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Sundown: Aleph Portman Joke Contest

Plus real Persian firemen of Long Island, and more

by
Marc Tracy
July 06, 2011
This fire definitely needs putting out.(Newsday)
This fire definitely needs putting out.(Newsday)

• Natalie Portman’s baby is named Aleph. Let’s crowd-source this punch-line: Put yours in the comments, maybe I’ll pick the best one tomorrow. [Peoplel]

• Prime Minister Salam Fayyad insisted the Palestinian Authority is still a functioning government, despite the fact that its employees recently received half salaries due to donor delinquency—ironic, given that the P.A. has halved its reliance on foreign aid. [JPost]

•The Great Neck volunteer fire department is truly missing out if it does not publish a calendar featuring its Persian firemen, like Joshua Banilivy (pictured, and all of 18, ladies). [Newsday]

• Creole cookin’ comes to the Golan. [Haaretz]

• George Lang, who went from the camps to the Waldorf Astoria to owning the legendary Upper West Side fine dining establishment Café des Artistes, died at 86. [NYT]

• It won’t embed (grrr), but you should very much watch Deborah Lipstadt talk to Charlie Rose about her Nextbook Press book, The Eichmann Trial. [Charlie Rose]

You in New York City? Like, tonight? Come celebrate Joseph Dorman’s new documentary about Sholom Aleichem at Le Poisson Rouge. The theme is Yiddish! Film’s trailer is below:

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