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Sundown: Adios, Ulpana

Plus Sullivan gets slammed, Jobbiknik comes out and more

by
Dan Klein
June 28, 2012
The Ulpana neighborhood, now evacuated.(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
The Ulpana neighborhood, now evacuated.(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

• All 33 families living at the illegal Ulpana settlement have been evacuated. The last family had to be forcibly removed. [Times of Israel]

• A leader of the Hungarian anti-Semitic Jobbik party has confessed to having Jewish origins. The end of this story has one of the best burns I’ve ever heard. [Forward/JTA]

• Charles Lane picks apart defenders (Andrew Sullivan) of the anti-circumcision court ruling in Germany. [WaPo]

• A fantastic interview with the fantastic Israeli New York-based designer, Dror Benshetrit. [Design Milk]

• The striking contrast between Alice Walker and Margaret Atwood on cultural boycotts. [Sisterhood]

• From Nora Ephron to Lena Dunham. [The Awl]