Новости за 03.01.2018

In a 52-to-49 majority, the Israeli Knesset preliminarily approved a new bill that would permit the execution of convicted terrorists. The bill will face three additional votes in the parliament before becoming a law.

It’s not surprising that an authoritarian society prefers to spin, threaten and manipulate individual journalists than to allow their people to communicate with the world outside its borders. For one thing, it’s a lot more efficient: a New York Times reporter with good relations with the regime, for example, can be a more effective megaphone for regime propaganda in foreign capitals than, say, a few hundred blurry videos of protesting crowds in Qom or Isfahan. Sure, incentives like personal safety... Читать дальше...

The British Labour Party’s  struggles to confront anti-Semitism within its ranks have been well-documented, but rarely have been they been this funny.

She’s got killer style, a new fashion line that’s got everyone who’s anyone lining up at her at Upper West Side abode-slash-studio, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, an M.A in psychology, and a B.A. from Stanford University (with honors).

Once, many moons ago in these hallowed pages, I had a simple plea: For someone, anyone, to take the story of Operation Entebbe and make a half-decent movie out of it. Operation Entebbe, aka Operation Thunderbolt, aka Operation We Should Option This For The Screen As Soon As We Get Back, was the daring rescue mission to scoop up 106 Israeli hostages from a Ugandan airport in 1976. The cast of characters included Yoni Netanyahu, Idi Amin, and a PFLP splinter group called the PLFP-EO, all of whom... Читать дальше...

Ten years ago, I heard the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard. Near the end of my Jewish wedding ceremony, I stood under the chuppah as my wife and I and more than 200 wedding guests simultaneously stomped on tiny red light bulbs held in white pouches. The resulting bang and pop was tremendous and it pleased me far more than I imagined it would. It was levity and seriousness, power and weakness, victory and loss, beginning and ending, joy and despair, individuality and community.

The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene gives the people what they want. “Folk” is in the name, after all. And obviously, the people want Fiddler on the Roof performed in the mamaloshen. Naturally. If you don’t, there is something wrong with you.