Culture

The National Jewish Democratic Council issued a release titled “GOP Threatening both U.S., Israeli Economies By Blocking Debt Ceiling Agreement.” I’m not smart enough to know which side is actually responsible for the continuing lack of a deal. But the NJDC isn’t making up the idea that a U.S. default would have negative implications for Israel. […]

Thousands of people turned out for the funeral of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, the Chasidic boy brutally murdered and dismembered in an attack that stunned his Brooklyn neighborhood. Last night, a delegation of non-Jewish neighbors showed up with balloons at a game of the Crown Heights Jewish Softball League. One woman said they came  to "show […]