Was the J Street scandal inevitable?

Some interesting thoughts on the J Street scandals from Benjamin Kerstein (Hat Tip: Shmuel Rosner).The truth is that, however disheartening the scandal may be to those on the Left, it was inevitable. In setting out to form a "counter-lobby" to AIPAC and thus to challenge the American "pro-Israel establishment" from the Left, J Street was forced from the beginning to embrace what was