AIPAC Is Coming to Minnesota
AIPAC – the most powerful American lobby in support of the US-Israel relationship – is coming to Minnesota. Will you be there?
Author Archive for Jenna Mitelman
Jenna is a transplant to Minnesota from sunny California, where she graduated from UC Berkeley. She lives and works in Minneapolis, but secretly loves St. Paul. She is a Human Rights Commissioner for the City of Plymouth and a regular speaker on the Arab-Israeli conflict with the JCRC Speakers' Bureau. She is also a big fan of Minnesota lakes and forests, and can regularly be found kayaking and snowshoeing up north, when she isn't rock climbing out west.
Social Networking Comes to the Arab World – Will Peace Follow?
Facebook comes to the Arab world. Will peace and openness follow, or will they just send virtual sheep to one another, like the rest of us?
A Little Law and Politics: Should We Deny U.S. Visas to Gaza Flotilla Activists?
California Congressman calls for prosecution of Americans involved with Gaza flotilla. When you set out to help a terrorist organization – should the law get involved?
Jun 09, 2010 | 10 comments | View Post
Shocking Updates on Gaza Flotilla Situation
Gaza flotilla activists tells IDF soldiers to “go back to Auschwitz,” Turkish daily publishes photos of beaten IDF soldiers, weapons cache is found on Gaza ship, and Joe Biden speaks out on Gaza blockade.
Jun 08, 2010 | 4 comments | View Post
Gaza Blockade Gets Bloody. Discuss.
What really happened with the Gaza flotilla incident everyone’s shouting about? Who is really to blame? And what about this “international investigation”?
Jun 02, 2010 | 18 comments | View Post
The Two-State Solution Is For Sissies! Can I Hear a Three?
Down with the “two-state” solution. It clearly hasn’t been working out. It was just the stuff of someone’s confused LSD trip, and not a good trip, either.
May 27, 2010 | 8 comments | View Post
A Jewish Girl Walks Into A Church…
Jenna Mitelman goes to church for the “Night to Honor Israel,” hears from Dennis Prager, and decides that Jews should just get over ourselves and embrace Christian support for Israel.
May 02, 2010 | 11 comments | View Post
Paulsen on Sanctions: Congress is on Board, but Where’s Obama?
Minnesota Congressman Erik Paulsen ponders whether the Obama Administration is holding up the Iran Sanctions Bill.
Israeli Politician Calls Iran “Arch-Rival of Democracy”
Iran unveils new centrifuges, while Israeli Member of Knesset Dr. Ephraim Sneh speaks about stopping Iran, generating some interesting comments. Here are the highlights.
Apr 14, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
My Take on Israel’s Urgent Travel Warning to Israelis in the Sinai
Israel issues a travel warning, advising its citizens to leave Sinai. Egyptian police are searching for any missing Israelis. Perhaps this is what a successful peace looks like?
Apr 13, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Michele Bachmann on her love for Israel, and considering herself Jewish
On the last day of AIPAC Policy Conference, I interviewed Congresswoman Michele Bachmann about Israel and Iran. Here are her words.
Mar 24, 2010 | 14 comments | View Post
Once, a Lost Ethiopian Boy . . . Now an Israeli Political Leader
From AIPAC’s first day, the inspiring story of MK Shlomo Molla – once a lost Ethiopian boy walking barefoot through the desert to Sudan, and today, a member of the Israeli parliament.
Mar 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Quotes from Congress at AIPAC – You Can’t Get This Anywhere Else!
This is your chance to feel like a Washington insider! Congressional leaders Steny Hoyer and Eric Cantor Speak to Private AIPAC Session. Read excerpts from their speeches here.
Mar 22, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism? At AIPAC, It Is.
Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism? That question got settled pretty solidly at AIPAC Policy Conference today.
Mar 22, 2010 | 7 comments | View Post
A Few Words with AIPAC’s Student Delegation (including one from the U of M)
Student activism and student activists at AIPAC Policy Conference (including one of Minnesota’s very own!)
Mar 22, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
