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Sundown: Clooney to Rescue Nazi-Looted Art
Plus, Christie on Israel, Chavez’s Jewish opponent, and more
• George Clooney has optioned Robert Edsel’s book, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, and is said to be starring in the film. [JTA]
• New Jersey governor Chris Christie, the candidate favored by GOP Jews for vice president, told AIPAC that Israel’s enemies are America’s enemies. [Weekly Standard]
• More on the controversy at Hadassah. [Forward]
• Israel’s labor union is on strike. [NYT]
• Henrique Capriles Radonski, a politician in Venezuela, intends to challenge Chavez when he runs for a third term. [Forward]
• Delta Airlines replaced the phrase “Occupied Palestinian Territories” with “Palestinian Territories” on its destination list after receiving complaints (the airline doesn’t fly to the West Bank or Gaza Strip). [JTA]
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.
