• A list of ways to help after Hurricane Sandy, no matter where you live. [Tablet]
• The Simpson’s diabolical CEO Mr. Burns endorsed Mitt Romney. Krusty the Clown would never have done that. [LA Times]
• “The Vienna Rite,” Judith Berkson’s new opera, follows Salomon Sulzer’s real-life creation of the modern synagogue. [NYT]
• Jewish actress Marissa Jarret Winokur, best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the Broadway production of Hairspray, lost 60 pounds—and says she’s still considered a chubby actress by Hollywood standards. [Hollywood Reporter]
• Jewish author Mitch Albom was the Mick Jagger of Southern New Jersey in the 1970s. [Tablet]
• Barbra Streisand explains why she’s voting for Obama: