Nu? So Who Is J Street's Consolacion "Connie" Esdicul?

It's been several weeks since it was disclosed that a mysterious donor in Hong Kong named Consolacion "Connie" Esdicul gave $811,697 to J Street -- half of the organization's budget last year. [That's Connie in the picture receiving an award from actor Jackie Chan.]

Will some intrepid journalist please find out and report who she is and why she contributes to an anti-Israel organization that masquerades as a friend of Israel.

It's a story demanding to be written. All we've heard so far is based on the J Street handout that she is an associate of a non-Jewish Pittsburg "philantropist." Add to that strange story the fact that Mr. Pittsburg made millions at the Happy Valley race track in Hong Kong. The unusual amount of money suggests it was the sum after a foreign currency deposit. The failure to dig deeper into this story is a dereliction of journalists' duty. But that's been the case since the teflon J Street was originally formed.

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