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Daybreak: Barack and Bibi, Phone Friends
Reassurances to Israel, Yads for sale, and more from the morning papers
• President Obama and Israeli P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu chatted on the phone for 20 minutes, updated each other on stuff everyone already knows. [JTA]
• And U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell promised Israel, once again, that the two nations are still BFFs. [WP]
• André Aciman bemoans the fact that Obama, in his Cairo speech, neglected to address the plight of Jews like himself, who were exiled from the Muslim world. [NYT]
• Human-rights group Jewish World Watch drew about 2,000 people to a march to raise money for Darfur in L.A. [LAT]
• Sammy Davis Jr.’s menorah didn’t sell at a Monday night Judaica auction. But a diamond-crusted Torah pointer, for sale because its Madoff-bilked owner needed cash—went for $23,000. [NYT]
Ben-Gurion
Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
