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Canadians are rallying to rebuild Israeli universities hit by Iranian missiles

JL;DR SUMMARY Canadian philanthropists are rallying to aid Israeli universities after Iranian missile strikes caused significant damage to the Weizmann Institute and Ben-Gurion University. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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EducationEmergency FundraisingBen Gurion UniversityScientific ResearchIsraeli UniversitiesCultural ImpactWeizmann InstituteRebuilding EffortsIranian Missile StrikesCanadian Philanthropists

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Central District, Israel
"Playing a jazz tune in the bombed-out wreck of the university's Ullman Building of Life Sciences, where, just hours before, overnight on Sunday, June 15th, two Iranian missiles struck the campus south of Tel Aviv."
Rehovot, Central District, Israel
"Thank you, thank you. Well, I'm sorry we're meeting in this occasion as opposed to good times, but we're here because you're the head of the Canadian Weizmann Institute's Canadian branch, Friends Of, and obviously this news about the direct hit on some of the facilities on campus was a shock."
Beer Sheva, Southern District, Israel
"It's a similar story at the site of the Ben-Gurion University campus in Beersheba, where, at the end of last week, a missile and then parts of another missile hit at least 30, that's half, of the school's 60 buildings, were damaged."
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