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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.