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Sundown: Jihard

Plus Mathis requests God’s forgiveness, and more

by
Marc Tracy
August 10, 2010
Johnny Mathis.(last.fm)
Johnny Mathis.(last.fm)

• Name Fox News’ imaginary Ground Zero Muslim gay bar! Oh and here is the winner. [The Daily Dish]

• Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) dies in a plane crash; AIPAC mourns him and his “steadfast commitment to America’s alliance with the Jewish state year after year.” [JTA]

• After initially refusing it, New York City buses will bear an anti-Cordoba House ad juxtaposing a plane flying toward the burning Twin Towers with the proposed Islamic Center. [Ynet]

• Richard Cohen takes noted hipster periodical The Economist to task for eliding Sayyid Qutb’s rampant anti-Semitism. [WP]

• Thomas Friedman chastises Nicholas Kristof in public, in secret. [Jeffrey Goldberg]

• From here on out, The Scroll will refer to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as “the bouncer from Kishinev.” [Foreign Policy]

Johnny Mathis will receive an award from the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation in commemoration of his 1959 recording of “Kol Nidre.” Here it is:

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