yourish.com - 10/26/2009
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This is why Israel has more Nobel prize winners than the entire Arab world combined.
Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel — a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the ...
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 10/23/2009
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Jeremy Ben-Ami of the liberal lobbying group J
Street is the man of the moment: The group's...
upcoming conference in Washington has become a source of great controversy for many reasons . I interviewed Ben-Ami yesterday by telephone, and here is an ...
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Ami On Zionism and Military Aid to Israel
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/27/2009
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I was debating with Jon Chait at a
J Street panel this morning on the subject of...
“what does it mean to be pro-Israel?” As expected, we disagreed on a number of points, most of which I was right on and he was wrong on. But one thing he ...
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Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace
jpost.com - 10/27/2009
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jpost.com —
J Street's university arm has dropped the "pro-Israel"
part of the left-wing US lobby's "pro-Israel, pro-peace" slogan...
to avoid alienating students. That decision was part of the message conveyed to young activists who attended a special weekend ...
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J Street's campus branch drops pro-Israel ...
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Israel Matzav —
... In Lebanon on Saturday, chefs prepared a two-ton plate of Hummus to break a Guinness World Record that was previously held by Israel (I believe that the photo is actually the Israeli hummus whose record they broke). Meryl Yourish has a neat quip about it. Yeah, you really have to concentrate on what’s important. Don’t try to break Israeli records in things like numbers of Ph.D’s per capita, or tech companies, or scientific innovation. Instead, let’s concentrate on what’s really important: Hey, you know - it's their 'honor.' Heh. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ ...
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