Contest for Weiner's empty seat turns into statement on Obama and Israel Plus circumcision initiative may be removed from S.F. ballot, and more in the news Intermarried couples inspire kind of offensive colloquialism Illicit love flourishes in a West Bank supermarket  | |  With a looming deadline, deep-seated distrust, and competing claims to resources, Washington's effort to reach a debt deal is a stateside version of the ongoing quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace You've seen this movie before: Bitter rivals, bound by the interests of shared history and common geography, find themselves unable to resolve a decades-old policy dispute with potentially world-historical implications. A deadline looms, offering an opportunity for both sides to draw lines in the sand. A pro forma bit of bureaucratic maneuvering escalates into a crisis. Terms are negotiated, but each time a deal seems close it comes unglued at the last minute, for reasons that make more sense to the people involved than to the increasingly anxious and exhausted spectators watching at home—sometimes, it turns out, for reasons as petty as a nasty or unreturned phone call. Frustrated, the leaders turn to the public. One side claims to be on the side of of justice and liberal democracy; the other side appeals to the equally resonant tenets of self-determination and liberty. More  | Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist activist in early 20th-century Berlin, murdered by her political enemies after World War I. She's the topic of the debut edition of "Long Story Short," a new podcast on people and ideas in Jewish life. More |  | The best part of summer is its fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables, especially ripe, juicy tomatoes. You can hold on to the taste of summer by cooking them into a traditional Moroccan Jewish dish. More |  | Phineas and Ferb, a smart and fantastically frenetic Disney animated show, features two kids who are curious, inventive, polite, community-minded—everything Jewish parents want their kids to be More | |
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