• 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.
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