Luckily for Rittenhouse, and our justice system, the jury was unaffected by the effort to demonize, defame, and railroad the defendant.

…as a matter of law, Kyle Rittenhouse had viable alternatives to patroling the streets of Kenosha with an AR-15-style rifle that humid, midwest summer evening when he fatally shot two people and injured a third.

He chose otherwise, and that choice should have had legal consequences.

Those of us who don’t want to have to worry about whether people like Kyle Rittenhouse will continue to brandish guns at public gatherings, thereby greatly increasing the danger of violence, should direct our energy toward changing the open carry laws in Wisconsin.

The assailant, 42-year-old Fadi Abu Shkhaidem from East Jerusalem, used an automatic weapon to shoot at civilians from short-range by the Chain Gate, before he was shot dead by security forces. Afterwards, the police shut down the Old City, fearing a copycat attack.

The man killed in a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday was named as Eli Kay, 26, from the central Israeli city of Modiin… Before working at the Western Wall, he had volunteered in Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel for a year, after completing his military service.

Described by his friends and acquaintances as an “Islamic scholar,” the 42-year-old Abu Shkhaydam was a well-known preacher in east Jerusalem mosques, including al-Aqsa Mosque. Others referred to him as a “senior Hamas official in Jerusalem.”

Just about every Jewish adult I know who decided not to have a Bat Mitzvah ceremony at 13 regrets it. Just about every Jewish adult I know who did have a Bar Mitzvah ceremony at 13 (even if they didn’t appreciate it then) appreciates it now.

I’ve spoken with a number of tutors for these events and have heard horror stories about how little the parents expect from their children in the way of Hebrew mastery, ability to chant Torah and Haftarah tropes, or an ability to write a cogent brief essay about the subject of their Torah section.

I write “bring God back” because my friend the late Rabbi Ron Aigen used to note that when he ran a pre-bar mitzvah retreat for 12-year-olds in his quite traditional Reconstructionist synagogue in Montreal, the kids often listed God as central to their Judaism – while the parents didn’t. He then watched most young people grow out of that belief – when the real adult quest involves growing into it.

What does it mean that Larry David shows more compassion and consideration to a Klansman — who calls him Jewboy! — than he does toward a rabbi? What does it mean that Larry will willingly go to the Klansman’s home but will not willingly attend a synagogue service?

“Halacha’s pretty clear,” said Rabbi Mark Wildes founder of Manhattan Jewish Experience, an attorney and a self-described “Curb” fanatic. “If you are negligent or you intentionally or carelessly damage someone else’s property… you need to take the item, get it cleaned, or pay for what that cost is.”

The latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm has to be the most Jewy ever – Larry goes to Temple, quotes Fiddler to a Klansman, blows the shofar etc – but Jewish scholars debating what the Talmud says about spilling coffee on a Klansman’s robe tops it all.

As Jews have become increasingly more secular, fewer and fewer observe kosher laws, and, Merwin said, most Jewish delis now cater to a mostly non-Jewish clientele.

Gone are the days where city dwellers could find a pastrami sandwich and matzoh ball soup on almost every street corner. The schlep to get a tongue sandwich or stuffed derma is often tedious in some cities.

Inevitably the last of the authentic places — including Katz’s Delicatessen, the century-old, neon-bedecked East Houston Street tourist magnet, and its neighbor, the equally venerable shop Russ & Daughters — have been joined by an increasing number of simulacra: the designer delis.

It will always be known as the Staples Center, no matter how many hundreds of millions of dollars Crypto.com paid for the naming rights. The home of the Los Angeles Sparks, Los Angeles Lakers, L.A. Clippers and Los Angeles Kings is the Staples Center.

I don’t know if you need to get that sentimental… You know, it’s not like Staples is a sacred name from the ancestors. It’s a store where you buy 50 packs of binders even though you only need one. Then when you get home, you find out they were the wrong size anyway… You don’t need to get that nostalgic about it. It’s a company.

We look forward to the Crypto.com Arena upholding the L.A. Center’s history of gentrification in the name of complete climate collapse. After all, Bitcoin mining uses seven times more energy than Google.