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As this photo proves, LeBron “Most Hated Man Not in Cleveland” James met with a rabbi to solicit some advice on a major business deal. The rabbi’s price: somewhere around $100,000. [TMZ]
Women in the Washington DC area call some more (needed) attention to the age-old problem of agunot, or Jewish women whose husbands refuse to give them a ritual divorce, by conducting a survey of said women. [Washington Jewish Week]
Elana Kagan is a Jewish New Yorker! Therefore, she must be a socialist! Check out this gem from right-wing hot-air balloon Miguel Miranda:
I think the real concern is, the question has to be, is Elena Kagan still a socialist? … I grew up in New York, she grew up in New York. I’m very familiar with the sort of Jewish socialist culture in New York, which has an enormous pedigree, has done wonderful things in promoting a way of life and developing American society, but at the end of the day is still socialist. [Religion Dispatches]
Hillel professionals can help you survive your freshman year… because now they’re trained in mental health counselling. Sixty Hillel professionals went to a “mental health training program for campus professionals” so they could learn how to help students suffering from anxiety, depression and–possibly–the unfortunate after-effects of Hillel Shabbat dinner fare. [UJA-Federation]
In Jewish money news, Bill Gates has created the “Gates Giving Pledge,” a challenge to the world’s wealthiest people to give the majority of their money to charity. In something of an antidote to the Madoff scandal, here’s a list of MOT’s who have heeded the call. [JTA]
A documentary is soon to come out about a Nazi film on the Warsaw Ghetto called “A Film Unfinished.” Notwithstanding our ambivalence about them, this  is a Holocaust movie we can get behind: true, original and dedicated to portraying “Nuanced views of life during the Holocaust,” according to creator Yael Hersonski. [New York Magazine]
