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Daybreak: Big Islamist Victory in Egypt
Plus tightening of vise around Iran and Syria, and more
• Early returns suggest the Muslim Brotherhood attracted a commanding 40 percent of the Egyptian vote. More surprisingly, salafist parties—more hardcore Islamist than the MB—may have gotten as much as 25 percent. [NYT]
• Particularly in the wake of the storming of the British embassy Tuesday, the European Union is clamoring for fresh sanctions against Iran. Meanwhile, Iran simply released the 11 “students” detained for doing so. [WSJ/AP/WP]
• German prosecutors allege an Iranian plot to attack U.S. bases there. [Haaretz/Forward]
• Turkey is upping sanctions against Syria, and the conflict looks like it’s spilling over into Lebanon. [NYT/NYT]
• Under Quartet guidelines, President Abbas offered a proposal for going forward with peace talks. No reply from Prime Minister Netanyahu. [Haaretz]
• At a Jewish Manhattan fundraiser, President Obama told donors that Israel was the country’s most important ally. [Reuters/Haaretz]
Sundown: Britain Severs Iran Ties
Plus Donna Edwards redistricting, an Israeli saves Iranians, and more
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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.
