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Sunday, October 25, 2009

J Street absorbing Brit Tzedek chapters

JTA
The left-wing lobby J Street is absorbing Brit Tzedek v'Shalom's chapters and rabbinic wing.

J Street, a pro-Israel group founded 18 months ago, has been in merger negotiations with the older group for months.

Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, or the Alliance for Peace and Justice, was founded seven years ago to lend grass-roots support to dovish pro-Israel groups in Washington. It claims close to 50,000 members in 41 chapters in more than 30 states. It also has a rabbinical cabinet made up of more than 1,000 rabbis. Full story

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