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By Daniel Sieradski · July 31, 2008

• This video demonstration of how electrocuting a pickle is like being a Christian has been making the rounds over the last few days.
• Not only is Ivanka Trump back with her Jewish boyfriend, Jared Kushner, but now there's talk that she's planning to convert to Judaism.
• Britney Spears has become romantically involved with her Israeli bodyguard.
• Naomi Campbell compared Kabbalah to Alcoholics Anonymous.
• BoingBoing's Cory Doctorow shares a dramatic reading of his story "The Super Man and the Bugout," which imagines Superman as a nice Jewish boy from Toronto.
• The Palm Beach Post chimes in on the debate over Jews and tattoos.
• Former Barak staffer Daniel Levy chimes in on Joe Klein's anti-neoconservatism.
• The Boston Globe looks at the Agriprocessors fallout and the ethical implications of kashrut.
• The U.K.'s Independent claims that Jewish Beverly Hills residents are trying to prevent Arab investors from buying property in the area.
• Times Online interviews British Jewish comic Josh Howie.

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The beating of Rudy Haddad

By Uriel Heilman · July 31, 2008

An Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal picks up on a story JTA has been following in France on the brutal beating attack against a young Parisian Jew, Rudy Haddad, in June:

Confused accounts of the June 21 fights that ended with the attack against Rudy – portrayed as a tough guy with a police record – curiously recall the "cycle of violence" treatment of the Arab-Israeli conflict, where Palestinian terror attacks and Israeli efforts to prevent them are judged as morally equivalent.

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The day after: Israel reacts to Olmert’s news

By Uriel Heilman · July 31, 2008

Israelis reacted to the news of Olmert's impending resignation:

• Summing up the prime minister's term, Aluf Benn wrote in Ha'aretz that Olmert failed in war and failed in peace.
• By making his intentions clear at this stage, Olmert at least will earn back some respect and be able to leave office on his own timetable, rather than having the police decide it for him, wrote the Jerusalem Post's Calev Ben-David. His paper's editorialists called Olmert's announcement "a dignified end."
• Ynet's Eitan Haber called Olmert's resignation announcement too late.
• Olmert's primary failure was his failure to respond positively to the Arab peace initiative, which offered pan-Arab recognition of Israel in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 borders, Ha'aretz's Akiva Eldar writes.

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