Editing Brit Tzedek v'Shalom

{{Short description|American Jewish political pressure group}}
'''Brit Tzedek v'Shalom''', also known as '''Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace''', was an organization of [[American Jews]] and describes its members as "deeply committed to [[Israel]]'s well-being through the achievement of a [[negotiation|negotiated]] settlement to the long-standing [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]". They describe this as "necessitating an end to Israel's occupation of land acquired during the [[Six-Day War|1967 war]] and an end to Palestinian [[terrorism]]". The group endorses a [[two-state solution]] to the conflict. The founding president of this organization is [[Marcia Freedman]].

In 2006, the group collaborated with [[Americans for Peace Now]] (APN) and the [[Israel Policy Forum]] (IPF) to advocate against the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act, supported by the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]] (AIPAC). The bill eventually became law, but in a form that was quite different from the original language proposed by AIPAC.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soros Pairing with Dovish Jews to Consider an Alternative to Aipac |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/soros-pairing-with-dovish-jews-to-consider-an-alternative-to-aipac |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |date=2006-10-11}}</ref>

By 2008, efforts to combine IPF, APN, and Brit Tzedek into a single [[dovish]] Jewish group went dormant.<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel Policy Forum names new chief |url=https://www.jta.org/2008/03/07/default/israel-policy-forum-names-new-chief |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |date=2008-03-07}}</ref>

Compared to the other dovish Jewish groups, Brit Tzedek developed a massive grassroots operation, claiming 48,000 volunteers in the United States. Brit Tzedek's operations merged into [[J Street]] in September 2009, one of several strategic acquisitions by J Street. Brit Tzedek would become J Street's field operations branch. At that time, Brit Tzedek's budget was less than $900,000 with a staff of five people.<ref name = "Acquire" >{{cite news |last1=Guttman |first1=Nathan |title=J Street Makes a Strategic Acquisition as Other Groups on the Left Struggle |url=https://forward.com/news/113438/j-street-makes-a-strategic-acquisition-as-other-gr/ |work=The Forward |date=September 4, 2009}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Jewish Voice for Peace]]
* [[Americans for Peace Now]]
* [[Partners for Progressive Israel]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [http://btvshalom.org Official Website]
* [http://www.forward.com/articles/113438/ J Street Makes a Strategic Acquisition], by Nathan Guttman, ''The Forward'', September 4, 2009.
* [https://archives.cjh.org//repositories/3/resources/765 Brit Tzedek v'Shalom/Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace Records] at the [[American Jewish Historical Society]]

[[Category:Jewish-American political organizations]]
[[Category:Jewish anti-occupation groups]]
[[Category:Zionist organizations in the United States]]

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