liel leibovitz

Nowruz Mubarak, Iranian New Yorkers! We wish you a happy holiday as we continue to oppose the liberation of your people. Oh, and the mullahs executed three people today, but my wife and I would like to remind you that the Jews are really to blame. Enjoy the Tahdig!

The official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s judiciary has announced that three protesters from the uprisings in early January have been executed by hanging in public in Qom, Iran. Mehdi Ghasemi Saleh Mohammadi Saeed Davoodi The three men were accused by the regime of killing police officers and carrying out “operational actions for the Zionist regime [Israel] and the hostile US government.” The three young men, like all defendants, were deprived of due process. Among the injustices they faced: 1. Reliance on coerced confessions 2. Restricted access to lawyers, especially during the investigation phase 3. Closed or rushed proceedings 4. Ignored exculpatory evidence 5. Being held without a lawyer during initial interrogation 6. Subjected to physical and psychological torture, including beatings causing hand fractures 7. The court ignored claims that confessions were obtained under torture 8. No investigation into torture allegations 9. Alibi evidence dismissed 10. Defense witnesses dismissed or not summoned 11. Extremely brief hearing 12. Denial of real access to independent lawyers 13. Lack of transparent evidence (I have only included two of their photos, as I try, as much as possible, not to publish images of imprisoned Iranians in prison uniforms.)

Now that they're on to us, I can finally reveal the name of the genie used to kill Nasrallah: His name is Genie Simmons, born Chaim Witz in Haifa, Israel. Special weapon: The KISS of death. CC: @genesimmons.

I can’t stop laughing.

I spent Shabbat reading @aroberts_andrew's magnificent biography of Lord Halifax and didn't think I could admire him any more. Well, I was wrong.

We're doing Maimonides now? Cool. Because, ya know, he had a few things to say about folks like you: וכן המינים מישראל, אינן כישראל לדבר מן הדברים.  ואין מקבלין אותן בתשובה, לעולם--שנאמר "כל באיה, לא ישובון; ולא ישיגו, אורחות חיים" (משלי ב,יט).  והמינים, הם התרים אחר מחשבות ליבם בסכלות

OK. Right back atcha. Critics of Islamic terrorism are endangering Muslims, but trying to slaughter innocents in New York, Detroit, and everywhere else can never do that, apparently.

Attention: Please stop being racist and Islamophobic by asking anyone to say that raping women and beheading children is wrong. Oh, and you're a monster if you don't immediately stand up and denounce Donald Trump. Once again: Pro-"Palestine" = anti-America.

We don't intend to win the war with a few tweets. We intend to win it with a lot of missiles. Like the one that killed you earlier today, bruh.

@TechRav Precisely. Disney encourages that. Actively. One of the only spaces in American cultural life that does.

@liel All my 2-year-old grandson wants to play with is Mickey Mouse. Thinking about now, I can hear his toddler verse saying Mickey Mouse over and over again. The same Mickey Mouse I played with when I was a kid. And my parents. And my grandparents too. In Judaism we call that Mesorah.

This, right here, is why I'm obsessed with Disney. Sure, it's a corporation selling expensive products and experiences, but I couldn't care less -- we're Americans, and consuming is often the shorthand we use to show our values and our preferences. But while other corporate behemoths cynically peddle goods soullessly, or, worse, pretend to live by values they don't truly hold, Disney is as real as it gets. The feeling in this ad? It's as real as it gets. I've experienced it myself. I know what it's like to have a magical place you can escape to with your family when the world gets too crazy and mean. I know what it's like to see my children look at Cinderella's Castle, say, or Space Mountain, with the bright eyes of awe-struck toddlers, and then blink and they're teenagers but they have the same look in their eyes and they cherish the same traditions we've cultivated as a family. As so much of American culture is moving fast, advocating disruption and mindless consumption, Disney is about something radically different. It's about understanding that these little rituals are what keeps families strong, and delivering environments where American families can be together and heal from decades of sophisticates arguing glibly that the family is nothing more than the last bastion of the patriarchy. This ad is why I'm proud to call myself a Disney Adult, a term I take to mean a grown up still capable of believing in magic and family and infinite possibility and the sanctity of the small things we do together with our children and that matter more than anything else in the world. Or, in other words, an American.

Because of the singularity of Churchill, we tend to think of the Brits as stiff-upper-lipped gentlemen who fought with courage and resolution. But literally all of Britain's elite cheered for Lord Halifax to take the wheel and continue a policy of appeasement. Then as now.

"I can't believe they can just grab someone for no reason at all and keep them locked up for more than a year, just like that," said pro-Hamas activist.

Big Yahu is one heck of a rap name.

"We just can't figure out why our box office intake dropped more than 50 percent in two decades. Hey, maybe the guy who said America deserved 9/11 can help us figure out how to connect with our audience."

The Mets are debuting their newest feature: a giant carwash.

@KeithCooperman Very strong entries there.

@liel Quality over quantity factor in at all?

The number of books in someone's home is the single best indicator to how much I'm going to like them.

@DBashIdeas We have a little problem, though. You're at the 4 percent range. We're going to need you to join us over at Team 3 percent...

In this bold, gender-reversed Hollywood reimagining of the story, Job (Marion Cotillard), is a God-fearing woman who, as a result of a bet between God and the Devil, loses her family and her wealth. But she realizes that her husband and children were only holding her back from having fun, and also learns that having money doesn't matter because she can bask in the warmth of collectivism. Co-starring Walton Goggins as the Devil and Stacey Abrams as God. Already awarded the 2027 Oscar for Best Picture.