Daily Kickoff: Big day & crowd on the South Lawn + How the satirist Andy Borowitz is prepping for November – Jewish Insider

Home Run:Hedge fund manager Steven Cohenclincheda $2.5 billion deal to buy the New York Mets, pending a vote of Major League Baseball owners.

Buyout:French billionaire Patrick Drahihas offered2.5 billion to take full control of the Altice Europe telecoms company.

Counter Offer:Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) isnow the CEOof Brooklyn-based countertop company IceStone.

Speaking Out:Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the retired National Security Council aide fired for testifying in the House impeachment hearings,discussedhis views on the current state of U.S.-Russia relations in an interview withThe Atlantics Jeffrey Goldberg.

Jewish Vote:Anew online pollshows Trump gaining support among Jewish voters over his 2016 showing, receiving a slight boost from the Israel-UAE accord. The Republican Jewish Coalitiontook outa full-page ad in todaysNew York Timespraising Trump as a peacemaker.

Viral Hate:A number of WhatsApp groups targeting Latino voters in Floridaare spreadingantisemitic statements about Biden and promoting QAnon conpiracy theories.

Media Watch:The Miami Heraldcut tieswith a Spanish-language weekly ad supplement, LIBRE, after discovering multiple instances of antisemitic and racist commentary.

Early Departure:U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstadannouncedhe is stepping down from his post after three years and will return to Iowa.

Friendly Reminder:Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez ObradorwarnedIsrael not to protect former Mexican official Tomas Zeron, who is suspected of hiding out there to avoid arrest on charges of torture.

Justice Served:An Israeli courtsentencedAmiram Ben-Uliel to three life sentences for firebombing the Dawabsheh family home in the West Bank in 2015, killing three.

No Entry:Hundreds of Hasidic Jewsblockedtraffic and a border crossing between Belarus and Ukraine last night after being denied entry to Ukraine to visit Uman for Rosh Hashanah.

Sent Home:The JCC of Greater Rochester islaying off296 of its staffers due to New Yorks coronavirus-imposed restrictions on its fitness center.

Across the Pond:The Liberal DemocratssuspendedLondon mayoral candidate Geeta Sidhu-Robb after a 1997 clip of her antisemitic comments reemerged.

VIP Club:Prince Charleshas been nameda patron of Jewish youth group the Jewish Lads and Girls Brigade (JLGB) as it celebrates its 125th anniversary.

Under Threat:Polands former presidential candidatecomparedhis countrys treatment of the LGBTQ community to the way Jews were dehumanized before the Holocaust.

Record Deal:A 12-year-old viral rapper from Gazalandedan offer from record label EMPIRE.

Sneak Peek:Israels Yes Studiosunveileda preview yesterday of the third season of Shtisel.

Silver Screen:An upcoming animated documentary, The Klarsfelds,tellsthe story of real-life Nazi hunters Beate and Serge Klarsfeld.

Remembering:Italian physician Amos Luzzatto, who also served as a leader of the Jewish community in Italy,diedat 92. Oscar-winning songwriter Al Kashadiedat 85. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gantsdiedat age 66.

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