Sundown: Remnick Sees Racism Among Orthodox
Plus nuclear ambiguity clarified, and more
May 26, 2010
New Yorker editor David Remnick.(Wikipedia)
• New Yorker editor David Remnick senses racism in some (though by no means all) of the Orthodox community’s antipathy to President Obama. [The Jewish Star]
• Noah Pollak has maybe the fiercest and most complete conservative reaction to Peter Beinart’s essay that I’ve seen yet. [Commentary]
• The one-of-a-kind Eli Valley does noir. [Forward]
• The Dubai assassination of Hamas weapons man Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, probably by the Mossad, has made a star out of Dubai’s charismatic, spotlight-seeking police chief. [WSJ]
• Tablet Magazine contributor Matt Gross signs off after four years as the Frugal Traveler. [NYT]
• Israel’s nuclear ambiguity, explained Explained. [Slate]
More Bloggingheads: Has Israel lost young American Jews?
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
