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- "Real progress" has been made in negotiations to release a captured Israeli soldier, President Shimon Peres confirmed.
- The online auction Web site eBay said it took down an ad offering biological samples from Benito Mussolini before anyone could bid on them.
- Turkey has given Israeli defense contractors 50 days to deliver 10 promised drone aircraft.
- Iran began an air defense drill designed to protect its nuclear program, Iranian state television reported.
- Brazileans protest Ahmadinejad visit
- Peres: ‘Real progress’ in Shalit talks
- The Mofaz plan—state now, ask questions later
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- Turkey demands delivery of Israeli drones
- Iran begins air defense drill
- More Israeli recruits seeking to join combat units
- Haredim return to protest Jerusalem Intel factory
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
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Posted in: Speaking (and tweeting) for the Jews
09/24/09 02:26 AM
For the record, while my thoughts on President Obama's Passover seder were widely quoted in the Jewish, Israeli, and mainstream US press, I had no role in planning it.
Posted in: Sex sells Israel part II: The 'come to Israel' condom
06/08/09 06:31 PM
I think you should host a "tagline" competition for the Ministry of Tourism to use with their condom distribution program. A couple have been suggested in my request on Twitter for suggestions...
Posted in: Obama pledges to end earmarks
01/08/09 09:18 PM
The idea behind "earmarks" is that often times Members of Congress know the needs of their districts better than some nameless faceless bureaucrat here in Washington. Our programs that have been funded through earmarks are innovative initiatives that push the envelope of what the establishment would like to fund -- because we are ahead of our time. Clearly there is a difference between an earmark for a $400 million weapons system that the Pentagon doesn't want and a $400,000 earmark to bring innovative aging-in-place programs in Chicago that help to better the lives of real people. The key to making the earmark process "kosher" is to make them transparent -- to shine bright lighst on them -- so that they are not secretly & anonymously added into legislation in the dead of night. Shine bright lights and magnafine glasses on the Jewish community's earmarks, and you will be proud to find that we answer to a Higher Authority.
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