From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Senior Biden and Obama aide Ilan Goldenberg joins J Street
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Ilan Goldenberg, a former senior aide in the Biden and Obama administrations, announces that he will be joining the dovish, pro-Israel lobby J Street as its senior vice president and chief policy officer.
Goldenberg most recently served as director for Jewish outreach on former US vice president Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign.
“J Street is already uniquely positioned with its reach both into Jewish and progressive circles. But I hope to help build on that by helping grow coalitions that can fight to bring all the hostages home and end the war in Gaza; prevent annexation and reverse the negative trends of settlements and violence in the West Bank; support progress toward a regional peace that leads to Israel’s integration into the Middle East and the creation of a Palestinian state; prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon while avoiding an unnecessary military conflict; counter antisemitism; and fight for American and Israeli democracy,” Goldenberg writes in a Substack post announcing the move.
