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Sundown: Adelson’s Man
Plus Hitler’s little book, Hitch deploys Yiddish, and more
• Excellent look into influential Jewish donor Sheldon Adelson’s longtime, robust support for Newt Gingrich. [Forward]
• It seems increasingly clear that the U.S. drone that crashed/was brought down in Iran was not in the Islamic Republic’s airspace, er, accidentally. [NYT]
• Adolf Hitler possessed a guide to the Jewish populations of all U.S. cities. Presumably he was studying up for trivia night. [NYT]
• Missiles and airstrikes in Gaza and southern Israel. [Haaretz]
• Gingrich would consider clemency for Jonathan Pollard. [Haaretz]
• In living with cancer, Christopher Hitchens proudly considers himself a shtarker. [VF]
Nobody happens to have 12/30 extras, do they? This is relevant for some reason!
YU Drops Newspaper Over Essay on Sex
First-person account of hotel encounter was too much for school
The Napkin Artist
Remembering Yiddishist, linguistics scholar, Holocaust survivor, and painter Edward Stankiewicz, who died this year
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.
