Israel special forces rescue hostage held in Southern Gaza strip. My report on Axios axios.com/2024/08/27/gaz…

Not exactly "real" but can't miss the opportunity to plug the upcoming Starfleet Academy series... co-created by one of my sisters Noga Landau 🤩 (thewrap.com/star-trek-star…)

I’m no judge - of anything at all - but I think Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Long Island Compromise might be a masterpiece.

Sometimes a straightforward headline is really all you need: Woman caught smuggling 53 pounds of sea cucumbers into California sfgate.com/bayarea/articl… via SFGATE

The state of things in the West Bank is increasingly scary and unstable... and not getting enough attention (yes, the economy too)... 'Life Has Been Hell': Inside Bethlehem, the West Bank's Tourism Capital Turned Ghost Town ⁦⁦Haaretz הארץ⁩ haaretz.com/middle-east-ne…

Three back-to-school nights at three different schools this week might break my "no drinking on non-weekend nights" rule

Wait, the late singer Selena was delivered by Ron Paul back when he was an obgyn in Texas?? The things you find out when going down a fact-checking rabbit hole...

BREAKING: IDF recovers from Gaza Bodies of hostages held by Hamas, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin. My story on Axios axios.com/2024/09/01/isr…

BREAKING: The head of Israel workers union the ההסתדרות החדשה decided to order a general strike on Monday to protest against the Netanyahu government and call for a hostage deal. This is an unprecedented step that hasn't happened since October 7. Last time this happened was in

Tens of thousands of Israelis are gathering all over Israel to call for the immediate release of the 101 hostages. All of Israel is unified tonight in our cry to BRING THEM HOME. No more dead bodies. No more funerals. We need every hostage reunited with their family ALIVE.

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated tonight in Tel Aviv protesting the Netanyahu government's steps that delay the Gaza hostage deal (video: Amir Turkle)

An unbelievable site. Tens of thousands of heartbroken and angry Israelis are on the streets of Tel Aviv demanding the government accept a hostage deal.

My feed is overcome by broken hearts, an entire nation of broken hearts. People who felt like these were their own brothers, sisters, sons, daughters who were murdered. It's an outcry I haven't seen since October 7. These next few days are going to be critical as Israeli society

Words matter. US, Israeli figures condemn media reporting on Hamas killing of hostages - The Jerusalem Post jpost.com/israel-hamas-w…

What percentage of founders missed out on the "founder mode" conversation cause they were in "burning man mode" these last few days?

My 6-year-old told me a bedtime story (about a family of donuts!) and then at the end said, "this program was brought to you by the SAG-AFTER Foundation." 😂😂😂

On the plus side, I bet Shabbat service at the "Synagogue of Satan" is pretty badass 🤷🏻‍♀️

notable: no mention of Hamas or the hostages killed over the weekend

A sobering tidbit from Axios AM newsletter: "Presidential candidates haven't shaken hands since the first debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016."