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VOL. 48 NO. 4, November 2014 Cheshvan/Kislev 5775
Congregation Beth Shalom
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Distinguished Speaker
Ezra Klein How Washington Really Works Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 8 pm Congregation Beth Shalom, 3433 Walters, Northbrook, IL • 847-498-4100 • www.BethShalomNB.org
Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein is a columnist for Bloomberg News. He most recently left The Washingon Post where he oversaw Wonkblog to start a new media publication at Vox Media focused on giving the public crucial contextual information necessary to understand what's happening in the world today. “We treat the emphasis on the newness of information as an important virtue rather than a painful compromise. The news business, however, is just a subset of the informing-ouraudience - and that's the business we aim to be in. Our mission is to create a site that’s as good at explaining the world as it is at reporting on it,” Klein said about his new publication. He is also a regular contributor and policy analyst for MSNBC where his commentary focuses on as Klein describes it “domestic and economic policy-making, as well as the political system that’s constantly screwing it up.” Prior to joining The Washington Post and Bloomberg, Klein was an associate editor at The American Prospect and a columnist at Newsweek. In addition to appearing and hosting on MSNBC, he has also appeared on Charlie Rose, Real Time with Bill Maher, The McLaughlin Group, The Colbert Report and many more. The Economist named him one of the “Minds of the Moment.” In 2010, Klein was named Blogger of the Year by both The Week Magazine and the Sidney Hillman Foundation for his extensive coverage of the healthcare debate and Congress' passage of the Affordable Care Act. In 2011, TIME Magazine named his blog one of the 25 best financial blogs and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers named Klein as their 2011 Opinion Columnist of the Year. In 2012, GQ named him to UPCOMING EVENTS their 50 Most Powerful People in Washington list saying “as proprietor of The Post’s Wonkblog, Klein has become a singular journalistic force” and Esquire named him to their 79 Things We Can All Agree On list saying “Ezra Klein gives economics columnists a good name.” He likes graphs, appendix tables and he lives in Washington.
OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY FREE OF CHARGE This program is underwritten with a grant from the Congregation Beth Shalom Eastern European Torah Project
www.BethShalomNB.org
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