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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.”
Until a Hundred Twenty Until a Hundred Twenty
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 by Hillel Fradkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Bernard Lewis has published many books on the history of the Middle East and Islam. On these subjects he is, simply, the pre-eminent authority. At 96, he has now published yet another book: a memoir.
Unbreakable Alliance?
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 by Giulio Meotti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

If Obama refuses to intervene to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, he won’t be the first U.S. president to leave Israel standing alone in its hour of need.
On the Virtue of Belief without Practice
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Herbert Loewe argued that it was better for lax Jews to believe one thing and do another than remake Jewish doctrine in their own image.
Open Doors
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 by Nena C. Benigno | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In 1940, the last Jews to escape from Nazi Germany found no country willing to take them in until President Quezon of the Philippines invited them to live and work in Manila.
Archeology for Haredim
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 by Rafi G. | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A government-funded archeological park in Modi’in Illit will tell the story of the Second Temple site—by Haredim, to Haredim.
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