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Sundown: Israel to Occupy Lunar Territory
Plus Fayyad for prez?, Zuckerberg gets hacked, and more
• It seems not implausible that Israel could become the third country to send something to the moon. [Forbes]
• The Obama administration may be looking to weaken sanctions targeting Iran’s central bank. [Washington Jewish Week]
• If President Abbas chooses not to seek re-election, Prime Minister Fayyad may run to replace him. Unfortunately, Thomas Friedman has been denied the franchise in the Palestinian territories. [JPost]
• Former President Katsav, who’s going to prison for rape, requests our sympathy. [NYT]
• Corruption at Budapest’s Jewish cemetery. Sounds like a Kafka story! Except in Budapest, not Prague. But still! [JTA]
• Yossarian was not a Jew, according to his creator Joseph Heller. [JTA]
Mark Zuckerberg’s photos were leaked because Facebook’s privacy protections are poor. I’ll turn this over to Morpheus:
Ambassador Misquoted, Not Misunderstood
Why Gutman should still get the boot for ‘anti-Semitism’ comments
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.
