J Street U Claremont Colleges

12/02/2021

Join us on Friday night at 7:30pm for Hanukkah snacks in the Clark V courtyard!

05/19/2021

The Biden administration is not doing enough to end the current violence in Gaza and Israel. Biden must commit to sustained leadership not only to end the immediate cycle of violence, but to address the root causes of conflict, including the injustice of occupation and de facto annexation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Demand action now:

[ADD YOUR NAME] The United States must show decisive leadership to encourage an immediate de-escalation in the Hamas-Israel conflict and help to broker a ceasefire for the protection of all Israeli and Palestinian civilians.

05/03/2021

We at J Street U Claremont are reaching out to the larger community to clarify several elements of the recent ASPC funding bill and debunk various misinformation campaigns that have been circulated online. We are committed to remaining involved in the discussion and implementation of the bill in the coming months, and we encourage ASPC and other 5C student governments to reach out to relevant student groups before legislation is passed to ensure their concerns and feedback are considered. We welcome further dialogue on this matter and we ask our fellow community members to remain respectful, curious, and committed to inclusion in all efforts.

J Street U Claremont’s Statement on ASPC’s Recent Bill, “Banning the Use of ASPC Funding to Support the Occupation of Palestine” April 29th, 2021 Dear Claremont Community, The Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) recently passed a bill titled “Banning the Use of ASPC Funding to Sup...

03/24/2021

TLDR: Register today for the 2021 J Street national conference! https://jstreet.org/conference/

J Street, the nation's hub for progressive foreign policy in the Middle East is hosting its National Conference April 18-19 and it's FREE for college students!!! Come hear speeches from progressive leaders including Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren Raphael Warnock, and Jon Ossoff. Register and get more information here: https://jstreet.org/conference/

If you register now, you'll be able to attend advocacy meetings with your Members of Congress to advocate directly for a more progressive US foreign policy!

Students will also have access to special sessions with noted commentator and scholar Peter Beinart and Hill staffers. Registration gives you access to recorded versions of all live sessions, so even if you're in class during an exciting speaker's event, you can easily watch it later! Register now!!!

03/21/2021

J Street U at the Claremont Colleges stands with the AAPI community against anti-Asian and misogynistic hate crimes in the wake of the tragedy in Atlanta. We are committed to fighting the rising tides of white supremacy, misogyny, and xenophobia in all their forms and encourage our members to continue to speak out against anti-Asian hate crimes and support groups on the ground such as Asian Americans Advancing Justice. As an organization with connections to the Jewish community, we stand in solidarity with all groups facing this type of persecution and demand that this wave of anti-Asian hatred be addressed by those in power, including the US government.
https://jstreet.org/press-releases/j-street-stands-with-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-community-in-the-face-of-racist-hatred-and-violence/?fbclid=IwAR311-lz2h4U_S0BsVFDurb7TnVFjfeM3dHJ5qnXqfjQd0rFzHviK3RKqmo #.YFfLvq9KiUl

We’ve seen how so much of this hatred is interconnected, tying together and targeting so many of us as enemies of the white supremacist agenda. We’ve seen how the only way we can hope to effectively confront and defeat this agenda and this violence is by standing together and supporting each oth...

07/07/2020

With the support of ASPC, we at J Street U of the Claremont Colleges are hopeful that our campus community can come together to be better allies to each other in the fight to dismantle white supremacy and all forms of systemic oppression. We ask our fellow students, Jews and non-Jews alike, to join us in our commitment to combating antisemitism in our communities.

Please read our statement on antisemitism below:

Dear Claremont Community, J Street U at the Claremont Colleges appreciates ASPC’s recent statement and stands with them against all types of systemic bias. As a political organization with strong ties to the Jewish community and many Jewish members we are particularly concerned with antisemiti...

06/26/2020

The JNF, best known for planting trees in Israel, is trying to evict a Palestinian family in East Jerusalem. Throwing families onto the street in the middle of a pandemic is unacceptable and immoral -- Jewish communities should be standing up for peace, not working alongside the radical right-wing. Jewish National Fund will you speak out against the eviction of the Sumarin family?

06/03/2020

We demand justice for George Floyd. But we know that true justice, in the long run, means dismantling the systemic racism that led to his killing.
Similarly, as we demand justice for Iyad el-Hallak, we recognize that true justice requires an end to the occupation.

We express our solidarity with non-violent protesters in Israel and the Palestinian territory who took to the streets to demand justice for el-Hallak, many carrying “Palestinian Lives Matter” signs and drawing parallels to the killing of George Floyd.

06/01/2020

J Street U Claremont Colleges stands in solidarity with communities of color around the nation against racist violence and white supremacy.
https://www.facebook.com/jstreetdotorg/posts/10158338965558700

J Street stands in solidarity with communities of color all across the nation today as they express continued shock, grief and anger at the killing of George Floyd.

05/28/2020

Send the letter to the Jewish National fund and help stop the eviction of the Sumarin family from their home! On June 30th, 2020, the Israeli courts are scheduled to hear the final appeal of a case in which the JNF, through its subsidiary organization, Himanuta, will seek to evict the Palestinian Su...