The J Street national conference in Washington, D.C. has emphasized that they are pro-Israeli. Yet they didn’t say anything about being pro-Jewish.
This morning Jikileaks reports that the J Street organizers at the Washington Convention Center are not offering Kosher food at its Jewish conclave with more than 2,000 participants. J Street boasts that hundreds of their attendees are rabbis.
The Jikileaks person on the ground at the J Street extravaganza explained his dilemma: “I arrived at the sandwich cart and requested the kosher option. I got a blank stare in return, and when I asked the manager she told me she had no idea what I was talking about. She hadn’t heard anything about kosher sandwiches.”
Kosher foods are those that prepared with strict rabbinic oversight. Observant Jews believe you are what you eat. It’s pretty shocking that J Street was so indifferent toward their own Jewishness as to not offer any Kosher food options at its conference.
The lack of Kosher food does make sense. J Street’s director once said his own staff was alienated from Judaism and once bragged to the New York Times that many instead prefer to conduct Buddhist Seders.
She should have asked for Hallal food. Then again, maybe all the food was Hallal.
Heh
Heh heh.
Yeah, this is J-Street nonsense is about as kosher as a Kurosawa film festival without any samurai. WHAT THE –?!
What a huge gift for the BDS movement this J Street disgrace is. Do you think any attendee has the seichel to ask the PLO rep why they explicitly reject Israel as the Jewish national homeland? Un-frickin-believable.
Why am I not surprised?
So jokes about halal food are fine, but kosher food is a serious matter?
The double standard here is almost awe-inspiring.
The food at the conference was like the organization itself:
KOSHER-STYLE GLATT TREIF!
It’s fine to disagree with J Street’s positions, but isn’t it better to engage the substantive issues than spread slanderous rumors? Please inform yourselves before judging. On the kosher issue, straight from the conference information:
Dinner will be kosher-style; if you signed up in advance, certified kosher, vegetarian and vegan meal options are also available.
“Kosher style” is absolutely meaningless. That is like saying “Vegetarian style” or “Vegan style”. Either its Kosher or its not.
Everyone assumes the ” J ” stands for Jew when it really stands for Jerk.
Jerk Street.
Ain’t it d’truth.