I had a New York night. Don’t have them often these days, now that I’m living in the woods and feel the economy like a great stony hand on my shoulder. But: I went to a party in Brooklyn and…
I’ve been reading Michael Wolff’s shrewd/thoroughly-enjoyable bio of Rupert Murdoch for a review and have one preliminary observation. Wolff routinely uses the word WASPy to dispatch an older way of being that of course has a religious/ethnic basis. This is…
The difference between the NY Review of Books and the London Review of Books is that the NYRB contains currents of Jeffrey-Goldbergism–it is agonized about Israel and not entirely sure how to think about it, though it often runs excellent…
From Adam Horowitz: Another blow to Jewish continuity. Bernie Madoff, that 7-letter-word that begins with an “a” (or “b”), killed the Picower Foundation. A description of Picower’s aims: The Foundation’s grantmaking areas are in education, medical innovation and an equitable…
In the “Get a Life” category, two recent attacks on good Samantha Power: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency calls Samantha Power a “strident Israel critic.” The Zionist Organization of America calls Samantha Power “deeply anti-Israel.” The JTA piece is about Brit…
To his great credit, Ethan Bronner of the New York Times does an Avraham Burg story today. A little late, but there it is. Adam Horowitz writes: Not much new here, but its still great to get some of these…
Tonight on Hardball, Chris Matthews interviewed a Kennedy cousin about Caroline Kennedy’s positions on various issues. (I didn’t get cuz’s name, because I was laying tile in the other room.) The cousin wasn’t sure where Caroline was on abortion or…
Paul Krugman spoke at the National Press Club today and faltered at one point when he was talking about the recession, or the depression. Said some smart things: that the economy can regain its strength without doing anything to reverse…
Adam Horowitz reports: From JTA’s report on Jewish givers to Clinton Foundation: (full list here). Haim Saban, an AIPAC activist and the founder of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy [of the Brookings Institution], donated $5 million to $10…