In a confusing turn of events, Harvard law professor and staunch Israel supporter Alan Dershowitz debated Orthodox Jewish rapper Shyne on their chosen candidates for the next week’s presidential election. The Belize-born rapper, who was deported from the United States after serving nearly nine years in prison for his involvement with Puff Daddy in a 1999 high-profile club brawl, recently endorsed Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

In the debate, Dershowitz explains why he is voting for the president’s reelection, while Shyne expresses concern about Obama’s foreign policy. Referring to the president, the rapper says at one point, “When he says things like ‘there needs to be daylight between the United States of American and Israel,’ those are very dangerous philosophies to have in the climate that we have with a Hitler-esque president of Iran.”

“It reminds me of 1938, with the appeasement, with Hitler, and just the underestimation of the evils that lay in the global jungle,” Shyne added. He also expressed worry that First Lady Michelle Obama is more concerned with obesity than she is with inner-city violence.

The debate was hosted by the website Deeyoon, whose homepage features other debates like the misspelled “Should Israel Remain the Undivided Capitol of Israel?” “Are Israeli Settlements Good for Israel?” and “Godfather 1&2 vs. Scarface.”

Watch for yourself, and let us know who you think ‘wins.’

(Image via the New York Times)

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First he became a man. Now, he’s a high school graduate. That’s right, people: Drake, born October 24, 1986, has fulfilled the requirements needed to graduate high school. We’re verklempt, really.

97% on my final exam. 88% in the course. One of the greatest feelings in my entire life. As of tonight I have graduated high school!

— Drizzy (@Drake) October 18, 2012

It must have been hard for Drizzy to concentrate on that final, what with Shyne—fresh off his rant against Rick Ross’ Black Bar Mitzvah mixtape—getting all up in his business about his lack of street cred. The Orthodox Jewish deported rapper and Mitt Romney supporter told MTV News, “I would really prefer Drake to sing about girls and sing about being a good kid from Canada and whatever that entails.”

Mazel tov, Aubrey. Next stop Degrassi: Drake: the College Years.

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• Jerry Stiller played the role of Hitler in a high school play.

• A look at the new cookbook from two Jerusalem-born star chefs, helpfully called Jerusalem: A Cookbook.

• Dominique Strauss Kahn opens up about the lavish sex parties he regularly participated in. Gross.

• Jerry Seinfeld’s stand-up is comedic comfort food, says the New York Times.

• Orthodox rapper Shyne, who was deported in 2009 and therefore can’t vote in a U.S. election, endorsed Mitt Romney.

• Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner (is he? isn’t he?) jumped from space this weekend. What did you do?

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• Orthodox rapper Shyne is not happy about Rick Ross’ “Black Bar Mitzvah” mixtape.

• Comedian Gabe Liedman, even funny over email.

• Art Spiegelman’s Manhattan high school now has a very cool glass-paneled mural made by the Maus artist.

• Emory Dental School, not a big fan of the Jews.

• Broad City, the hilarious Internet brainchild of Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, is getting the pilot treatment on Comedy Central.

• New Girl, meet Jew Girl. What would Schmidt say?

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• Media Matters takes a look at day 1 of Glenn Beck’s multi-day special on philanthropist George Soros. At this point, Soros is pretty much a shoe-in for most controversial Jewish billionaire of 2010.

• Logic: if you’re a Muslim guy and you shake a woman’s hand, you can’t really turn around and blame the woman for violating your religious commitment.  That goes for Michelle Obama and the Indonesian government minister.

• God and indie rock, discussed.

• Shyne isn’t giving up the sweet rides due to his conversion to Orthodox Judaism: “There’s nothing in the Chumash that says I can’t drive a Lamborghini,” and “nothing in the Halacha about driving the cars I like, about the lifestyle I live.”

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Shyne was a pretty good rapper before the whole Diddy/shooting/jail/conversion thing.  But this video of him decked out in a fedora and sunglasses; freestyling outside the Kotel, might get us to admit that Shyne, er, Moshe Leviy, is the greatest Jewish alive.

(Tip: Sunny Day Entertainment)

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