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Sundown: Iran Balks on Nuclear Deal

Plus hate on parade, wholesome pinups, and more

by
Hadara Graubart
October 23, 2009

• Iran has backed away from a deal to ship its uranium abroad for enrichment, instead proposing that the country buy its nuclear fuel for a medically designated reactor; “Iran has often used counterproposals as a way to draw out nuclear negotiations with the West,” notes the Associated Press. [AP]
• In his Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at Stanford University, Sen. Joseph Lieberman spoke against Islamic extremism: “Ending the war on terror does not require that we succeed in creating heaven on earth. Rather, this war will end when a critical mass of people recognize that the ideology of our enemy is capable of creating nothing but hell on earth.” [Commentary]
• The hate-mongers from Westboro Baptist Church will be taking their anti-Semitic, anti-gay show to a JCC and Anti-Defamation League office in New Jersey next week. [NYT]
• An American man, born in the United States to Jewish parents but adopted by a Catholic family with neo-Nazi ties, has been granted the right of return to Israel after an emergency hearing by the nation’s Supreme Court. [JPost]
• Forget JDate, 12 wholesome bachelors are showing their stuff as pinups in next year’s Nice Jewish Guys Calendar. [Forward]

Hadara Graubart was formerly a writer and editor for Tablet Magazine.