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Sundown: Romney to Jerusalem

Plus shots fired in England, the pope at Yad Vashem, and more

by
Marc Tracy
July 02, 2012
Mitt Romney last week.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Mitt Romney last week.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Simpsons are Mitt Romney is going to Israel! [NYT]

• Two teenagers in Manchester, England, allegedly fired a gun at a yeshiva. [The Jewish Chronicle/Vos Iz Neias?]

• Yad Vashem has softened its description of Pope Pius XII’s actions during the Holocaust. Jewish grandfathers everywhere mutter angrily to themselves. [NYT]

• Wells Tower profiles Jewish porn star James Deen. [GQ]

• Charles Barron said the Jews are going to collect from Hakeem Jeffries for giving him victory in their primary. [Capital NY]

• Here is “Ben Netanyahu” playing soccer in high school in the United States. [Buzzfeed]

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Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.