The Brooklyn rabbi who tried to swindle Steven Cohen; why Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas; more Shukert in Amsterdam

 

Follow Tablet  December 16, 2010   Time Magazine's Anti-Semites of the Year Also, Mark Zuckerberg won this year Daybreak: Lebanon Claims to Destroy Spy Cameras Plus Palestinian studies at Columbia scrutinized, and more in the news Take the Philip Roth Quiz! How well do you know the work? More from THE SCROLL Tribal Allegiance A Brooklyn rabbi thought he could swindle hedge-fund king Steven Cohen by playing on his Judaism. It was a bad bet. BY ALLISON HOFFMAN Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire hedge-fund manager, doesn't take cold calls. If you dial the headquarters of Cohen's $12 billion fund, SAC Capital Advisors, in Stamford, Connecticut, a pleasant-voiced receptionist will kindly offer to take a message, which Cohen's assistant will screen without disturbing her boss, who typically spends the hours of the trading day deeply engrossed in the numbers flashing across the eight screens mounted at his desk. He communicates with his fellow traders through desktop squawk boxes, and they watch him via an in-house video feed referred to as "the Steve Cam." More Jewish Christmas Why Jews eat Chinese on December 25, and how a hip Brooklyn deli is modernizing that tradition More BY MARC TRACY Looking for Mokum Part 3 of 3: Visiting Amsterdman and learning to love the Jewish version of the Eurovision Song Contest More BY RACHEL SHUKERT

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