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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: 00:11:09Mattot-Masei: Where Moses Walked
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
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."
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.
