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Sundown: Dems to Add Jerusalem to Platform
Plus State of Berlin legalizes circumcision
• Following a semi-firestorm, the Democrats will re-insert language about the status of Jerusalem into the party platform. [NBC]
• The State of Berlin declared circumcision to be legal in defiance of a court ruling in Cologne earlier this summer. It is the first of Germany’s sixteen states to do so. [JTA]
• The headline says it all: Philip Roth to Cooperate With New Biographer [NYT]
• In a recent study, Israel received some of the world’s highest marks in innovation and science, but some very low marks in red tape and bureaucracy. [Times of Israel]
• Jacob Silverman tackles the Jewish characters on the hit HBO show “Boardwalk Empire” [Jewcy]
Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson at DNC
Will the two Jewish Hollywood stars outshine RNC highlight Clint Eastwood?
The Mideast Crack-Up
Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab map
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
