Tag Archives: Chicago

Crazy coincidence — #IranDeal supporter receives a little extra something in his paycheck courtesy of Chicago-based Boeing (makers of B-52 bomber and V-22 Osprey)

Posted on June 24, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

BLOOMBERG Oh. So That’s Why Boeing Wanted the Iran Deal. by Eli Lake June 23, 2016 Almost a year after the Iran nuclear deal, we’re getting a clearer picture of the coalition of activists who fought for the agreement, sparring … Continue reading →

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Chicago LGBT synagogue merger

Posted on June 2, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

WINDY CITY MEDIA Congregation Or Chadash to merge with Temple Sholom by Matt Simonette June 1, 2016 Congregation Or Chadash, which has primarily served Chicago’s LGBT Jewish community, will hold its final Shabbat service as an independent synagogue Friday, June … Continue reading →

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EVENT Chicago #FIDF Annual Dinner Monday June 6

Posted on May 22, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES | CENTRAL REGION invites you to the Annual Dinner HONORING ISRAEL’S SOLDIERS Monday, June 6, 2016 5:30 Reception  •  6:45 Dessert & Program Hyatt Regency Chicago  •  Grand Ballroom 151 East Wacker Drive   •   Chicago, IL … Continue reading →

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Chicago is ground zero of the BDS movement

Posted on April 19, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

THE ISRAEL PROJECT Officials in “leadership positions within the American BDS campaign” came from organizations linked to Hamas funding by Omri Ceren April 19, 2016 A “significant contingent” of the former leadership of “three organizations that were designated or shut … Continue reading →

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At Rabbi Brant Rosen’s Chicago synagogue, it’s OK for “non-Zionist” Jews to abandon the messy cause of Israel

Posted on April 8, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL Why Millennials flock to Chicago’s non-Zionist synagogue by Amy K. Rosenthal April 8, 2016 Anna Goldberger, a social worker in her 30s with dark hair and dark intelligent eyes, is looking for a community of Jewish people … Continue reading →

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How campus brownshirts make sure only one side is heard in the Israeli/Palestinian debate

Posted on March 27, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

FRONT PAGE MAG The Lie of Academic Free Speech Richard L. Cravatts March 25, 2016 When GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s March 11th rally at the University of Chicago Pavilion was shut down last week by hundreds of leftist protestors, comprised … Continue reading →

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Chicago O’Hare anti-Israel billboard comes down

Posted on February 20, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

OBSERVER Lamar Outdoor Advertising Under Fire for Anti-Israel Billboard by Paul Miller February 19, 2016 Approximately five miles south of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, alongside the Interstate 294, stands a large anti-Israel billboard. Sponsored by the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (SEAMAC), … Continue reading →

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#BDSFail: UIC Coalition for Peace convinces student government to not single out Israel for condemnation

Posted on February 19, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER New Anti-BDS Strategy Scores First Victory On Illinois Campus; Prevents Singling Out of Israel in Divestment Resolution by Andrew Pessin February 18, 2016 Pro-Israel students at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) expressed relief on Tuesday that their effort to … Continue reading →

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PBS airs ‘The Perfect Crime’ about Chicago’s murderous Leopold and Loeb case [VIDEO]

Posted on February 9, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL Pair of privileged Jewish teens first used ‘affluenza’ defense in 1924 by Curt Schleier February 8, 2016 …Though press accounts didn’t mention it, [Ethan] Couch wasn’t the first high-profile case to use the “affluenza” defense. That dubious … Continue reading →

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Gay Porn Producer calls out anti-Semitic thugs at Chicago LGBT conference [VIDEO]

Posted on January 28, 2016 by ArchitectGuy

OUT MAGAZINE The Creating Change Protest Was Pure Anti-Semitism by Michael Lucas January 27, 2016 It could have been a scene from the early days of Nazi Germany: a raucous mob surrounding a gathering of Jews, chanting vicious slogans, screaming … Continue reading →

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