The humiliation of Israel’s diplomats:  The contributions made by Israel’s striking Foreigm Ministry employees are underappreciated, writes Malcolm Hoenlein. (Haaretz)

Bringing Yiddish back to Poland: Aga Ilwicka-Sheppard grew up listening to Sholom Aleichem stories translated from Yiddish. Now she wants to bring the language back to her home country of Poland.  (Public Radio International)

What’s behind Bob Mankoff’s humor?: ”I think what Jewish culture taught me is that all these embarrassing things, all these guilt-filled things, all these anxiety-filled things are material,” Bob Mankoff, longtime cartoon editor of the New Yorker, said of his new book. (NPR)

Seth MacFarlane: Anti-Semitic?: The well-known comedy writer has crossed some lines when it comes to talking about Jews. But is “Family Guy” anti-Semitic? (Forward)