Isaac Luria
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Isaac Luria is the organizing director of Groundswell, a new multi-faith, social action movement focused on issues of moral calling that is housed at Auburn Seminary in New York.

Isaac was a founding staff member of J Street, the pro-Israel, pro-peace political lobby. He served as J Street's Vice President for Communications and New Media for 3.5 years.

He received his Bachelors degree in American Studies from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. During 2007-2008, Isaac lived in Jerusalem, Israel as a Dorot Fellow. Isaac lives in Brooklyn with his son, Caleb, and wife, Sara, who is studying to become a Reform Rabbi.

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The Horrible Truth: Penn State Is The Tip Of The Iceberg

32 Comments | Posted November 11, 2011 | 09:14:50 (EST)

What if the horror of what happened at Penn State was happening on a larger scale all over the country?

What if a website made money providing a platform where kids were regularly sold for sex, right here in America? What if this website -- another storied...

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Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi and the Israel Project Get It Wrong on J Street and Settlements

Posted October 1, 2010 | 13:33:19 (EST)

If Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi's recent attack on J Street are so-called "facts" that her organization circulates in Washington, it's no wonder why many pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans are frustrated with the state of pro-Israel advocacy.

J Street's actual position on settlements appears to either be lost on Laszlo Mizrahi...

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Charles Blow's Jewish Numbers Problem

Posted August 30, 2010 | 13:49:51 (EST)

Do American Jews support President Obama? Does that support remain strong even as the President presses both Israel and the Palestinians to make the necessary moves and compromises for peace?

These two questions are rife with political meaning -- and thankfully for the cause of peace...

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Religious Freedom Wins in NYC

Posted August 5, 2010 | 10:43:21 (EST)

On Tuesday, J Street New York City supporters and I delivered over 10,000 of your signatures in support of the Islamic Center in Lower Manhattan to a critical hearing of New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission.

The response by our community to our call to action on this issue was...

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Opposition to "Ground Zero Mosque" Is Offensive and Wrong

Posted August 2, 2010 | 14:45:47 (EST)

I'm appalled by opposition to plans by American Muslims to build a community center in Lower Manhattan modeled after Jewish Community Centers (JCC's) and Y's all over the country.

Tapping into fear, prejudice, and partisanship, opponents of the project are trampling core values on which our country...

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Turning "No" Into "Yes" on a Two-State Solution

Posted July 12, 2010 | 15:04:38 (EST)

Coauthored by Lara Friedman, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Americans for Peace Now, and Isaac Luria, Vice President for Communications and New Media at J Street.

We hear far too many "Nos!" in the American Jewish and pro-Israel communities about why...

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Who speaks for American Jews?

Posted April 15, 2010 | 13:43:47 (EST)

It's the age-old question. Who can claim to speak for American Jews on Israel?

World Jewish Congress head Ron Lauder seems to think he's found the answer. It's him.

In full-page ads in The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, Lauder claims that "Jews around the world are...

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Putting American Ideas on the Table

Posted April 7, 2010 | 15:46:41 (EST)

We at J Street were encouraged to read The Washington Post's David Ignatius indicating that the Obama Administration is "seriously considering proposing an American peace plan to resolve the Palestinian conflict."

This is exactly the kind of bold American leadership to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict we've been urging

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Oy: Avigdor Lieberman is Israel's Foreign Minister

Posted April 2, 2009 | 08:44:06 (EST)

Now it's official: Avigdor Lieberman is Israel's new Foreign Minister and the country's face to the world. Check out J Street's video below explaining what Avigdor Lieberman stands for and what it means for us.

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2 Jews, 3 opinions

Posted March 27, 2009 | 10:47:56 (EST)

Since J Street released a second poll of American Jews' views on Israel, the Middle East, and the US role in resolving conflicts in the region, some of the usual suspects have tried to reject the results out of hand.

Like a similar poll we commissioned last July, the findings...

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