beyondzerosum

Dateline:  14 Adar 

J Street in the News:

Knesset announces that topic of next week’s J Street discussion was a misunderstanding.  MK’s interested in learning about Jeremy Ben-Ami’s selections in the NCAA tournament
http://www.jpost/knesset-Sweet16

Kadima MK Otniel Schneller questions Jeremy Ben-Ami’s preference for latkes vs. hammentaschen.  Says that no real Jew could possibly prefer latkes
http://www.ynet/Scnheller-nix-latkes

Netanyahu upset that Knesset is holding hearings on J Street next week – he had hoped to invite Jeremy Ben-Ami and Davidi Gilo to his seder, but doesn’t think that they will want to come back in April
http://www.jewishjournal.org/Netanyahu-matzah-brie

Top News:

Iranian genealogist searching for Amajinedad’s lineage comes to a dead end with someone named Haman
http://persia-today/Amajinedad-Is He Really from Philly?

Israeli government announces a complete and total halt to settlements! (each week between sundown on Friday and sundown on Saturday)
http://haredi-times/settle-down

Hamas changes charter!  Says, we don’t really want to push Jews into the sea.  Just want them all to leave for Miami Beach.  And may they live and be well http://hamasworldnews/Travel News

UN approves no-zipper zone on Levi 501 button-fly jeans
http://www.washingtonpost/Rice says: US will take a fashion back seat to no one 

Top rabbinical council renounces matrilineal descent when it discovers Charlie Sheen’s mother was Jewish                                                    http://www.washingtonpost.com/Ripley’s Believe It or Not

Sarah Palin going to Israel.  Looking forward to seeing the Pyramids                         http://www.newyorktimes/Palin: What? I didn’t say anything about Russia 

Opinion:

Netanyahu writes opinion piece in NYT:  “My opinion is that Abbas is ugly.  And by the way, Fayad, is no better”                                                   http://www.newyorktimes/FashionWeek

Glen Beck apologizes for criticizing George Soros’ actions during WWII.  What he had intended to denounce was Soros giving money to J Street   http://www.washingtontimes/print-edition/opinion/Can I be any more Anti-semetic?

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Amy Sputnick
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