• GQ Magazine named House Majority Leader Eric Cantor the most powerful person in Washington. Congrats, dude. [GQ]
• Tebowing.com founder (and Rocky Mountain Hebrew Academy alum!) Jared Kleinstein will have some free time now that Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos are out of the NFL playoffs. [Time]
• Gilad Shalit has joined Facebook. [JTA]
• Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun, currently appealing his 50-game suspension for violating drug rules, will accept the award for National League MVP this weekend. [NJ Jewish News]
• An op-ed highlights the close ties between the Center for American Progress, a Washington think tank, and the Obama administration. [NY Post]
• More thoughts on Matt Gross’ trip to Israel. [NJ Jewish News]
Stephanie Butnick is chief strategy officer of Tablet Magazine, co-founder of Tablet Studios, and a host of the Unorthodox podcast.