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Sundown: 1.5 Billion Jews Is a Scary Thought

Plus Bibi and me, and more

by
Marc Tracy
January 14, 2011
The former Massachusetts governor and the current Israeli prime minister.(Amos BenGershom/GPO via Getty Images)
The former Massachusetts governor and the current Israeli prime minister.(Amos BenGershom/GPO via Getty Images)

• Comparing her people to the Chinese, Diane von Furstenberg suggests, “Try to think of governing a billion and a half Jews.” No thanks! [NYMag]

• Romney and Bibi sittin’ in a tree? [Ben Smith]

• Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, profiled by Michelle Goldberg, won re-election. [Arutz Sheva]

• If the current New Yorker caption contest cartoon doesn’t deserve a Jewish punchline, I don’t know what does. [The New Yorker]

• Jews of color get their own magazine, Kehila. [Jewcy]

• Several Israeli tourists are stuck in a city in southern Chile. Which wouldn’t be such a huge deal, except they’re getting no aid because, oh yeah, Israel’s foreign workers are on strike. [Ynet]

This is the song you play as you eat Christian-baby blood.

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