Daybreak: France Ready to Designate Hezbollah
Plus a wedding proposal, a tribute to a fallen activist, and news from Greece
March 29, 2013
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• A poll released in the Jewish Chronicle of London reveals that 45% of Britons want to ban want to ban ritual slaughter. Another 38% oppose circumcision. Another 60% hate Pippa Middleton’s new column. [JTA]
• Spurred the conviction of a Hezbollah member in Cyprus yesterday, the French government has reportedly announced its willingness to designate the armed wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. [JTA]
• The Greeks have apparently managed to find the cause for their deep economic woes. Can you guess what–or rather who–it is? [ToI]
• A Jewish wedding proposal involving the Chicago Public Library, a children’s book written by the groom-to-be, and the element of surprise. [GalleyCat]
• Friends and colleagues of Elissa Froman honor the late social justice activist who died earlier this month. [Zeek]
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.
