Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle by David Benkof DavidBenkof@gmail.com For the answers to this week’s puzzle visit jewishjournal.com/crossword Across 1. Former SNL castmember Kattan 6. Jewish feminist Klepfisz 11. Jerry Bruckheimer specialty (abbr.) 14. Bird lodging 15. Tier at Teddy Kollek stadium 16. Ad ___ committee 17. Setting for Herb Gardner’s “I’m Not Rappaport” 19. “All Things Considered” reporter Shapiro 20. Orthodox rabbis Shafran and Weiss 21. “And ___ to every purpose...”: Eccl. 3:1 23. Talmudic tractate about oaths 27. Microsoft CEO Steve 29. Heartier than the rest 30. Parsha about a rebellion against Moses 31. Important island in Jewish history 32. Genesis name 33. Biblical verb ending 36. Barry Manilow hit “___ Now” 37. Katie of “Married...with Children” 38. Musician and Holocaust victim Nadel 39. Likely “Ishtar” review 40. Taba neighbor 41. “New York Jew” author Alfred 42. F ormer White House Chief of Staff Joshua 44. Wedding ___ (chupah) 45. Landzmann and Levi-Strauss 47. Yucky mucks 48. Battalion of barbarians 49. Fiddler’s place 50. “Raiders of the Lost ___” (Spielberg film) 51. “Master Builder” of mid-20th century New York 58. Erev Shab. 59. “30 Rock” producer Michaels 60. “I could crush you like ___” 61. F ormer Republican National Committee leader Mehlman 62. Olden days 63. Jotted down Down 1. Midwest kashrut org. 2. “Green Acres” prop 3. Author Wolfson (“The Shabbat Seder”) 4. Follower of Zion? 5. Jeans magnate Levi 6. Modiin ___ 7. MKs, essentially 8. German-Jewish sculptor Hesse 9. Grandfather of Saul 10. Proto-Zionist Judah 11. Sixth president of Israel (1983-1993) 12. “Blame It on the Bossa Nova” singer Eydie 13. Comparatively unfriendly 18. Pirkei ___ (“Ethics of the Fathers”) 22. Comforting letters 23. Abraham, Moses, and David all herded them 24. Sesame treat 25. “Diner” co-star 26. S inew of the thigh-___ (forbidden item, as per Genesis) 27. Crazy Kazakh 28. Source of much Asian irrigation 30. Elena or Israel Meir 32. Actor Soupy 34. Ambush 35. “The Producers”’ dozen 37. JDate.com, e.g. 38. Texas ___ M University 40. Aged 41. Andy of “Taxi” 43. Symbol on Oreos packages 44. Blood flow stoppage 45. Bilingual Kashrut symbol 46. “Crime and Punishment” star Peter 47. Afflictions for Job 49. Civil libertarian Cassin 52. “Hollywood Squares” win 53. “I’m cold!” 54. Kiryat ___ 55. Acknowledged that the Torah was back in the ark 56. Opposite WSW 57. EST part: abbr.
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