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Sundown: Rahm Eats Trayf

Plus the death of a donkey, and more

by
Marc Tracy
May 25, 2010
Rahm Emanuel.(Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
Rahm Emanuel.(Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

• Spotted! Rahm Emanuel and family, in Eilat! Eating shellfish! But don’t worry, folks: He bought his own shrimp. [Ben Smith]

• A $33 million grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation is to be divided between the Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox movements. [JTA]

• A small, Gaza-based, Syrian-backed terrorist group blew up 200 kilograms of dynamite in a donkey cart. No one was killed; the donkey was. [Sighs.] [JPost]

• Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said he had not known of appointee Fred Malek’s Jew-counting past, and also vouched for him. [WP]

• A Belgian rocker named Eric Grossman called Elvis Costello a “douchebag” for canceling his Israeli tour. [Ynet]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.