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Sundown: Turkish Jews Call for Calm

Plus the IDF targets Bar Refaeli, and more
By Marc Tracy | 5:00 PM Jan 14, 2010

• The main Jewish interest group in Turkey warned that further tensions with Israel could increase anti-Semitism there. [Ynet]
• The Israeli military is urging a boycott of products endorsed by supermodel Bar Refaeli, due to her alleged draft-dodging—she married and immediately divorced, avoiding mandatory service. So maybe try to do without Passionata lingerie? [Arutz Sheva]
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Sundown: Anne Frank Site Burns

Britney Spears’ imagined conversion diary, and more
By Marc Tracy | 5:00 PM Jul 20, 2009

• A “suspicious” fire destroyed the barracks in which Anne Frank slept in a Dutch work camp before her transfer to Auschwitz. The barracks, most recently used to store farm equipment, was ready for transport back to the site of the work camp, which now contains a Holocaust memorial. [JTA]
• With the news that Britney ...

Britney Does it Again

Jewelry choice sparks new conversion rumors
By Hadara Graubart | 1:05 PM Jul 9, 2009

Britney Spears, who has as many reasons to be soul-searching as anyone, is rumored to be considering a conversion to Judaism, based on the evidence that she was spotted in a Star of David necklace. The logic seems a little thin—bling is bling, after all—and we’ve heard it before, over a year ago. Plus, according ...

Britney, Survivor

Pop-star Spears in talks for a Holocaust movie
By Sara Ivry | 1:00 PM Jun 23, 2009

Britney Spears’ career has taken a new curious turn with word she’s in negotiations to star in a movie titled The Yellow Star of Sophia and Eton. “Britney will reportedly play the main role of Sophia LaMont, who creates a time machine and travels back to World War II where she meets a Jewish man ...

Ritual & Observance

Camels Can’t Buy Me Love

The Nahor Approach to Wealth and Women
By Liel Leibovitz | 11:00 AM Nov 21, 2008

One of the more charming aspects of the recent financial meltdown is the strong correlation, now clearly exposed, between the Dow and divorce.
Having barely had a chance to explore the reasons for and consequences of the catastrophe, our earnest journalists turned their attention away from the bland boardrooms of Wall Street and towards the living ...