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Sundown: Um, Is That a Threat?
Plus nuclear gamesmanship, Iran and Columbia, and more
• A top Palestinian Authority spokesperson said, “The U.N. is the only alternative to violence.” Gulp. [Haaretz]
• Syria and Israel are engaged in a pissing contest about each others’ nuclear weapons programs. [Reuters/Haaretz]
• Contributing editor Joan Nathan has the remarkable story of Michael Solomonov, the chef at the Philadelphia Israeli-cuisine restaurant Zahav. [NYT]
• John Mearsheimer blurbed a book that seems to argue that some Jews exploit the Holocaust “religion.” [Harry’s Place]
• The Iranians uninvited the Columbia students to a small dinner in midtown after there was an uproar on campus. Roar, Lion, Roar! [JTA/Jewish Journal]
• The avant-garde of siddurim. [JTA]
Metamaus: the book trailer! (Is that extra-meta?)
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Unmolested
An accused pedophile from ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn has never faced trial, thanks in part to a D.A. who had political reasons not to pursue the case
Voices Raised for Jerusalem
The Zamir Chorale brings its Jewish choral music to Jazz at Lincoln Center in celebration of Yom Yerushalayim
Old Jews Telling More Jokes
The web series ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’ goes off-Broadway, with shtick, songs, and a script by writer Daniel Okrent
The Most Perfect Hebrew Bible
The medieval Aleppo Codex was safeguarded for centuries in Syria. The problems started when it arrived in Israel.
