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Huppah Dreams
Each Monday, we choose the most interestingly Jewish announcement from that Sunday’s New York Times Weddings/Celebrations section. This is the obvious pick, but can the obvious pick also be “the most interestingly Jewish” one, all the time? Didn’t think so, which is why instead we turn to the nuptials of Sylvia Simson and Olaitan Gambari. Gambari is the son of a diplomat, the current Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur and a onetime Nigerian minister. But Simson, too, appears to be the child of transplants: her parents are comfortably ensconced in Austin, Texas, while maintaining extensive ties to Simson’s presumably native Québec. And, yes, a rabbi officiated. Mazel tov to the happy couple!
The Other Israeli Prison Swap
Bruce Riedel on the Grapel deal and whether the U.S. citizen is an Israeli spy
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Greased, Frightening
John Travolta’s massages, ‘homosexual Jewish men’ in Hollywood, and the true nature of prejudice
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.
