Your Daily Spiel is The CJN’s daily roundup of trending stories in the Jewish world.
Tell us about your dates: Send us your dating stories! CJNews is rolling out a new feature, and we’re looking for readers’ accounts of dates you’ve had – whether last week or 20 years ago; whether they were horrific, excellent or anything in between.
O’Keeffe’s Jewish husband: If you live in Toronto, you may have heard that the works of Georgia O’Keeffe are currently on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario. What you may not have heard is that O’Keeffe’s husband and muse, Alfred Stieglitz, also an artist, was of German-Jewish origin.
Troubling bin Laden video: In a video released last weekend, one of Osama bin Laden’s sons urged Muslims and followers of al-Qaida to carry out attacks on Jewish targets around the world.
Trump on the Kotel: Recent comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump about the Western Wall, in which he said Israel’s claim to the the site is “unauthorized,” were, as so many of the president’s remarks, swiftly dismissed by a White House official.
Speaking of the Western Wall: An unlikely meeting, and photo op, occurred there yesterday, when Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler ran into the United States’ new ambassador to Israel, David Friedman.
Historic shul ablaze: A fire on Sunday caused significant damage to Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, a historic synagogue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
