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No Memory of Munich?
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Deborah E. Lipstadt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

To the Olympic Committee, Jewish blood is cheap, too cheap to risk upsetting a bloc of Arab nations and other countries that oppose Israel and its policies.
Sabbath in Space, Communion on the Moon
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Rebecca J. Rosen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why is our secular endeavor of space exploration flush with religious observance?
The Suicide Israel Forgot
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Lily Galili | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While the leaders of Israel’s social protests turn Moshe Silman, who tried to burn himself alive, into a poster boy, few recall Yelena Businov, whose self-immolation was a response to the withdrawal from Gaza. (2005)
The Prophetic Voice
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Jonathan Sacks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The prophets were the first people to see time as the arena in which the great drama between God and humanity was played out, especially in the history of Israel.
Borges, a Jew?
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Ilan Stavans | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“In a typewriter in the hotel room where his body is found is a note: ‘The first letter of the Name has been written.’”
Mattot-Masei: Where Moses Walked
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

This week, the shocking truth about Kadesh-Barnea. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:09
Mattot-Masei: Where Moses Walked
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions