U.S. Citizen Killed in Benghazi; LA’s Kabbalah Centre Sued
Plus Kerry offers security proposal to Netanyahu, and more in the news
December 05, 2013
LA's Kabbalah Centre.(Kirk McCoy/Los Angeles Times)
• A 33-year-old American teacher was shot and killed while jogging in Benghazi, Libya today. [Washington Post]
• The Los Angeles Kabbalah Centre is being sued for more than $1 million by former followers. [JTA]
• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has presented Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a security proposal in an effort to move the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks forward. [NYT]
• New York’s Central Synagogue has appointed the first Asian-American rabbi, Angela Warnick Buchdahl, to their senior rabbi post. [JTA]
• In an unexpected move, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran to discuss the Syrian civil war. [Times of Israel]
• Mayor Bloomberg says he doesn’t watch TV. The good news is that he’ll probably have time to binge watch House of Cards when his term ends next month. [NY Post]
Stephanie Butnick is the founder of GOLDA, a Jewish lifestyle newsletter. She hosted the Tablet podcast Unorthodox, co-authored The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between, and worked as a writer and editor at Tablet.
