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Sundown: Southern Israel Dusts Itself Off

Plus federal prosecutors sue Bank of America for a cool billion

by
Adam Chandler
October 24, 2012
An Israeli Soldier Walks by an Iron Dome Platform(UPI)
An Israeli Soldier Walks by an Iron Dome Platform(UPI)

• Israelis within range of the 80-rocket barrage unleashed by Hamas in Gaza upon the communities of southern Israel told the Times of Israel about their experiences. Life in the area came almost entirely to a halt during the fusillade. [Times of Israel]

• Accusing it of carrying out a mortgage scheme, federal prosecutors in New York are suing Bank of America for a billion dollars. [NYT]

• Speaking of billion dollar law suits, the Bank of China is being sued by the families of the victims of the attack on the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem. The families accuse the bank of making money transfers for Hamas, who carried out the attack. [JTA]

• The Washington Post is the latest to provide us with some insight into the mercurial mind of Sheldon Adelson. In a lengthy profile, Marc Fisher writes about how well Adelson has done financially during the Obama years. [WaPo]

• Jewcy explores a card game played by Haredi families that teaches its daughters not to laugh or eat in a suggestive fashion in public. [Jewcy]

Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.