• Britain has evacuated its diplomatic staff from Iran and expelled the Iranian ambassador to the Court of St. James. [JPost/Ynet]
• Sarah Schulman expands on her anti-“pinkwashing” op-ed. [Pretty Queer]
• One person is unhappy about Israel’s decision to unfreeze $100 million in much-needed Palestinian Authority tax revenue: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. [Haaretz]
• Rep. Donna Edwards, Democrat from Maryland, will have fewer Jews in her district as a result of redistricting. Edwards is controversial for being unusually open to more left-wing arguments about Israel. [Washington Jewish Week]
• Portland-based William Deresiewicz ponders being a Jew in the Pacific Northwest. [The American Scholar]
• This article about an Israeli lifeguard saving two Iranians from drowning is kind of like a prose poem. [Ynet]
You guys, Drake.
• Portland-based William Deresiewicz ponders being a Jew in the Pacific Northwest. [The American Scholar]
• From flag football at Jewish day school to Saturdays at the Big House (sorta). [NY Daily News]
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.