• While clarifying that he can’t expel illegal immigrants from Sudan and Eritrea at present, Prime Minister Netanyahu expedited the deportation of 25,000 Africans from other countries. [Haaretz]
• A yeshiva student is attacked in Kiev. The simple narrative gets more complicated after the indefatigable Paul Berger is through with it. [Forward]
• (Official) Jew-spotting in … the City University of New York! [JTA]
• “Très Brooklyn.” [NYT]
• Slate reads Joe Eszterhas’ Kindle Single about Mel Gibson, so you don’t have to. [Slate Browbeat]
• The Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun is on pace for a season statistically superior to last year’s, for which he won Most Valuable Player. [Kaplan’s Korner]
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.