J Street joins JCRC; mixed reactions

Street has finally arrived. Last week, in its second try at membership in the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Israel-focused and liberal-leaning activist organization was accepted as a full-fledged participant in the collective body of Colorado Jewish organizations. On June 22, a “super-majority” of at least two-thirds of the JCRC’s 35 member organizations voted to “expand the seats at our table,” in the words of JCRC Chair Ben Lusher, by accepting the Colorado chapter of the J Street Education Fund, the formal name of what is colloquially referred to as J Street Colorado. (JCRC’s program director Janet Sherman added that legal terminology was an important component of the JCRC’s decision last week. The J Street Education Fund, which applied for JCRC membership, is a separate […]