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7/9/12 Round Up PM Edition

By Jspace Staff on 7/9/2012 at 5:20 PM

Categories: Israel, World, Round Up

7/9/12 Round Up PM Edition

Gaza sniper’s bullets shatter the back screen of a car, leaving broken glass on the car seat of a seven-month-old baby. [The Jerusalem Post]

The “Birthright Bump” is responsible for young American Jews becoming more attached to Israel, but it isn’t responsible for increased support for the Israeli government. [Haaretz]

Israeli parliament says the German circumcision ban infringes upon religious freedom and evokes memories of the Holocaust. [CBS News]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to cap the number of full-time scripture students to 1,500 and to penalize draft dodgers. [Reuters]

A group of Jewish and Muslim cyclists tour Chicago mosques and synagogues together. [The Chicago Tribune]

The top Jewish myths are debunked. [Jewish Ideas Daily]

More Jews are choosing to be cremated. [The Jewish Daily Forward]

Director Darren Aronofsky reveals that Anthony Hopkins will play the role of Methuselah in his upcoming film. [Indiewire]

Can you train a dog to speak Hebrew? [Haaretz]

  • Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men study at Mir Yeshiva.
  • Shattered glass on baby's car seat.
  • Posters at the entrance of a shop in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood.
  • Jewish and Muslim cyclists.
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Cremation
  • Dogs

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