May 27, 2011
Obama's Jackie Mason Moment
President Obama's speech at AIPAC straddled the line of a Jackie Mason
standup routine. It turns out that when the president said last Thursday that Israel should return to its '67 borders, it wasn't exactly what he meant. Who said I was referring to 1967? I meant 1867. I didn't mean CE, I meant BCE. And why did you assume I was talking about Israel's border? I was talking about French Guyana's borders.
This was the first time I actually felt sorry for Obama – an incongruous statement to make about such a talented individual who also just happens to be the most powerful man in the world.
So why did he elicit my sympathy? Because you could see, both in his body language and the utter absence of passion, that he had been defeated. The president dithered, bobbed and weaved. He came into a room filled with 10,000 pro-Israel activists knowing he'd blown it, not just with the American Jewish community but with history as well.
For months, Arab democracy has been breaking out all over the world but Obama had yet to give one major policy speech on this unprecedented uprising. Yet when he finally chose to do so and thus recapture the American president's traditional mantle as leader of the free world, he could not help but insert a highly inflammatory line about Israel that was immediately seized on by the media, thereby extinguishing the speech's other content. And even on the Israel front he was forced to so dilute the '67 border statement that it became utterly meaningless
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December 12, 2010
Israel's Housing Prices Boom
Almost all of the land in Israel is owned by the central government. People buy 100-year leases and the like.
Until the last ten years, Israel had a strongly socialist economy. Now it is an envy of the world.
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October 28, 2010
Advocating For Israel
Confronting Israel De-legitimization
A keynote presentation and panel discussion featuring
Dr. Daryl Temkin, Founder, Israel Institute Alternative Energy Advancement
Mr. Jacob Dayan, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles
Dr. Roberta Seid, Education/Research Director for StandWithUs
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July 16, 2010
The Case For Israel
Scott emails: Israel is under attack—not only by terrorists who deny its basic right to exist, but also in the court of world opinion, which seeks to marginalize Israel as a human rights pariah that sanctions apartheid.
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June 1, 2010
Pro Israel Rally Today
Event: TODAY: Pro-Israel Rally in front of the Turkish Consulate General.
Start Time: Today, June 1 at 5:00pm
End Time: Today, June 1 at 7:00pm
Where: 6300 Wilshire Blvd. LA
From Israel's Consul General in Los Angeles:
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February 9, 2010
Camera.org Events
A Dangerous Neighborhood: Israel's Challenges for 2010
CAMERA invites you to a Lecture by
Yaakov Katz
Military Correspondant and Defense Analyst for the Jerusalem Post.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
7:00 PM
American Jewish University
Gindi Auditorium
15600 Mulholland Drive
Bel Air, CA 90077
Admission: $10
Register online at www.camera.org/events
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February 8, 2010
Two Great Israel Events In February
Rav Yosef Kanefsky writes from BnaiDavid.com:
Please circle two dates on your February calendars for two great Israel events:
The first is Saturday night, Feb. 20, when we'll be enjoying the Israeli hit movie Noodle at the Lions Gate theater in Culver City. http://www.israelifilms.co.il/40420/Noodle
The film is truly delightful, the theater will be all ours that night, and where else can you still see a movie for just $8?! We chose Noodle both because it truly transports us to Israel for the evening, and because in its own beautiful way raises important questions about the pressing and complex social issue of foreign workers in Tel Aviv. And I'm delighted to share that the Deputy Consul General, Gil Artzyeli, who is an expert on this topic, will be sharing some thoughts and taking our questions after the film is over. Please be sure to RSVP today to Vivian Lurie at kessian@aol.com .
On Tuesday evening the 23rd, Bnei Akiva will be holding its annual Evening of Jewish Heroism (click on it). This event is an important expression of our solidarity with Israel, our support for the work of Bnei Akiva, and it is always a deeply inspiring event, re-affirming our faith in the Jewish people and in the inner strength if the State of Israel. The above link has all of the details, and I urge you to participate. As a shul, let's stand up and be counted at this significant community event.
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January 7, 2010
Author George Gilder Speaks At The Skirball Jan. 12
CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) invites you to a lecture and book signing with George Gilder, author of the groundbreaking new book, THE ISRAEL TEST.
In THE ISRAEL TEST, technology guru George Gilder looks at Israel as it transitions into the twenty-first century and sees a nation that, alongside the United States, is a leader of human civilization, technological progress, and scientific advance.
Read more on Author George Gilder Speaks At The Skirball Jan. 12…
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October 26, 2009
Beth Jacob's Rabbi Kalman Topp Visits Israel
He writes: Dear Friend,
I'm writing this email to let you know that I just arrived in Israel for a unique and exciting trip.
Under the leadership of the Israeli Consulate of Los Angeles, twenty Rabbis from the area from all denominations are travelling together on a brief whirlwind tour of Israel. Over the course of the two and a half days, we are going from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to the Negev and back.
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January 7, 2009
What You Can Do For Israel
From Bnai David-Judea:
There are so many ways in which we can express our support for Israel at this time of need. Below, please find the items that our Israel Action Committee and I want to highlight for this evening. These items are:
(1) Tomorrow's Rally, (2) Our upcoming Annual Israel Appeal, and (3) Contacting our Public Officials
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