Новости за 15.08.2017

One pervasive narrative in the world of professional chess is the often puzzling task of bringing in a wide range of corporate sponsors. Without getting too into the weeds here, I’ll put it thusly: Historically, large sums of money in chess are hard to come by. There are a few reasons for this perennial lack of cash, some of which can be attributed to the nature of the game itself, whose complex strategies—nay, action—is not as easily discernible to the untrained eye as, say, top-flight soccer. Читать дальше...

Democracy dies in darkness: The Palestinian Authority arrested five journalists this week and blocked 30 news websites after its president, Mahmoud Abbas, issued draconian new rules designed to curb criticism and silence the free press.

This morning, New York City will welcome its newest restaurant, a TriBeCa pop-up restaurant called The Spotted Cheetah. Sponsored by Cheetos, it will feature, for three days only, inventive dishes featuring the popular and cheesy orange snack, like Cheetos-dusted fried green tomatoes on a bed of arugula, fresh corn, and cherry tomatoes; or mains like Cheetos-infused meatballs with ricotta.

This summer we’re bringing you daily posts from our sister site, Jewcy.com, edited by Gabriela Geselowitz. You can find more from Jewcy here.

In recent years, federal law enforcement agencies have repeatedly arrested Hezbollah operatives in the US who were trying to procure weapons and other combat-related equipment for the group. Those arrests have given US law enforcement a pretty clear idea of the specific items on Hezbollah’s wish-list – advanced rifles, night goggles, specialized communications gear and so forth. Hezbollah might also have wished that its agents had succeeded in their clandestine buying missions instead of being busted and going to prison. Читать дальше...

Perhaps the best way to describe India’s position vis-à-vis Israel is “enigmatic.” For centuries India was unfamiliar with and hence did not suffer from anti-Semitism that has been common to many European lands, past and present. While there were trade and commercial links at least during the Second Temple period, the Jewish arrival on the Indian shores is normally traced to the first century after the Roman conquest of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple and the subsequent Jewish diaspora. Читать дальше...