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Daybreak: Shalit Calls for Pollard Release

Plus women of the Knesset join Women of the Wall

by
Adam Chandler
March 12, 2013
Women of the Wall (ToI)
Women of the Wall (ToI)

• As President Barack Obama’s trip to Israel nears, Gilad Shalit is the latest well-known Israeli figure to sign a petition calling for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. [JPost]

• Female members of the Israeli Knesset joined Women of the Wall in its monthly prayer service at the Western Wall. There will no arrests, but some harsh invectives thrown at the women. [Hayom]

• Spiegel looks at the legacy of Albert Göring, Nazi leader Hermann Göring’s brother, who aided Jews during World War II. [Spiegel]

• Newtown Rabbi Shaul Praver joins call for action on gun violence and long-reaching gun control. [JTA]

• Hussein Ibish writes on how Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, contrary to expectations, has been much tougher on Hamas than Israel. [Daily Beast]

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.