Daybreak: Western Wall Rabbi Waffles on Plan
Plus victim of carjacking by Boston Marathon bombing suspects speaks
April 26, 2013
The Shell Station Where the Carjack Victim of the Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects Escaped.(ABC)
• Following meetings with Orthodox Jewish rabbis in America, Western Wall pope Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz sounds much less amenable to the egalitarian prayer section proposed by Jewish Agency chief Natan Sharansky. [JTA]
• The 26-year-old Chinese businessman who was carjacked and kidnapped by the Tsarnaev brothers after the Boston Marathon bombing spoke with a reporter for the first time, recounting his terrifying night. [Globe]
• Former George W. Bush speechwriter praises the former president as a direct and deeply principled leader following the dedication of the Bush Presidential Library and Museum. [WaPo]
• Jonathan Chait refuses to accept the idea that George W. Bush was either a good president or a smart person. [NYMag]
• Chaya Kurtz writes smart on the strange Jewish obsession with bacon. [Jewcy]
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.
