Shanah Tovah!

By David A.M. Wilensky September 8, 2010

God bless Benji Lovitt for pointing out this gem of Israeli advertising to the blogosphere today. Benji’s blog, What War Zone???, is a never-ending buffet of satire on Israel from the perspective of an American oleh. I highly recommend it. He’s doing a US comedy tour soon and looking for venues. Hillels are perfect, I…

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Justice Served Cold

By Hailey Dilman September 8, 2010

In 1948, “Nuremberg,” a documentary on the Nazi war crimes trials, showed in Berlin. 62 years later, it’s finally playing for American audiences, and the film has lost none of its relevance.

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The Reading List – Castro tells Ahmadinejad to shut up, the Talmud has something to say about television… and more

By David A.M. Wilensky September 8, 2010

J.J. Goldberg has assembled his favorite selection of (mostly Christian) music about repentance to help us all get in the mood for the season. [J.J. Goldberg] The other Goldberg, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, was invited by Fidel Castro to come chat in Havana. It seems that Castro really liked Goldberg’s story about Iran a few…

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