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Jerusalem Post provides former PM Ehud Olmert a platform for a nasty, partisan attack on philanthropist and political donor Sheldon Adelson days after his death
JERUSALEM POST I hate everything Sheldon Adelson loved about Israel by Ehud Olmert January 22, 2021 …[Sheldon] Adelson wanted an extreme right-wing America that was fractious and in conflict with most of the Western world. He supported a nationalistic America … Continue reading
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Tagged Ehud Olmert, Sheldon Adelson
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Adelson “became one of America’s most influential political megadonors, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to Republican candidates and conservative PACs over the past two decades”
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas convention visionary and philanthropist, dies at 87 by Peter G. Johnson January 12, 2021 Sheldon Adelson, who rose from selling newspapers on Boston street corners at age 12 to one of the … Continue reading
#FIDF Los Angeles gala raises $60 million, 1200 attend
FIDF BLOG Ashton Kutcher and Pharrell Williams among stars and supporters at the FIDF Western Region Gala chaired by Haim and Cheryl Saban November 2, 2018 Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) raised $60 million at its annual Western Region Gala … Continue reading
“Sheldon famously wore his father’s shoes upon his first visit to Israel, so that his father, who was no longer alive [and couldn’t afford an Israel trip in his own lifetime], could join him in his first steps in the Holy Land”
JERUSALEM POST No Holds Barred: The apotheosis of Sheldon Adelson by Shmuley Boteach July 9, 2018 …I have met few Jewish men or women in my life who breathe in Israel so deeply. Even Adelson’s most vociferous political opponents, who … Continue reading
“David Brog, head of the Maccabee Task Force, says a savvy action plan, lots of money and a focus on empowering (almost) all pro-Israel students are gradually ‘taking back the quad'”
TIMES OF ISRAEL How Sheldon Adelson just might be turning the tide against BDS on US campuses by David Horovitz July 8, 2018 In the academic year that just ended, Sheldon Adelson’s Maccabee Task Force, set up to battle anti-Israel … Continue reading
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Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, David Brog, Maccabee Task Force, Sheldon Adelson
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What Californians Roger Simon and David Horowitz see in the GOP nominee and the emergence of Jews Choose Trump
TABLET MAG West of Eden: Trump, Race, and Jewish Republicans by Lee Smith August 11, 2016 While some Jews—like my boss at the Weekly Standard William Kristol, and Tablet colleague James Kirchick—are at the heart of the anti-Trump movement within … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Republicans, Sheldon Adelson
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Alan Dershowitz “praised Cruz as the most brilliant student he’s ever had in 50 years of teaching law. Not one of the most brilliant — the most. An incredible statement, from a liberal Democrat about a conservative Republican”
JEWISH WEEK Lion Ted by Jonathan Mark April 6, 2016 …On the eve of New York’s Republican Primary, Mort Klein, president of the ZOA, still remembers that evening with Cruz nearly two years ago: “He was spectacular. His sincere commitment … Continue reading
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Tagged Mort Klein, Republican Party, RJC, Senator Ted Cruz, Sheldon Adelson, Ted Cruz, ZOA
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Right and Left, Israelis and American Jews Say: Reject Extremist Boycotts of Israel
JP UPDATES by George Birnbaum, Hank Sheinkopf and Ronn Torossian June 8, 2015 Billionaire Jewish-Americans – and major political donors – Republican Sheldon Adelson, and Democrat Haim Saban held a high profile conference this weekend where numerous Jewish organizations and … Continue reading
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Tagged boycotts, Haim Saban, New Israel Fund, Sheldon Adelson
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Why Pro-Israel Republicans Get Attention
COMMENTARY by Jonathan Tobin April 27, 2015 A lot of attention was focused this past weekend on the annual gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas. The event was depicted, as it has been in the past, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Democrats, Las Vegas, Republicans, RJC, Sheldon Adelson
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