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Sundown: The Looming Kadima Crack-Up?
Plus Beinart at the White House, Leviticus *is* in the Bible, and more
• Unless Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government adopts substantially different policies (which it likely won’t), more than a quarter of Kadima’s Knesset members will bolt the coalition sometime this summer. [Washington Times]
• Among some names you might expect at a journalists’ confab with President Obama yesterday (David Ignatius, Jeff Goldberg) are some others you might not due to their further-to-the-left views (Peter Beinart, Joe Klein). [Politico]
• A Georgia congressman was offended by one of his colleague’s citation of something from Leviticus as being in the Bible: Leviticus, he argued, is in the Old Testament, not the Bible. [Wonkette]
• The least diverse neighborhood in New York City is in Midwood, Brooklyn. Guess what the one ethnicity is. [WNYC]
• Groucho Marx once did the Charleston on the remains of Hitler’s bunker. [Mental Floss]
• Thanks in part to Paul Berger’s indefatigable journalism, George Washington’s letter to the Rhode Island Jews will see the public light of day. [Forward]
A kick-ass, hair-styling, Israeli patriot? Is there any doubt that the late Vidal Sassoon was the inspiration for the Zohan?
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.
