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Sundown: NRA Calls for Armed Guards in Schools

Plus South African party gives BDS movement a victory

by
Adam Chandler
December 21, 2012
(DC Comics)
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• In case you avoided all internet, radio, and television today, the National Rifle Association responded defiantly to criticism a week after the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. [NYT]

• South Africa’s ruling party endorses boycotts of and divestment from Israel and Israeli products. The next step will be to set up a committee to implement the resolutions. [JTA]

Animal New York writes on Superman’s Jewishness, ahead of an exhibit at the Center for Jewish History. [Animal]

• A.O. Scott is comically critical of the latest Judd Apatow movie “This Is 40.” [NYT]

• Kosher Salt, Jewcy’s excellent comic series, has a new installment. This time Elizabeth Simins tackles being a Jew during Christmas. [Jewcy]

• Finally, a song for the shortest day of the year. Have a great weekend!

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.