By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="165" caption="David Ignatius"][/caption] David Ignatius has a column today (also in the Washington Post) about tax-exempt charities that donate to various Israeli settlements in the West Bank, despite US government policy not to fund them. He says, There's nothing illegal about the...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty to illegally amassing over $64 billion dollars in court tomorrow. Here's the AP's account of Tuesday's courtroom scene: Madoff, who wears a bulletproof vest, arrived at court more than three hours before the hearing as authorities tried to...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pel3GE97evA] Here's the trailer for Quentin Tarantino's newest bloody assortment of moving pictures. This one's called Inglourious Basterds and includes Brad Pitt and a whole bunch of dead Nazis. Oh, and it's a remake of a 1978 movie by the same name (but spelled...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="attachment_1888" align="alignright" width="126" caption="Tha Sawks' season will start on time"][/caption] There's an email rumor spreading around the Jewish community that the Boston Red Sox, at the initiative of young Jewish General Manager Theo Epstein, had moved opening day to acccomodate Passover. Snopes has...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="attachment_1871" align="aligncenter" width="215" caption="Rafaeli on the cover"][/caption] Israeli election? Hamas? Forget about it for a second. Here's some sexier news. Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli is on the cover of the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. Rafaeli was the first Israeli to appear in...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="attachment_1859" align="alignleft" width="67" caption="Bibi Netanyahu"][/caption] Israel votes for a new leader today. A super duper quick review: Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his Likud party still lead in the most recent polls, but Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of Kadima can catch him. Defense Minister Ehud Barak...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler The Onion, that satirical publication out to make fun of any and every thing they can find, has a scandalous but insightful approach to Israel's recent controversial operation in Gaza. Their "Point, Counterpoint" section has these headlines: Point: "The Israeli Conflict Is Far Too...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFoimWJTroQ] "An unbelievable political ad in an unbelievable country," says Jeffrey Goldberg. ...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD3P99bxwXg] As you can see in the video above, President Barack Obama gave his first television interview yesterday, to Dubai station Al-Arabiya. The full transcript can be found here. ...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler President Barack Obama (still sounds so new, doesn't it?) announced that he has chosen former Senator George Mitchell to be his special emissary to the Middle East. Mitchell is a veteran negotiator, most known for an agreement he brokered in Northern Ireland, and...