Live from the J Street Conference: Why it’s called “J Street”

J Street, the political arm of the pro-peace, pro-peace crowd is getting ready for its second annual conference here in DC.

This is a real life college student at the J Street conference. Her name is Sydney with a Y.
This is a real life college student at the J Street conference. Her name is Sydney with a Y.

It’s 7:30 already and we haven’t started the opening plenary–set to being at 7–yet. And now they’re announcing that we’ll start in 5 minutes. Jews. Am I right?

In other news, the DC convention center–the location of the conference–is on K Street in downtown DC. Then next street over is I Street. (Well, kind of. Massachusetts Avenue screws things up. Whatever.) Anyway, DC notoriously does not have a J Street. And there are a bunch of lobbies on K Street.

So now you’re in on the joke. More to come tonight and as the weekend goes on.

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