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Sundown: Write Your Own Punch-Line

Plus nuclear reactors for all, and more

by
Marc Tracy
August 27, 2010
ADL Director Abraham Foxman.(NYT)
ADL Director Abraham Foxman.(NYT)

• Abraham Foxman calls for civility in public discourse. [HuffPo]

• Hezbollah head advocates a nuclear reactor in Lebanon. Sure, why not? [Now Lebanon]

• Ron Kampeas takes Paul Krugman to task for demagoguing the ADL/Park51 issue. [Capital J]

• Joseph O’Neil has a great essay on novelist Muriel Spark, who—who knew?—had a Jewish father. [The Atlantic]

• Iranian Jews: They live in America! And are ambivalent about Things! [The Atlantic]

• Wanna meet another Jew? Start singing. [JTA]

Hizzonner went on The Daily Show last night to stand up for the Islamic center … and for the sliced-bagel tax?

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