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Israel Attacked and its Response

JuiceCrewAllStar said:


I get a higher return on my savings account

seems like divesting in Israel could be a win-win here, Harvard
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also in the tweet... per the contract with their investor, they can't see what they are invested in. You have a 50 billion endowment, no idea how they are investing, and get a return of 2.9%? I think the universities are less concerned about who they are investing in rather than having their endowment publicly scrutinized. My guess is that there is a lot of fees/kickbacks that they don't want made public.
 
DeacOnCapeCod said:
also in the tweet... per the contract with their investor, they can't see what they are invested in. You have a 50 billion endowment, no idea how they are investing, and get a return of 2.9%? I think the universities are less concerned about who they are investing in rather than having their endowment publicly scrutinized. My guess is that there is a lot of fees/kickbacks that they don't want made public.
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there's always money in the banana stand
 
nah, can’t imagine there are any side deals associated with Ivy League 25 billion dollar endowment management.
 
Tired and honestly pathetic to see someone type it trope. That's just a sad to watch attempt at trying to put down people who join a fraternity or sorority. I've never once put down someone who didn't.

My annual dues I think were $300 to help cover expenses incurred by my fraternity. Ever been in a club or any organization because you have similar interests? Probs had dues. That must be a definite no.

This past weekend I went on a trip with several of my Sigma Chi fraternity brothers from 1986 grad year and older - as we do several times a year still. I have many close friends that are far closer geographically and that I see far more often, but I feel closest still to those fraternity brothers and to this day feel that we know each other better and we are more comfortable with each other than any other friends we have. I need to amortize that $300 I think and see what cost I come up with....
 
guitardeac said:
Tired and honestly pathetic to see someone type it trope. That's just a sad to watch attempt at trying to put down people who join a fraternity or sorority. I've never once put down someone who didn't.

My annual dues I think were $300 to help cover expenses incurred by my fraternity. Ever been in a club or any organization because you have similar interests? Probs had dues. That must be a definite no.

This past weekend I went on a trip with several of my Sigma Chi fraternity brothers from 1986 grad year and older - as we do several times a year still. I have many close friends that are far closer geographically and that I see far more often, but I feel closest still to those fraternity brothers and to this day feel that we know each other better and we are more comfortable with each other than any other friends we have. I need to amortize that $300 I think and see what cost I come up with....
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my advice is to just let the insult go

you're only giving oxygen to the fire here
 
shocking that the go-to joke about frats is still that affecting after almost 40 years

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guitardeac said:
Tired and honestly pathetic to see someone type it trope. That's just a sad to watch attempt at trying to put down people who join a fraternity or sorority. I've never once put down someone who didn't.

My annual dues I think were $300 to help cover expenses incurred by my fraternity. Ever been in a club or any organization because you have similar interests? Probs had dues. That must be a definite no.

This past weekend I went on a trip with several of my Sigma Chi fraternity brothers from 1986 grad year and older - as we do several times a year still. I have many close friends that are far closer geographically and that I see far more often, but I feel closest still to those fraternity brothers and to this day feel that we know each other better and we are more comfortable with each other than any other friends we have. I need to amortize that $300 I think and see what cost I come up with....
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I mean there is nothing wrong with buying into a social club.

I would encourage my kids to do it.

Doesn't change what it is though.
 
Good take.
 
i can only think of one jewish person that I know that is also a zionist

i know the birthright trip has been an important feature in promoting zionism -- i wonder what that kind of thing will look like going forward
 
i don't really know what zionism is

i thought it was just "israel should exist as a state for jews" but is it some sort of ultranationalist/expanionist idea?
 
ImTheCaptain said:
i don't really know what zionism is

i thought it was just "israel should exist as a state for jews" but is it some sort of ultranationalist/expanionist idea?
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it is

check out Theodor Herzl

ETA: You could charitably describe it as an ethnonationalist version of Manifest Destiny. What's also notable is that Zionism predates the Holocaust and a lot of the anti-Semitic brutality in eastern Europe and western Russia. When Zionism was coalescing as an ethnonationalist ideology, there were alternative models of co-existence between Jews and Palestinians in British-occupied Palestine.
 
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