• A Manhattan elementary school is the first in the city to require students to take Arabic.
• A 75-year-old Yiddish bookstore reopens in Long Island City.
• Jewcy favorite Alison Brie is reportedly dating James Franco’s younger brother, Dave.
• Describing comedian Marc Maron’s WTF podcast: “Every problem on WTF can be explained by a mother, a father, a cultural weirdness, Judaism, or addiction.”
• Today’s Bar Refaeli news comes in video form, from her appearance on Conan where she discussed the things she knows best, like underwear: