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Sundown: Giffords Aide to Run for her Seat
Plus, an unkosher catering dispute, a plea for Madonna, and more
• Gabby Giffords’ former aide Ron Barber, who was also injured in last year’s Tucson shooting, is running for her seat in Congress, with the former congresswoman’s support. [Politico]
• An Israeli Facebook group is asking Netanyahu to wait until after Madonna’s May 29 concert in Tel Aviv to attack Iran. [Haaretz]
• Attention, Long Islanders: Your synagogue’s caterer might have cooked coconut shrimp in the temple’s kosher kitchen. [NYT]
• Major Republican donor Sheldon Adelson’s business, Las Vegas Sands, is under federal investigation. [Reuters]
• A timeline of the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s changing story on the Planned Parenthood funding cut (and an open letter to CEO Nancy Brinker). [ProPublica]
• A Marine sniper team posed with a flag that looked a lot like a Nazi SS flag in Afghanistan. [AP]
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Former mayor receiving fewer complaints, responds to all letters
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Unmolested
An accused pedophile from ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn has never faced trial, thanks in part to a D.A. who had political reasons not to pursue the case
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.
