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Daybreak: Civil War Brewing in Syria?

Plus really, really old Jews telling less old jokes, and more in the news

by
Marc Tracy
November 07, 2011
Irving Kahn actually turns 106 next month.(Christopher Lane/NY Mag)
Irving Kahn actually turns 106 next month.(Christopher Lane/NY Mag)

• Reporter finds evidence that the Syrian protests, now in their ninth (!) month, are turning into armed insurgency. [WP]

• The Obama Administration is not saying much—leading from behind?—as the nuclear inspectors’ report into Iran is leaked and, later this week, released. [NYT]

• Many official Israeli government Websites, including those for the Mossad and Shin Bet, went down yesterday. Israel denied it was hacked. [AP/WP]

• The mystery of SuperAging Jews, plus a lot of swell jokes about them. [NY Mag]

• Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat of Arizona, appears to intend to run for re-election in November despite having been shot in the head this past January. [JTA]

• Gilad Shalit is slowly being debriefed. Turns out Hamas let him have a stationery bike and food while keeping him in dark rooms for more than five years. [Reuters/Vos Iz Neais?]

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