Excellent reporting in the New York Jewish Week on a “divorce” in the birthright program that provides free trips to Israel for American Jews, 26 and under. Gone is Shlomo “Momo” Lifshitz, the largest Israeli provider of the trips, through…
The Times has a report on Obama’s meeting with big Jews. Jeremy Ben-Ami of J Street, justifiably proud of being in the room, says Obama said there’s a narrow window for the two-state solution, and I’m going for it. Mr….
Yesterday John Mearsheimer wrote that David Harris of the American Jewish Committee was refusing his offer to debate him, after Harris had accused Mearsheimer of running from debate. I wrote to Harris’s aide, Ben Cohen, today, but have heard nothing….
Notes a wise friend: Good analysis by the superb Akiva Eldar, who wonders, Why is Obama talking to Netanyahu rather than Abbas about exceptions to the settlement freeze? (Query whether Obama sees Netanyahu as holding in this crisis a position…
Last winter at the 92d Street Y, Jeremy Ben-Ami of J Street complained that he had never been invited to a Federation meeting, the Jewish Establishment, and when he did get invited to a meeting of the Jewish Council for…
My friend JK writes: Have you seen today’s Washington Post story about the purported “huge embassy” Iran is building in Nicaragua? The only problem: there is no monster Iranian embassy in Managua. But that didn’t stop Secretary of State Hillary…
A member of Knesset is now demanding that the Israeli cell phone company pull the disgusting McCann/Erickson ad that uses the wall as a ha-ha prop. Thanks to Rob Browne.
Yesterday Adam Horowitz landed on the repulsive Wall ad for an Israeli cell phone company–produced by McCann Erickson, a NY ad company– and cited Noam Sheizaf. Today the Washington Post got to the story. And great that they did– “Israel…
John Mearsheimer sent me the following email lately: There is not going to be a debate between me and David Harris [executive director of the American Jewish Committee]. As you know, he previously said that he wanted to debate me,…