What a Country
Twenty years after the fall of the USSR, the 1990s wave of Russian-Jewish immigrants is a reliably Republican voting bloc. But as their children assimilate, Russian Jews’ politics get harder to pin down.
Daybreak: Egypt Votes MB-Backed Reforms
Plus Israel admits it has Palestinian engineer, and more in the news
Hizzoner
Ed Koch, the 86-year-old former mayor of New York City, is still active as a writer and commentator. He spoke to Tablet Magazine about his politics, his Judaism, Israel, and his tombstone.
Sundown: FBI Suspected AIPAC of Spying
Plus Rivers crosses Palin and lives to tell about it, and more
Daybreak: An Arab Spring?
Plus Barak out of Labor, Palin unrepentant, and more in the news
Daybreak: Palin Pushes ‘Blood Libel’ Button
Plus Shultz joins Team Pollard, and more in the news
Ben-Gurion
Sounding Off
Note to some of my fellow progressives: If we can’t argue about Israel without using anti-Semitic tropes, then the debate is lost before it even begins
Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
