On March 1st, Rabbi Jonah Geffen, the Rabbinic Director for J-Street posted on Facebook what can be seen as a challenge to his fellow rabbinic colleagues who were about to attend the AIPAC Policy Conference.

Question for all my “progressive” rabbi friends at AIPAC this week. Especially those who have spoken out against the PM’s speech to congress. Are you going to to lobby congress if the issue is Iran and your assigned ask is for your congresspeople to vote against the President?

As The J-Street Conference with some 3000 delegates (1000 of them students) approaches, I revisited this post and came away with a few questions and new insights.

Read more: I’m an AIPAC Activist and Progressive Without Quotes | Daniel M. Cohen | The Blogs | The Times of Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/im-an-aipac-activist-and-progressive-without-quotes/#ixzz3VKA2jS00 

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