• The Arab League called an emergency meeting to reconsider its backing of “proximity talks” in light of the East Jerusalem construction announcement. [Ynet]
• There’s a massive battle of the Israeli media titans right now, involving, among others, Sheldon Adelson. [LAT]
• 1980s teenage star Corey Haim, who was born to a Toronto Jewish family, died at 38. [ArtsBeat]
• As to those rumors that the ultra-Orthodox of Monsey, New York, had declared lox un-kosher? “Go ahead, eat lox,” says a report author. “It’s kosher—I just had some.” [The Journal News/Vos Iz Neias?]
• The hidden history of [ ] Jews. In this case, [ ] is Jamaican. [WSJ]
• In honor of his 47th birthday, producer Rick Rubin’s top ten tracks/albums. [Jewcy]
Below: Johnny Cash’s classic, Rubin-produced cover of Nine Inch Nails’s “Hurt.”
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.