Jonathan Mark's blog

MEMRI, the invaluable Middle East Media Research Institute, which translates and analyzes Arabic media, has uncovered the latest fascinating development in Cairo.

The Egyptian media -- which covers Egypt the way the YES network covers the Yankees -- are now apologizing and backtracking from their pro-Mubarak coverage.

Lindsay Lohan Tweets a congratulations to the Egyptian people and tells how she prays that Egypt keeps its peace treaty with Israel. She hopes Egypt "sets the trend for its neighbors to create peace with Israel and the entire region." Everyone in Hollywood should be that cool. At a time when most people are giddy about the changes in Egypt, she sees the bigger picture.

On the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth, and the 25th anniversary of Natan Sharansky crossing the Gleinicke Bridge to freedom in West Berlin, it's important to remember some of the people who made that crossing possible.

A lot of people make fun of Hitler's artistic ability, talking about him as a failed artist, as if he were more of a house painter than an aspiring painter in the realm of the fine arts. Yes, his canvases were more appropriate for cheap motels than musems.

A letter to the editor of The New York Times that was printed on June 6, 1934.

The Times had run a story, "Religion Among Jews Found To Be Waning."

One reader, Sidney J. Simon, wrote to the editor, disagreeing with the article's conclusion as summed up in that headline.

This week is a time to celebrate and honor two extraordinary and completely different American lives: Helene Aylon, the great Jewish artist and feminist -- and a spectacular person --whose beautiful and creative life might be her ultimate artistry, and Ronald Reagan, an artist in his way, as well, who lived an entirely different life but one worth contemplating.

Let's admit it. Barack Hussein Obama lost Egypt, to the extent that any president can be blamed for a foreign policy fiasco, and this one was a doozy.

This is a shock only to those who think the collapse of Egypt can be blamed on Sarah Palin, talk radio and the Tea Party.

Here's Ed Koch's analysis of the situation in the Islamic world, excerpted from his e-mail.

Here's an interesting editorial in the Sun on how Ariel Sharon, several years ago, analyzed Egypt and Mubarak.

Here are the latest rankings of yeshiva league hockey.

And here's a look at the beginnings of yeshiva league hockey, from Jewish Hoops America.