New York Times | October 2, 2025
For 17 years, Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, has been taking polite meetings with J Street, the center-left lobbying group that promotes a two-state solution in the Middle East.
But in all those years of relationship building, Mr. Jeffries never sought the group’s endorsement. He was more closely associated with AIPAC, the hard-line pro-Israel lobbying organization that has long supported him financially, and has in the past discouraged lawmakers it backs from aligning themselves formally with a group that holds a different stance on Israel.
That changed last month, when Mr. Jeffries for the first time was open to and accepted J Street’s official support. It was a coup for J Street, which is highly critical of the current Israeli government and seeking to establish itself as the mainstream voice about Israel on Capitol Hill.
Off topic but I just found this piece of trash for a Friday no so funny https://www.heyalma.com/the-black-jewish-queen-of-sheba-you-probably-didnt-learn-about-in-hebrew-school/
It came right up as No1 I’m google search, “folklore of sheba as demonic” since I was following up on info I’m reading by Apollonian Germ. Thanks Google!
“Arielle Kaplan (she/her) makes content for horny Jews. Brooklyn based, she co-hosts Oral History, a podcast on seductresses from Cleopatra to Jessica Rabbit, and moonlights as a sex influencer as Whoregasmic on Instagram. Find her bylines on Salty Magazine, Kveller, The Nosher, and JTA.”