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Sundown: Messianic Jews Hosted Santorum

Plus Anne Frank’s tree in Israel, and more

by
Marc Tracy
March 22, 2012
Rick Santorum.(Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Rick Santorum.(Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

• Rick Santorum spoke at the annual messianic Jews convention. But don’t worry it was like 20 years ago. Oh no wait it was 2010. [Politico]

• A report points out the fairly obvious fact that Prime Minister Netanyahu would like to see President Obama defeated and the less known fact that some Capitol Hill staffers were agitated at AIPAC for pushing hawkish policies in the wake of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. [JPost]

• Former London mayor Ken Livingstone said Jews wouldn’t vote for the left because Jews are rich. [JTA/Forward]

• A sapling from Anne Frank’s favorite chestnut tree will be planted at Yad Vashem. [Jewish Journal]

• Stephanie Butnick catches up with Gilbert Gottfried. [Jewcy]

• White House director of Jewish outreach Jarrod Bernstein met with the Beren Academy basketball team, because, I mean, if you were the White House Jewish director of Jewish outreach, wouldn’t you? [White House]

Here’s likely this year’s Passover viral video.

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