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D’varim: A Lamenting Question?
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

We start reading this week at Deuteronomy 1:1. But where do we stop—and why? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:41
Obama’s Jewish Margin
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Nick Tate | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

It's not clear how much ground the president can afford to lose in Florida, where a Gallup poll found historically low support for a Democrat among Jewish voters.
Abraham, the Rugged Individualist?
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Kenneth Hanson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In his willingness to leave his native land for Canaan, his nomadic existence, and his disdain for Pharaonic bureaucracy, Abraham was not only the first monotheist but the first individualist.    
The Nugatory Nine Days
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Joshua Maroof | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

By scrupulously observing the various restrictions of the Nine Days without internalizing the spirit of mourning that the law reflects, today's Jews embody the reason for the Temple's destruction.
Jabotinsky’s Dream
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Rafael Medoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Half a century before liberal Jewish activists made common cause with the civil rights movement, the revisionist Zionist was already speaking out against racism in the U.S. and South Africa.  
Watershed in Bulgaria
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Cnaan Liphshiz and Svetlana Guineva | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Bulgaria's small Jewish community has always had peaceful relations with the country's Muslims. But fears are growing that last week's attack had local support on the ground. 
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Patient Jihad The Muslim Brotherhood’s Patient Jihad
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Mohamed Morsi’s recent election as president of Egypt has proved a matter of concern.  A candidate from the radical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, many fear that Morsi’s victory will threaten Egyptian-Israeli peace.
Rav Elyashiv’s Mixed Legacy Rav Elyashiv’s Mixed Legacy
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Last Wednesday night, in the middle of a blazing heat wave, a quarter of a million people flocked to the funeral of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv.  At the request of the deceased, no eulogies were delivered, but for the rest of the week, the Haredi press spoke of little other than the man.