Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street
(JTA) — More than 500 rabbis, cantors and Jewish communal leaders have signed onto a letter calling on Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, to rescind and apologize for remarks describing J Street…
Assessment
A letter signed by over 500 Jewish leaders demands that Israel's ambassador retract a specific characterization of J Street as a 'cancer within the Jewish community.' This escalates an internal Jewish communal dispute over acceptable criticism of Israeli policy, forcing the ambassador to choose between doubling down or de-escalating. The response from the ambassador or the Israeli embassy is the next development to watch.