Monthly Archives: August 2017

The Google Memo everyone’s heads are exploding over: “I can’t remember the last time so many media outlets and observers mischaracterized so many aspects of a text everyone possessed”

NEW YORK TIMES Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O. by David Brooks August 11, 2017 …In his memo, [James] Damore cites a series of studies, making the case, for example, that men tend to be more interested in things … Continue reading

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EVENT US Holocaust Memorial Museum Chicago Luncheon Friday September 8

US Holocaust Memorial Museum 2017 Risa K. Lambert Chicago Luncheon Friday September 8, 2017 Registration: 11:15 a.m. Luncheon and Program: Noon Sheraton Grand Chicago 301 East North Water Street Chicago, IL 60611 Click here to RSVP NEW YORK TIMES Scraps … Continue reading

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“Postmortem of a disastrous month”

ALGEMEINER Despite a Difficult Month, Israel Will Prosper by Isi Leibler August 9, 2017 …It is an awesome burden of responsibility to serve as an Israeli leader, because you are obliged to make decisions that affect the future of the … Continue reading

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Former NBA player Ray Allen: “I didn’t go to Poland as black person, a white person, a Christian person or a Jewish person — I went as a human being” [VIDEO]

THE PLAYERS TRIBUNE Why I Went to Auschwitz by Ray Allen August 3, 2017 …I took that [Auschwitz] trip just a few months ago. It was my first time in Poland. I went there to learn more about something that had … Continue reading

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“The PA is about as likely to cease its practice of paying terrorists as Kharouf is to retract his lie about killing Halimi for Palestinian nationalist reasons”

JERUSALEM POST Sex, Lies and Terrorism by Ruthie Blum August 6, 2017 A Nablus resident who confessed this week to having strangled, bashed in the head of, and buried his Israeli girlfriend two months ago told reporters on Wednesday that … Continue reading

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“Senators Booker and Gillibrand signal that they’ll march in step with the radical, anti-Israel Left”

NATIONAL REVIEW Democrats Who Want to Be President Back Away from Israel by Jonathan S. Tobin August 7, 2017 The shift to the left by Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York demonstrates the … Continue reading

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Shaevitz’s Kosher Deli of Highland Park, IL “has been refining its hot dog recipe for generations. Now, it’s perfect”

TABLET MAG The Best Kosher Hot Dog in the World by Jonathan Zalman August 4, 2017 …On Monday, my uncle, a Southsider who moved to Chicago’s north ‘burbs in the late ‘60s, was craving a hot dog. It was his … Continue reading

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When #ZevChafets arrived in #Israel, “there was no Coke, air-conditioning or rock ‘n’ roll. Things have changed”

BLOOMBERG 50 Years Later, a Bet on Israel Pays Off by Zev Chafets August 2, 2017 This week marks a personal milestone: the 50th anniversary of my arrival in Israel. I was a junior year abroad student from the University … Continue reading

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‘Those who choose to boycott the State of Israel should show some self-respect and boycott all the services of the State of Israel’

ARUTZ SHEVA Israel slanderer waits for Israeli lung transplant by Mordechai Sones August 6, 2017 Legal human rights organization Shurat Hadin, joined by 50 IDF reserve officers and soldiers, wrote to the Health Ministry and the National Transplant Center requesting that … Continue reading

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EVENT NSSBE Fighting for Israel August 15 [VIDEO]

Fighting for Israel & Against Terror in US Courts: Going After the Funding, Compensating the Victims featuring Rachel May Weiser Senior Attorney and Director of Advocacy Educational Programming at Shurat HaDin – The Israel Law Center Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 8:00 … Continue reading

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