Sundown: Intellectuals Back Settlement Boycott
Plus Biblical Bandz, and more
August 30, 2010
(ModernTribe)
• The big left-wing Israeli novelists—Oz, Yehoshua, Grossman—spoke in support of actors’ refusal to perform in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. [Ynet]
• Don’t be silly says, the U.S. State Department, we don’t think we’ll achieve peace in one meeting. Just in one year. [Haaretz]
• The Emergency Committee for Israel and J Street have another spat. [J Street]
• The Times highlights contributing editor Rachel Shukert’s Everything’s Coming Up Moses, a Tablet Magazine production. [Paper Cuts]
• I’ve tried really hard to avoid the whole Silly Bandz thing, but now that there’s Biblical Bandz … . [ModernTribe]
• Jew’s Ear Juice? I’ll take two! [New Atlas Beverage]
It’s hot out, go get some gelato!
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
