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Daybreak: Obama Agonistes
Plus Park51 opens, and more in the news
• Even before his speech yesterday, President Obama’s diplomatic initiatives to head off a Palestinian resolution had likely failed. Now, boxed in partly by domestic politics, he watches as Europe—particularly France—steps in to play an unusually large role in the region. [NYT]
• This is the moment that will define Mahmoud Abbas’ legacy. [NYT]
• An exhibit of photgraphs of children from around the world opened at Park51, otherwise known as the Ground Zero mosque—which is to say, it opened—to little fanfare or protest. [Forward]
• The TV and radio host Shelly Yacimovich won the Labor Partly leadership. [AP/WP]
• Lars von Trier clarified that he is not sorry for his remark at Cannes identifying with Hitler, only for not making it clear he was joking. [NYT ArtsBeat]
• Judging by the troop buildup, Syrian protesters are due for a new crackdown. [DPA/Haaretz]
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Dorothy Wigod
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
The End of the Jewish Left
Political theorist Michael Walzer and others argue about the death of the century-long Jewish-Leftist alliance
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.
