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Daybreak: The Lost Weekend
Plus Hamas relocates bases to the Sinai, and more in the news
• Gaza-based terrorists and the IDF exchanged fire throughout the weekend, but it seems to be over by now. [Haaretz]
• Yaakov Amitai, Israel’s new ambassador to Egypt, arrived in Cairo three months after the embassy was strormed. [AP/WP]
• He might want to tell Egypt to close down the bases that Hamas has established in the Sinai, which it knows Israel can’t hit as uncomplicatedly. [JPost]
• Forget socialism; Israel’s socialist ethos has gone out the window, with the tycoonim and other wealthy souls unafraid to conspicuously (and tackily) consume. [LAT]
• The demographic trends are really bad for Israel—and that’s just in reference to the growing proportion of the ultra-Orthodox, who tend not to serve in the army or pay many taxes. [Forecast Highs]
• Brooklyn prosecutors say they’ve found 85 child molesters in the Orthodox community (with 117 attendant victims) in the past three years. [NY Post]
Sundown: Gingrich Expounds on the Palestinians
Plus Christie is the top bridesmaid, 100 Jewish films visually, and more
After the Holocaust, the Dutch Tried To Collect Past Due Taxes From Survivors
How one shy, whistle-blowing intern in an Amsterdam archive uncovered a travesty that insulted a decimated community
Centuries Ago, Jews Were Farmers Like Everybody Else. Why Did They Leave the Fields?
Two economists argue that literacy, not laws forbidding land ownership, created a small, widely dispersed and highly skilled minority
Rethinking the Controversial Figure Who Helped Establish the State of Israel
Known for right-wing politics, Vladimir Jabotinsky left an equally critical literary legacy. Hillel Halkin looks at it all.
- Debating the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Demands Empathy, Not Just History
- Remembering Estelle Getty, Who Would Have Turned 91 Today
- Gigantic Replica of Solomon’s Temple Opens in Brazil
- Graphic Novelist Liana Finck on Yiddish Letters, Teen Angst, and Becoming a Book Person
