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Sundown: Bibi Ad Airs in Florida, But…

Plus AIPAC names new spokesman known as “the quote machine”

by
Adam Chandler
September 20, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu(AP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu(AP)

• Speaking in New York, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon says that Israel doesn’t meddle in American politics and makes no distinctions between Republicans and Democrats. [Haaretz]

• Our very own columnist Rachel Shukert tops the Forward list of the six funniest Jewesses on Twitter. Holler! [Forward]

• Steve Sabol, President of NFL Films, has died at 69. [NYT]

• Ehud Barak and Rahm Emanuel met today to discuss (fill in the blank) [Times of Israel]

• Marshall Wittman, who has worked for Senator Joseph Lieberman, Senator John McCain, the Democratic Leadership Council, and the Christian Coalition, has been tapped to be AIPAC’s newest spokesman. [JTA]

Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.