{"id":25529,"date":"2025-08-25T14:34:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/?p=25529"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:28:40","slug":"conversation-with-ilan-goldenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/conversation-with-ilan-goldenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversation with Ilan Goldenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"direction: ltr;\">In this episode of Jewish Crossroads, Tamar Ish Shalom is joined by Ilan Goldenberg, Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at J Street.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Apple:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/biden-harris-and-the-middle-east-behind-the\/id1790027525?i=1000723290143\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spotify: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0ThiS4ZIGGXvaRnntL29bj?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"direction: ltr;\">In this episode of <em>Jewish Crossroads<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>Tamar Ish Shalom<\/strong>\u00a0is joined by\u00a0<strong>Ilan Goldenberg<\/strong>, Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer at J Street. Goldenberg served in both the Obama and Biden administrations and has a profound understanding of Israel, the Middle East, and the American Jewish community. His perspective is shaped not just by his years in policy, but by a personal biography that bridges worlds.\u00a0Born in Jerusalem to American parents, Ilan moved to New Jersey at the age of eight. He grew up straddling identities \u2014 fluent in Hebrew, versed in Arabic, and deeply rooted in both American and Israeli life.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">In the Obama administration, Ilan advised on Middle East policy from the Pentagon to the State Department, working on issues ranging from Iran\u2019s nuclear program to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. He served as chief of staff to the U.S. Special Envoy under Secretary Kerry. In the Biden era, he continued shaping U.S. policy as special advise Biden, Harris, and the Middle East: Behind the Scenes with Ilan Goldenbergr to Vice President Kamala Harris on Middle East defense and technology, and later as national director for Jewish Outreach in Harris\u2019s 2024 presidential campaign.<br \/>\nWith his unique background and wealth of experience, he offers insight into some of the most urgent debates shaping U.S.-Israel relations, the future of American diplomacy in the region, and the evolving role of the Jewish community in American politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in \u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30104,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25529\/revisions\/30104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jppi.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}