Conservative showman speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's fundraiser Plus, Newt and Andrew speak, and more in the news Change represents victory for Israel and, even more, Obama  | |  The scandal seems to be less about Anthony Weiner's sexual social networking than the fact that he got caught. As technology thins the line between public and private, do politicians retain a right to be human? The national humiliation of Rep. Anthony Weiner represents something new in the politics of sex scandals. Ordinarily, these scandals come with a pretext, however thin, of public interest. The issue, we're usually told, isn't just sex—it's a cover-up, or hypocrisy, or harassment, or financial malfeasance. But in Weiner's case, the excuses for the salacious national pile-on are exceptionally thin. They mostly come down to the fact that, when confronted with an embarrassing secret vice, Weiner panicked and lied. There's also shock at his extreme recklessness in risking such a scandal, though if that's what the scandal is about, it's weirdly recursive. In the end, it's hard to escape the conclusion that Weiner is being publicly annihilated for private, consensual communications that have hurt no one but himself and presumably his wife. More  | Zero Mostel, Emma Goldman, and George Gershwin all worked on the stretch of Manhattan's West 28th Street once known as Tin Pan Alley. Now it's Tablet Magazine's home, too, so let's explore the neighborhood. More |  | In this week's "Tell Me," Tablet Magazine's illustrated question-and-answer column, we learn about a summer camp that valued risk More |  | Unzipped: Those who do and those who don't—frank talk about Jews and sex More | |
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