Mishegaas

  • Federal prosecutors handling the AIPAC case may employ the “silent witness” rule in order to get past the court’s decision to hold an open trial.
  • In related news, the prosecutor who secured the indictment against AIPAC’s representatives is currently under investigation for his role in the attorney firing scandal.
  • A recent poll “found that half the Jewish population of Israel believe the state should encourage Arab emigration.” The poll also found that roughly the same number of Israeli Jews feel threatened when they hear spoken Arabic.
  • “Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders.”
  • Daniel Septimus recaps the Jewish scene at SXSW in the Jerusalem Post.
  • Jay Michaelson reviews Marge Piercy’s Pesach for the Rest of Us.

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