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Sundown: Beck’s Jerusalem Syndrome, March

Plus Obama at AIPAC, Obama vs. Iran, and more

by
Marc Tracy
May 16, 2011
Glenn Beck and friends in Jerusalem last week.()
Glenn Beck and friends in Jerusalem last week.()

• Last year, Glenn Beck drew hundreds of thousands to Washington, D.C., for his march. So, next year—which is to say, this year—in Jerusalem. [HuffPo]

• President Obama will be speaking this coming Sunday at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. [AP/WP]

• Skiing in summertime: In one of the largest such busts in the country’s history, two men were arrested in Israel with $60 million worth of cocaine. [AP/WP]

• In a nearly overwhelming confluence of Nextbook Press star power, tonight author Elie Wiesel will receive the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s first award, and author Deborah Lipstadt will speak. [WP]

• A new U.N. report on Iran’s nuclear program vindicates the Obama administration’s strategy of successfully pursuing multilateral sanctions, argues Matt Duss. [CAP]

• Tonight is Storahtelling’s B Mitzvah, celebrated at City Winery in Manhattan. Go give it a pocket watch! [Storahtelling]

Today in Jonathan Richman’s 60th (sixtieth!) birthday.

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.