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Sundown: RV Dinners
Israel vs. Zionism, Jewish Rio, and the underworld
• A New Jersey couple gives new meaning to the term “mitzvah mobile,” parking an RV outside a local hospital as a place for Jewish families with sick children to celebrate the Sabbath. [Jewish Star]
• Dov Yermiya, a 95-year-old Israeli pioneer and activist, has formally renounced Zionism in the face of what he sees as oppression and cruelty toward Palestinians, opening a debate as to whether Zionists can maintain their ideals in the face of disappointing realities. [TPM]
• A case for looking at the Coen Brothers’ 1991 film Barton Fink—which has been studied by Holocaust scholars—as a representation of hell. [Examiner]
• In a recent video advertising his forthcoming book, fraudulent Holocaust “memoirist” Herman Rosenblat retells the story he has already admitted is not true. [Gawker]
• Rio de Janeiro boasts a new Jewish cultural center—now you can call your beach vacation “educational.” [JTA]
Ben-Gurion
The Dispossessed
Hugo Chávez is ramping up his assault on Venezuela’s upper class, and now a rare Jewish paradise is squarely in his sights. Can it be salvaged?
Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
