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Sundown: Not Just a Poor Soldier

Paul and Le Pen, Downey stands up for Mel, and more

by
Marc Tracy
October 18, 2011
Gilad Shalit arrives home.(IDF via Getty Images)
Gilad Shalit arrives home.(IDF via Getty Images)

• A gorgeous reaction to the news of the day. [+972]

• Daniel Schechtman, a newly crowned Nobel laureate (for chemistry), has invited Gilad Shalit to join him at the ceremony in Oslo. [Jewish Chronicle]

• The late Juliano Mer-Khamis‘ Freedom Theatre takes its talents to New York City. [NYT]

Marine Le Pen and Ron Paul, two peas in a pod. Hrmm. [Ben Smith]

• A profile of Gershom Baskin, the man behind the man behind the negotiations, by Tablet Magazine contributor Daniel Estrin. [PRI’s The World]

• At a film industry gathering, Robert Downey, Jr., asked everyone to forgive Mel Gibson. I hope he was booed. [JTA]

• Our art critic Robin Cembalest will be speaking this Saturday at the D.C. JCC. [D.C. JCC]

Most of the Occupy Wall Street protesters actively dislike the anti-Semities associating themselves with the movement. Repeat after me: “This asshole does not represent us.”

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.