Obama White House Jewish outreach powwow

The CABLE, here

"...Two left leaning groups, J-Street and Americans for Peace Now, have been invited to attend an Obama White House Jewish outreach powwow for the first time, another group rep attending noted. "Numerous meetings at the White House, first meeting with the President," J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami said. Among those expected to attend today's 3pm meeting:

• Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director, J Street
• Debra DeLee, president and CEO, Americans for Peace Now
• Ira Forman, CEO, National Jewish Democratic Council
• Abe Foxman, national director, Anti-Defamation League
• Marla Gilson, Washington director, Hadassah
• Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice-chair, Conference of
  Presidents
• Jason Isaacson, Washington director, AJCommittee
• Kathy Manning, incoming chair, UJC
• Nancy Ratzan, president, National Council of Jewish
  Women
• Lee Rosenberg, president-elect, American Israel Public
  Affairs Committee
• Stephen Savitsky, president, Orthodox Union
• Alan Solow, chair, Conference of Presidents
• David Victor, president, AIPAC
• Andrea Weinstein, chair, JCPA
• Rabbi Steven Wernick, executive vice-president, United
  Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
• Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president, Union for Reform
  Judaism

U.S. Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell is expected to head back to Israel and the region the week after next, an administration official said yesterday to continue his work on comprehensive Middle East peace talks. Also expected to go on the trip is Mitchell deputy Fred Hof, who will be reportedly trying to get Israel-Syria peace talks off the ground.