Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
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Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
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Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#2Just a plug, FYI -- anyone 18-26 and of vaguely Jewish descent can have a free trip to Israel via the Birthright organization. There is minimal religion and maximum Zionism. Also no time to check out the startup scene, but it's still a lot of fun.
Free means free, they cover airfare from NYC or LA and many meals. $250 deposit is required to reserve your spot. Email me if you have any questions.
Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#3Just a plug, FYI -- anyone 18-26 and of vaguely Jewish descent can have a free trip to Israel via the Birthright organization. There is minimal religion and maximum Zionism. Also no time to check out the startup scene, but it's still a lot of fun. Free means free, they cover airfare from NYC or LA and many meals. $250 deposit is required to reserve your spot. Email me if you have any questions.
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Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#4In other news Scoble discovers that there's life outside Silicon Valley. So, there's a hot start-up scene in Tel Aviv, big deal. There have been hot startups coming out of Israel for a long time... ICQ anyone? CheckPoint?
I've personally been involved with a few who moved operations from Israel to SV (which is quite common). One recent interesting one is Dapper: http://www.dapper.net/
Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#5Just a plug, FYI -- anyone 18-26 and of vaguely Jewish descent can have a free trip to Israel via the Birthright organization. There is minimal religion and maximum Zionism. Also no time to check out the startup scene, but it's still a lot of fun. Free means free, they cover airfare from NYC or LA and many meals. $250 deposit is required to reserve your spot. Email me if you have any questions.
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He's just letting people know about a trip they can take. What's wrong with that? ( I didn't downmod you, BTW).
Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#6Just a plug, FYI -- anyone 18-26 and of vaguely Jewish descent can have a free trip to Israel via the Birthright organization. There is minimal religion and maximum Zionism. Also no time to check out the startup scene, but it's still a lot of fun. Free means free, they cover airfare from NYC or LA and many meals. $250 deposit is required to reserve your spot. Email me if you have any questions.
My buddy went on this and had a blast. If I were Jewish, I'd be all over it.
Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#7Just a plug, FYI -- anyone 18-26 and of vaguely Jewish descent can have a free trip to Israel via the Birthright organization. There is minimal religion and maximum Zionism. Also no time to check out the startup scene, but it's still a lot of fun. Free means free, they cover airfare from NYC or LA and many meals. $250 deposit is required to reserve your spot. Email me if you have any questions.
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Yes he honestly did! And this trip is amazing..
Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
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He's just letting people know about a trip they can take. What's wrong with that? ( I didn't downmod you, BTW).
Sorry. Just the usual negative connotations with "Zionism" (thanks, ADL) coupled with his claim of "free[1] ([1] that is, $250)" made it sound like spam.
Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
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He's just letting people know about a trip they can take. What's wrong with that? ( I didn't downmod you, BTW).
I just think that as soon as Israel is involved there is tension in the air. Everybody has a strong opinion about Israel, me included. I won't vent it here though - this isn't reddit.
Re: Israel: a country too far from Mike Arrington’s house
#10I lived just outside of Tel Aviv for a few years; it was an amazing place.
I was there just before this newfangled internet became a big deal, but just after a lot of high tech companies started moving to the area. There is a lot of technical talent in Israel, they have an incredible technical school- Technion.