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Mattot-Masei: Where Moses Walked
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

Do Jews Curse Christians? Do Jews Curse Christians?
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The patristic authority Jerome complained bitterly about the Jews’ condemnation of notsrim (believers in Jesus, “the Nazarite”), in the benediction of the daily Amidah known as Birkat ha-Minim: "three times a day in all their synagogues they anathemize the Christian name."
Clinton’s Courtesy Call?
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 by Jeffrey Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Hillary Clinton’s visit to Israel is not about drumming up votes before the presidential election, but rather represents the latest attempt by the Obama administration to prevent an Israeli strike on Iran.
Dentistry, ca. 200 B.C.E.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 by Sarah K. Yeomans | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a mass grave in the northern Negev desert, a skull was found that contains one of the earliest known dental fillings: a 2.5-millimeter bronze wire inserted into the tooth’s canal.
Boycott? What Boycott?
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 by Nick Gray | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Although the Co-Op supermarket chain might be costing Israel the value of a few oranges, trade between the UK and Israel—spearheaded by the British government—is booming.
Learning Law Young
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 by Michael Broyde | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Jewish day schools provide students with the functional equivalent of a first-year law school curriculum. (Video)