This Week's Links

Sir Paul McCartney is soooo the man. He's bringing "a message of peace" to Israel. This is definitely not kosher: Charedi men were caught sneaking to computer labs late at night and looking at porn. Getting tired of Ahmadinejad talk yet? Too bad. Lots of people are irate at his planned appearance at an interfaith dinner tonight. His Royal Highness Prince Charles has a thing for Judaism, apparently. "The peculiar character traits I have noticed displayed by Jews over the years are the comic equivalent of gold dust." Comedian Mark Maier on Jews and comedy. Either Bill Clinton is procrastinating, or he really cares about the high holidays. He won't start campaigning for Obama until they're over. —Benjamin Schuman-Stoler

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This Week's Links

Yeesh. A radical Muslim leader threatened to have Paul McCartney killed on his upcoming trip to Israel. Come on. His solo albums aren't that bad. Finally. We've defined a "Chassidishe tuna beigel." Yael Larer is conflicted about his work translating recently deceased Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish's poems into Hebrew. "There is a wine revolution going on" in Israel right now. Sounds good to me. I guess I no longer have to buy Israeli wines just to feel like I'm supporting the homeland. Now, who's got an opener? Germany's federal archive made a list of some 600,000 Jews who were harmed by Nazis. The hippest hebrew magazine, Heeb, has its super hip fall music preview out. Did I mention how hip it is? 900 rabbis were on a conference call with Barack Obama the other...

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