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Sundown: Are Jews Shorting Obama’s Stock?
Plus Googling the Dead Sea Scrolls, and more
• Forty-five percent of the American Jewish Committee’s respondents approve of President Obama’s job, a 12 percent drop from last year. [Ben Smith]
• Google has digitized the Dead Sea Scrolls. Next: the original Ten Commandments. [AP/WP]
• A conference in Morocco last week convened to remember the Holocaust. [NYT]
• The U.N. Security Council held an informal, closed-door “consultation” on the Palestinians’ resolution. [JPost]
• The Ethicist tackles the clash between Shabbat observance and delayed flights. It’s like the ski lift Curb. [NYT Magazine]
• Here is your Rosh Hashanah card. [someecards]
For another Website, I wrote about the greatest professional football rivalry there is: Washington Redskins-Dallas Cowboys. (Jewish footnote to the article: Brad Sham, longtime Voice of the Cowboys, is Jewish.) They play tonight. Hail!
Neighborhood Bully
Why the Israel Defense Forces hit Syria—and why they believe that Assad won’t hit back
When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.
