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SCENE SATURDAY NIGHT – Lynn Schusterman schmoozing with Hillary and Bill Clinton before the start of Richie Jackson, Eric Kuhn and Justin Mikita's Broadway Revival of Harvey Fierstein's Tony Award-winning drama Torch Song. Stacy Schusterman and Randi Zuckerberg were also seen in attendance. h / t Adam Finkel
Michal Hartman, Israel Fellow at Chabad on Campus at WashU, posted: "When the Clintons sit on a Broadway show … you talk to them about the late Shimon Peres!" [Pic]
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SPOTLIGHT – Campbell Soup and Third Point Near Deal to Proxy Fight Settlement – by Cara Lombardo and Annie Gasparro: "Campbell Soup Co. is nearing a settlement with investor Daniel Loeb That would be a great challenge for the board, but it would be a good idea to have some boarding in the boardroom. Loneb's Third Point LLC is the name of the third party. The two third point nominees are expected to join the board Comscore Inc. President Sarah Hofstetter and train Blue Buffalo Chief Executive Kurt Schmidt. " [WSJ]
Flashback – Sarah Hofstetter wrote in 2016 … "Why Being an Orthodox Jewish Mom Makes Me a Better CEO: When I'm in the Business, I'll buy Oscar Mayer's business in 2010, I'll be happy to invite you to their new portfolio. It's not that I was not interested-I had not spent enough time trying to win the hot dog maker's business-but my faith simply prohibited it. " [Forbes]
TALK OF THE REGION – In diplomatic first, Chad's leader visits Israel – by Ilan Ben Zion: "The President of Chad on Sunday Becomes Prime Minister of the United States to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's outreach efforts in the United States. Both Idriss Deby and Netanyahu stressed the centrality of security cooperation, even though the countries do not have formal diplomatic relations. Chad, a Muslim-majority country in central Africa, broke off relations with Israel in 1972. "[ABCNews; Video]
– "Deby also with President Reuven Rivlin Sunday evening, telling him that" will not eliminate the Palestinian problem. You've lived through difficult history and it's important that people speak to one another. It's very easy to pull the trigger and very hard to stop the war. " [Haaretz]
Israel's Netanyahu Says He Plans More Visits to Arab World – by Alisa Odenheimer: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he would build on his recent visit to the Arab World" very soon. "Israeli media reported that Arab League of Israel, TV, quoted a statement from the United Arab Emirates, quoted by the United Arab Emirates as saying: [Bloomberg] • Israeli minister says he is invited to 2019 conference in Bahrain [Reuters]
Dore Gold, Director General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jewish Insider his experience of visiting Chad in 2016: "Not long after Prime Minister Netanyahu's 2016 visit to Uganda, commemorating 40 years since the Entebbe raid, we in the Foreign Ministry to follow up with new initiatives directed to Africa. There was a belt of countries beginning with Guinea on the Atlantic coast and extending eastward to the Sahara to the Sudanese border that was our initial focus. Chad was one of those countries. We flew to the Chadian capital near Nigeria and surprisingly President Deby asked us to fly northward 1300 miles to an oasis in the Sahara where he had a small palace.
"I asked his helpers to explain what was affecting their considerations. When they broke relations in 1972, they did that under Libyan pressure. Qaddafi was now gone. We knew that Deby has made Chad into an African power. Its army was assuming peacekeeping duties in neighboring Darfur, where they brought down the scale of violence. It was also in Central African Republic. The terror threat was also on the rise. Boko Haram was operating near Lake Chad in the south. Israel could help Chad, which was mostly desert, and contribute to its economic well being. " [Pic]
ULTIMATE DEAL WATCH – U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman in a statement on the last week's meeting between Trump and his Mideast Peace Team: "Reports of our meeting have been wildly inaccurate. I would like to reaffirm that the United States remains committed to sharing its vision for peace with Israel, the Palestinians and other regional and international stakeholders at the appropriate time. Our timing, our strategy and our messaging is our own. We intend to release the President's vision when the Administration concludes that we have maximized its potential for acceptance, execution, and implementation. Moreover, Mr. Kushner, Mr. Greenblatt and I am of one mind
USAID to Lay Off Half Its Employees, by Yaniv Kubovich: "The US State Department informed USAID last week that the following would be a list of 60 percent of its employees to be dismissed as the first step in the shutdown by 2019 … Some 180 employees working for the 2018 or 2019. The Embassy of the United States and the United States of America. According to US Ambassador David Friedman has shown no interest in USAID's needs and has not held meetings with USAID officials on projects.
"USAID officials said the policy of the ambassador and the Trump administration to stop funding the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to renew talks with the United States and Israel." [Haaretz]
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein says Trump's peace plan is unfeasible: "I do not believe that the approach should be different. I am sure we can find some magic to solve all the problems in immediate negotiations. We have to start building by brick, " [Knesset Speaker Yuli-Yoel] Edelstein said on the sidelines of the Mediterranean Dialogues (MED) forum … when asked to comment on Trump's peace plan. " [Sputnik; Haaretz]
– Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov offers to mediate between Israel and the Palestinians: "We confirm our offer of several years to host a meeting between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Russia without any preconditions."
REPORT – Qatar said to reconsider Gaza cash transfers amid backlash: According to a report on the Walla news site, a document circulated internally among Qatari officials argues that the transfer of money to Hamas was a "problematic" move that led to criticism of both Israel and the Palestinians. The document says the cash transfer "only supports the negative view of Qatar as a financier of terrorism acting against the Sunni states." [ToI; WallaNews]
BUZZ ON BALFOUR – Divisive bill on hold as Israel grapples with new coalition: "A parliamentary vote is contentious." pass the bill … The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recently downsized coalition. " [AP]
TV: State prosecutor reviewing Netanyahu cases urges indictment in Case 1000: "A state prosecutor appointed to oversee and review the corruption allegations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly recommended the first be in the least one of three cases against him." [ToI]
JPost's Yaakov Katz tweets: "That is Israel: In a single day, Netanyahu makes diplomatic history with the president of Chad to reestablish ties and visit by Czech president to initiate embassy. "
ON THE GROUND – Is the Trump Pivoting the Fight in Syria Toward a War with Iran? – by Seth Harp: "The belligerent talk from Washington might be ploy to intimidate Tehran, a move to turn Trump's unpredictable nature into strategic leverage. But the Iranians appear willing to respond in kind. On October 1st, Iran fired a volleyball ballistic missiles across Iraq and struck an ISIS position in Deir Ezzor, not far from American troops … A similar incident could give Bolton and the others a pretext to convince Trump to launch a bombing campaign on Iranian military infrastructure. If Trump strikes Iran, the American forces would be engaged in a Middle East war zone that would be contiguous countries: Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. " [NewYorker] • The Master Terrorist Behind America Blood Feud With Iran [DailyBeast]
Iranian oil web tensions between Washington and Moscow – by Henry Foy, Nastassia Astrasheuskaya and David Sheppard: "U.S. I have been approaching international insurance companies to warn them against insuring tankers carrying oil from Iran to Syria, people with knowledge of the conversations told the FT. A list of oil tankers that the US Treasury says has visited in English.[FinancialTimes]
AP CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT – "In a story Nov. 24, The Associated Press reported that Iran frequently condemns Israel and predicts its demise. The story should have made clear that Iran as existential threats. " [AP]
– Background: AP "Clarification" Casts Iranian Threats As Israeli Perception[Camera]
DEEP DIVE – Israeli Cyber Firm Negotiated Advanced Attack Capabilities Sale With Saudis – by Amos Harel, Chaim Levinson and Yaniv Kubovich: "The Israeli company NSO Group Technologies offered Saudi Arabia a system that hacks cellphones, a few months before Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman began his purge of regime opponents … A Haaretz investigation based on testimony and photos, reveals the Saudis' behind-the-scenes attempts to buy Israeli technology. " [Haaretz]
ON THE HILL – Defying Trump, key GOP senator to sharpen focus on Saudi prince – Jonathan Swan: "In a phone interview, [Sen. Lindsey] Graham told me that he has been told that the CIA has "high confidence" MBS ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi … "We can not have a normal strategic relationship with somebody this crazy, "Graham told me. Graham said "everything would be on the table" to punish Saudi Arabia, including blocking arms sales. " [Axios]
Obama Alumni Return to Washington, This Time as House Freshmen – by Catie Edmondson and Sheryl Gay Stolberg: "Nearly a dozen members of the House of the Gawky freshmen, stumbling wide-eyed through the strange corridors of Capitol Hill, goal The President of the Barack Obama, President of the Barack Obama … "This is a group that has really seen it." All, "said Eric Lesser, to form Obama White House, who is now a Massachusetts senator. "They're just not going to be intimidated."
"A pair of them, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Tom Malinowski of New Jersey, have previously tussled with Congress. Ms. Slotkin, a former ICA officer who served in the United States of America and the United States, reported to the Secretary-General for the Secretary-General of the United States. (She also served under George W. Bush.) Mr. Malinowski, who helped levy sanctions against North Korean officials for human rights abuses, was confirmed as assistant secretary of state after receiving lavish praise from Senator John McCain. [NYTimes]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Migrant Caravan To Jews Fleeing Holocaust: "Democratic New York Rep.-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday compared members of the migrant caravan attempting to enter the United States to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany during the Holocaust …" Asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status is not a crime, "she wrote on Twitter. "It was not for Jewish families fleeing Germany. It was not for Rwanda fleeing. It was not for the communities fleeing war-torn Syria. And it is not for those fleeing violence in Central America, "she added."[DailyCaller]
MUELLER WATCH – Alan Dershowitz says Mueller report will be 'devastating' to Trump -by Paul LeBlanc: "I think the report is going to be devastating to the President," Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor, said "ABC This Week." "And I know that the President's team is working on a report … When I say devastating, I mean it's going to paint a picture that's going to be politically very devastating, "he said. "I still do not think it's going to make a criminal case, because collusion is not criminal." [CNN; ABCNews]
2020 WATCH -A Lot of People Want Bernie Sanders to Run in 2020 – by Edward-Isaac Dovere: "On Tuesday, [Sanders] will release his new book, Where We Go From Here, a rundown of the ways he has been able to keep a hold on American politics, from the demands he gave Hillary Clinton to their post-primary meeting to his political and legislative wins. He will be attending a meeting at George Washington University on Tuesday night, and he will be attending a meeting at the Sanders Institute in Burlington, Vermont … Among many Sanders fans who love him and cheer for him at rallies goal still wonder whether he could really go all the way, that's the circulating debate: Would he be able to have a bigger influence on the 2020 race? ransom " [TheAtlantic]
Al Franken scandal haunts Kirsten Gillibrand's 2020 chances – by Natasha Korecki and Laura Nahmias: "Today, nearly a year after Gillibrand led the charge in calling for [Al] Franken's resignation, the anger is fresh on the minds of major donors across the country. More than a dozen prominent West Coast, New York and national donors – many of them women – said they would never again donate to or fundraise for Gillibrand or would only go so far as the Democratic presidential nominee. " [Politico]
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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Howard Lorber sells Sherry-Netherland pad for $ 11M[TheRealDeal] • Elbit complete purchase of Israel IMI after government approval [Reuters] • Avi Dorfman, who calls himself a Compass co-founder, seeks stake worth nearly $ 200M [TheRealDeal]
PROFILE – How Raz Guy Built 'How I Built This' Podcast -By Nellie Bowles: "Guy Raz is wrapping up an episode of How I Built This … when his guest, the Israeli investor Haim SabanIn the story Mr. Saban is telling, he is about to make a lot of money, and then quadruple it into even more money. Mr. Raz cuts in, astonished. "But half a billion dollars – that's a lot of money," he says. "I mean, wow." "Two billion is more," Mr. Saban says. "Was money – getting really rich – did you motivate you?" Mr. Raz asks a moment later. "You know, it was not only money, but it was also money," Mr. Saban says. "Money is a marker to success."
"There's a moment like this in every episode of How I Build This … By creating a safe space for entrepreneurs to share their stories of ascent, Mr. Raz has become one of the most popular podcasters in … According to NPR, where he works Apple's top 20 podcasts. In addition to How I Built This, Mr. Raz hosts the TED Radio Hour and the children's series Wow in the World. Another show, The Rewind With Guy Raz, just started on Spotify … In every installment, Mr. Raz takes listeners on a journey to the free market towards some of the most glorious capitalism's finals: Howard Schultz builds Starbucks, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger build Instagram , Eileen Fisher builds Eileen Fisher … Mr. Raz gets to know the truth about sacrifices, late nights, self-doubt and the mistakes that led to success. " [NYTimes]
Jeff Goldblum Is Going Back to His Roots – interview with Molly Lambert: "You grew up in a Jewish family in Pittsburgh, and you posted a message about sympathy about the recent massacre in the Tree of Life synagogue on social media. How have you been processing the tragedy? I'm about to "Finding Your Roots," so I've been thinking about my family, and how is this, anti-Semitism, is our fight. Thinking about the people in that synagogue – 80, 90 years old – and the moment before they die, they hear this guy yell out, "All Jews must die!" That's how you die. It's just too outrageous. It's sad. It's stupid. It's ugly. "
"And as another Jewish person, trying to make sense of something impossible. It's hard to find ways to make you feel good and it's bad. Read Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning," about his experience in a concentration camp. It is not what the universe serves you accidentally, but it's about your way to experience the cards and to get them to work. That's applicable to all of us, even in our little tragedies. And now, because this is another shooting – you can get addicted to watching. You have to be discriminating about what you are doing. [NYTimes]
After the Tree of Life Shooting Synagogue, a Russian-Jewish Immigrant Squirrel Hill Remembers – by Ellen Litman: "In Russia, the very word" Jew "was embarrassing, unseemly. You did not say it in polite company. Did not say it at all if you could help it. If you were a Jew in Russia you tried to conceal it … In Squirrel Hill, Jews did not worry about being visible. They knew, of course, that anti-Semitism existed, but Orthodox women in long dresses and Orthodox men in black hats roamed its streets unafraid. The kids from the yeshiva schools loitered on Murray after classes. I'd look at their faces and be reminded of my own face, as if we had the same ancestors, as if they were a version of myself. " [NewYorker]
TALK OF THE TOWN – New York City museums are fighting to keep stolen by the Nazis – by Isabel Vincent: "There are" tens of thousands "of artworks in US museums with Nazi-era … Of those, thousands are in New York City museums, say experts. And on one of the world's most famous and well-known artists on the … On Monday, hundreds of museum directors, art experts and politicians will assemble in Berlin at a three-day -looted art over the past 20 years. " [NYPost]
BEAT CAMPUS – Students Who Made It Nazi Salute in Photo Will not Be Punished – by Christina Caron: "The Wisconsin students who appeared to make a Nazi salute in a criticism criticized photo will not be punished … The superintendent, Lori Mueller of the Baraboo School District, said in the letter [to parents] that the district was "not in a position to punish the students for their actions" because of their First Amendment rights … In the photo, many of the students stand with one arm raised, palms down and elbows locked straight, in a gesture that looks unique to a Nazi salute. " [NYTimes]
Eugene Kontorovich writes … "Airbnb's Anti-Israel Hypocrisy: Under Airbnb's policy, an American Jew with a West Bank. An Arabian goal is welcome to list his home to a few hundred meters away, even though the Palestinian law forbidding real-estate deals with Jews carries a maximum penalty of death … Airbnb's capitulation underscores the need for Anti-Boycott Act … Airbnb's exclusion of Jewish communities in the West Bank can not be ignored. " [WSJ]
DESSERT – 3D-printed vegan steak and fries? Israeli startup says it has replicated meat: "An Israeli startup hopes for the food market by developing 3D printing technology that will be able to produce meat substitutes using plant-based formulations, saying the final product is very close to the experience of consuming natural meat. Its founder says it has "replicated … the complex matrix that is meat." Jet Eat, which was established in early 2018 by Eshchar Ben Shitrit, aims for its products to hit the markets by 2020. " [ToI]
REMEMBERING – Bernard Glassman, Zen Master and Social Activist, Dies at 79 – by Katharine Q. Seelye: "Bernard Glassman, an acclaimed American Buddhist teacher known for his social activism, died on Nov. 4 at a hospital in Greenfield, Mass … Mr. Glassman was deeply active in the world and in trying to address its ills. His activism was as much a product of his Buddhist spiritualism as it was of the liberal Jewish tradition into which he was born; the two remained inseparable throughout his life. Mr. Glassman is one of the most important figures in 'Engaged Buddhism', 'which applies the teachings of Buddhism to the world,' "Jay Michaelson wrote in a tribute in The world. Forward … Mr. Michaelson called Mr. Glassman "a Zen mensch." [NYTimes]
BIRTHDAYS: Holocaust refugee from Budapest, he founded a generic drug company in 1965 that he sold to Teva Pharmaceuticals 35 years later, University of Toronto's pharmacy school bears his name, Leslie Dan turns 89 … San Francisco-based venture capitalist, he is a founding partner of CMEA Capital, Training 8 and Baruch Future Ventures, Thomas R. Baruch turns 80 … Diplomat and author, he worked under Presidents Bush (41), Clinton and Obama on Middle East and Persian Gulf matters, in 2002 he co-founded a synagogue in Rockville, MD, Dennis B. Ross turns 70 … Former National Executive Director of the Zionist Organization of America, Gary P. Ratnerturns 70 … Member of the Illinois House of Representatives since 1987, Louis I. Lang turns 69 …
Senior editor at Bloomberg News following 17 years at The New York Times, most recently as deputy national editor, Ethan Samuel Bronner turns 64 … Editor, journalist and publisher of Hebrew media for US-based Israeli readers, he is the author of several books and award-winning screenplays, Meir Doronturns 64 … Author of a 2013 New York Times bestseller about Israel, Ari Shavit turns 61 … First Jewish governor of Delaware (2009-2017), following 10 years as the Treasurer of Delaware, Jack Alan Markell turns 58 … Ohio director for Agudath Israel, Rabbi Eric "Yitz" Frank turns 32 … Associate at Covington & Burling's litigation department focusing on white collar and national security-related issues, Jordan Chandler Hirsch turns 31 …
BIRTHDAYS OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND – FRIDAY: Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer turns 68 … Board member of the Yitzhak Rabin Center, Andrea Lavin Solow… Former United States Senator (1997-2015), Mary Landrieu turns 63 … Israeli-born entrepreneur, he is the CEO of NASDAQ-traded Caesarstone, Raanan Zilberman turns 58 … Majority owner of the NFL's Washington Redskins, Daniel Snyder turns 54 … VP of wealth management and financial adviser at UBS Financial Services in Baltimore, P. Justin "P.J." Pearlstone turns 44 … Erin Ross turns 43 … President of Eastern Savings Bank in Hunt Valley, Maryland and partner at Baltimore's Abramoff Neuberger LLP, Yaakov S. Neuberger… Development and Grant Writer for Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans (Beit Halochem), Elise Fischer… Associate at WeissLaw LLP, he was previously a government affairs and market development manager at The Copia, Shmuel Winiarz… NYC and Toronto based lyricist, author and playwright, Naomi Matlow…
SATURDAY: VP of the Aspen Institute, Member of Congress (1977-1994) (D-Kansas-4), Secretary of Agriculture (1995-2001) and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (2004-2010), Dan Glickman turns 74 … Chairman of Lyons Global Insurance Services, he is a senior advisor to the Ashcroft Group, Simcha G. Lyons turns 72 … Professor of Chemistry at Ilan University Bar (1975-2015, now emeritus), he is also an ordained rabbi, Aryeh Abraham Frimer turns 72 … Actress, best known for her role as Gaby in the movie "Gaby: A True Story," Rachel Chagall turns 66 … Born to a Jewish family in Havana, Cuba, he was Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2013-2016) and is now a partner in the law firm of WilmerHale, Alejandro N. Mayorkasturns 59 … Philanthropist and former co-CEO of global shopping center company, Westfield Corporation, Steven Lowy turns 56 … Chairman of the Iron Dome Alliance, Jeff Ballabon turns 56 … Author and founder of Nashuva, Los Angeles Jewish outreach community, Rabbi Naomi Levy turns 56 … Member of Knesset for Labor / Zionist Union party, she is a journalist, TV anchor and radio broadcaster and a granddaughter of Rudolf Kastner, Merav Michaeli turns 52 … President of Jigsaw (formerly known as Google Ideas) and an Associate Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Jared Cohen turns 37 … Campus Rabbi at the Austin campus of the University of Texas, Moshe Trepp turns 37 …
SUNDAY: Award winning playwright and screenwriter, Murray Schisgalturns 92 … Professor of Economics at Harvard, previously chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers for President Reagan, Martin Feldstein turns 79 … Writer, lawyer, actor, and economic commentator, including an Emmy Award-winning stint as a game show hostBen Stein turns 74 … Obstetrician and gynecologist, he serves as President of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, Norman Ravski, MD turns 65 … Editor-in-Chief at the Israel Hayom newspaper, previously Israel's ambassador to Mauritania (2004-2008), Boaz Bismuth turns 54 … Criminal gang prosecutor at the Los Angeles County DA's office, he has run for Congress (2014) and the LA County Board of Supervisors (2016), Elan Carr turns 50 … Founder and former managing director at Beacon Global Strategies LLC, he was deputy assistant Secretary of State for Strategic Communications under Hillary Clinton, Philippe Reinesturns 49 … Attorney and former State Representative in the Florida House of Representatives (2003-2011), Adam Hasner turns 49 … Public relations and communications manager for the Union for Reform Judaism, Lauren Sueskind Theodore turns 48 … Senior Policy Advisor at the US Department of Labor, he was a participant in the Emerging Leadership Project of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Keith Sonderling turns 36 … National campus outreach director at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Melissa Weissturns 32 … Political reporter for ThinkProgress at the Center for American Progress, Kira Lerner turns 30 … Bitcoin advocate, Charles "Charlie" Shrem IV turns 29 …
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