lynn Cutler
    Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Debra DeLee
    President/CEO, Americans for Peace Now
  • Rabbi Elliot Dorff
    Rector, American Jewish University
  • Rep. Thomas J. Downey
    Former Member of Congress, New York
  • Albert J. Dwoskin
    President/CEO, A.J. Dwoskin & Associates, Inc.
  • Maria Echaveste
    Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff
  • Peter Edelman
    Board Chair, New Israel Fund
  • Sara Ehrman
    Former Political Education Director, AIPAC
  • Leonard Fein
    Writer
  • Chai Feldblum
    Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Rabbi Tirzah Firestone
    Board Member, Rabbis for Human Rights
  • Dr. Franklin Fisher
    Board Chair, Americans for Peace Now
  • Marcia Freedman
    Founding President, Brit Tzedek v’Shalom
  • Gail Furman
    Board Member, Democracy Alliance
  • Larry Garber
    Chief Executive Officer, New Israel Fund
  • Lila Garrett
    Emmy-Award Winning Writer and Director and Host, public radio's Connect the Dots
  • Jim Gerstein
    Former Executive Director, Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation
  • Davidi Gilo
  • Michelle Goldberg
    Author, Kingdom Coming
  • Dr. Richard C. Goodwin
    Chair, Middle East Peace Dialogue Network
  • Rabbi Leonard Gordon
    Chair, Rabbinical Assembly Social Action Committee
  • Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
    Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center
  • Rabbi Arthur Green
    Rector, Hebrew College Rabbinical School
  • Mark Green
    Former New York City Public Advocate
  • Robert Greenwald
    Brave New Films
  • Morton H. Halperin
    Former Director of Policy Planning, Department of State
  • Arnold Hiatt
    Former Chairman, The Stride Rite Corporation
  • Elaine Hoffman
    Former Finance Director, Democratic National Committee
  • Stanley Hoffman
    Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University
  • Fred Howard
  • Rabbi Steven B. Jacobs
    Founder, Progressive Faith Foundation
  • Professor Robert Jervis
    Professor of International Politics, Columbia University
  • Robert H. Kapp
    Founder and Co-President, International Senior Lawyers Project
  • Markos Kounalakis
    President and Publisher, The Washington Monthly
  • Victor Kovner
    Former Corporation Counsel of the City of New York
  • Rabbi Douglas E. Krantz
    Congregation B’nai Yisrael
  • Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff
    Past President, Central Conference of American Rabbis
  • Luis Lainer
  • Leon Lederman
    Nobel Laureate, Physics; Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Lawrence I. Lerner
    President, MeretzUSA
  • Daniel Levy
    Former Advisor, Israeli Prime Minister’s office
  • Lawrence S. Lewin
    Former President and CEO, The Lewin Group
  • Hon. Samuel W. Lewis
    Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel
  • Rob Malley
    Former Special Assistant to the President for Arab-Israeli Affairs
  • Yaffa Maritz
  • Eric Maskin
    Nobel Laureate, Economics; Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
  • Steve Masters
    President, Brit Tzedek v’Shalom
  • Rabbi Rolando Matalon
    Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, New York City
  • Avi Meyerstein
    Founder, Alliance for Middle East Peace
  • Ambassador Herbert S. Okun
    Former Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic and to the United Nations
  • Eli Pariser
    Executive Director, MoveOn.org Political Action
  • Robert Pastor
    Former Senior Director, National Security Council
  • Ricken Patel
    Co-founder and Executive Director, Avaaz
  • Kathleen Peratis
    Partner, Outten & Golden, LLP
  • Professor David Politzer
    Nobel Laureate, Physics; Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology
  • Jeri Rice
  • Fran Rodgers
  • Norman Rosenberg
    Former Chief Executive Officer, New Israel Fund
  • Hannah Rosenthal
    Former Executive Director, The Jewish Council on Public Affairs
  • Barnett R. Rubin
    Director of Studies, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
  • Alan Sagner
    Organizer/First Chairman, Young Leadership Cabinet of National UJA
  • Deborah Sagner
    Board Member, Democracy Alliance
  • Mark Schneider
    Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights
  • Michael Shtender-Auerbach
    Founder, Social Risks LLC
  • Henry Siegman
    President, U.S./Middle East Project
  • Scott Sklar
    President, The Stella Group, Ltd.
  • Daniel Sokatch
    Executive Director, Progressive Jewish Alliance
  • Daniel Solomon
  • Alan D. Solomont
    Former National Finance Chair, Democratic National Committee
  • Rabbi Toba Spitzer
    President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
  • Mary Ann Stein
  • Rabbi Jack Stern
    Past President, Central Conference of American Rabbis
  • Paula Stern
    Former Chairwoman, United States International Trade Commission
  • Matt Stoller
    OpenLeft.com
  • Rabbi Alvin Sugarman
    Rabbi Emeritus, The Temple-Hebrew Benevolent Congregation
  • Rabbi David A. Teutsch
    Past President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
  • Sidney Topol
    Former Chairman/CEO, Scientific Atlanta, Inc.
  • Al Vorspan
    Director Emeritus, Commission on Social Action
    Union of American Hebrew Congregations
  • Edward Witten
    Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
  • Rep. Howard Wolpe
    Former Member of Congress, Michigan
  • Alan Wurtzel
  • Mark Zivin