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Shoftim: Bloodshed
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

The case of the "Priests and Elders Murder Mystery." (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:46
Morsi’s Military, Panetta’s Peacekeepers
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Shoshana Bryen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Ostensibly aiming to secure the Sinai, Egypt’s president has fully remilitarized the peninsula, in violation of its peace treaty with Israel—but with the support of U.S. armed forces.
Exiled to the Holy Land
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Oren Kessler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“It might not be in my lifetime, but there will be a Circassian state. As someone once said, ‘If you will it, it is no dream.’”
Lambs to the Slaughter Lambs to the Slaughter
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Ben Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Last week, the normally cautious Jewish community of Amsterdam took the unusual step of describing a member of the Dutch parliament as a "serious danger to Jews in the Netherlands and consequently Europe as a whole."
Huis Clos
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Michel Gurfinkiel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Far from bringing anti-Semitism to a halt, France has witnessed an upsurge in attacks on Jews since the Toulouse massacre.
Flasks, Jugs, Goblets, Jars
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Sharon Udasin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Found while laying a gas pipeline near Haifa, Canaanite cultic vessels dating from the 13th century B.C.E. comprise the oldest treasure trove ever discovered in Israel.
Glasgow’s Jewish Echo
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Jeremy Rosen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“When I asked around, I found that there was one man whom everyone I spoke to complained about.”
Sovereignty without Statehood?
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 by Aryeh Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While Israel is predicated on Jewish national sovereignty, American Jews enjoy a different sort of sovereignty that comes from “the unfettered equal access of Jews to the levers of power.”