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Daybreak: Hurricane Sandy in Pictures

Plus Israeli Interior Minister orders detention of Sudanese immigrants

by
Adam Chandler
October 31, 2012
The Aftermath of a Fire in Breezy Point, New York(AP)
The Aftermath of a Fire in Breezy Point, New York(AP)

• The Times has compiled a collection of photographs of Hurricane Sandy from up and down the East Coast, highlighting the extent of the devastation. [NYT]

• Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the detention of Sudenese migrants who are living illegally in Israel. [JTA]

Der Spiegel has a fascinating interview with Charlotte Knoblach, one of the most prominent Jewish leaders in Germany, ahead of her 80th birthday. [Spiegel]

• The Los Angeles Review of Books takes a look at the Irving Berlin Reader, which in looking back on Berlin’s career, ranks him among the very best songwriters of all time. [LARB]

• A young Jewish couple in Brooklyn were among those killed during Hurricane Sandy. [Forward]

Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.