By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler NPR reported on Yiddish and Klezmer in Russia today. Judging by the above video, I'd say it's doing just fine. Still corny as ever. Thanks to Heeb for pointing out Rahmfacts.com. Spend some time at the site and learn such brilliant nuggets of dubious knowledge as, "Even Rahm Emanuel's mother calls him 'Rahmbo.'" The New Yorker spoke with Emanuel's rabbi. A good jew, this guy is. Oh, and their cartoon caricature of him is positively creepy. Two new news items re. Iran. First, they tested a missile purportedly for defense uses which has capability to reach Israel. Second, now that there's an administration willing to talk to them (eventually), they're getting skittish. A mainstream Greek newspaper ran this headline after Obama's victory last week: "The anticipated victory of Obama in the US elections signals the...

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