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Sundown: Vice Presidential Debate Is On

Plus Turkey accuses Russia of arming Syria, and more

by
Stephanie Butnick
October 11, 2012
The stage prior to the vice presidential debate. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)
The stage prior to the vice presidential debate. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/GettyImages)

• Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan face off tonight in a debate. Hope it’s livelier than the last one. [NYT]

• Turkey has accused Russia of arming Syria with munitions after intercepting a Syrian plane mid-flight from Moscow to Damascus. [Guardian]

• Anti-Semitic attacks in France have increased 45 percent in 2012. [JTA]

• Hello, touchscreen Talmud. [Burnable Books]

• When kosher, gluten-free cookies make you feel like a kid again. [Jewcy]

• Meet Yenta, the on-the-go Jewish dating service. [New York Post]

Stephanie Butnick is chief strategy officer of Tablet Magazine, co-founder of Tablet Studios, and a host of the Unorthodox podcast.