• Protesters at a sit-in against Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi clashed with Morsi supporters at the presidential palace in Cairo. A number of journalists have reportedly been attacked by members of the Muslim Brotherhood. [NYT]
• Sheldon Adelson has pledged to continue pledging money to future campaigns despite his bad luck in the 2012 election cycle. [NYMag]
• Haval! Two-thirds of the Kadima Party’s 28 members have defected to other parties ahead of the Israeli elections. [JTA]
• Women in Britain may get the right to chair synagogue boards at Orthodox shuls. Some rabbis in London are not thrilled. [Times of Israel]
• Adam Scolof looks at the life of Dave Brubuck and the Jewish themes in his music. [JTA]
Adam Chandler was previously a staff writer at Tablet. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Slate, Esquire, New York, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.