Just walking by the New York Times headquarters building is often a source of news events. My most recent passage past the Times' in-house theater revealed an advertising sign stating "Anything Can Happen At the Times Center." And it is backed up by giving examples of functions that the theater can be rented for. This site of Times annual meetings can now be rented for product presentations, workshops, film showings -- and bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs. It boggles the mind. The arguably most anti-Israel newspaper in America, which has never displayed a menorah in its lobby in December at this address, is inviting people to hold bar mitzvahs. I know there are leftist rabbis and J Street supporters who would not see the irony of this, yet other questions come to mind.Is the New York Times desperately hurting for cash? I've been to this theater twice to attend annual meetings and I don't believe the stepped up seats are easily removable for a banquet or suitable for dancing the...(Read Full Post)