Interesting Posts and Articles #237

1. At Snopes, it was false that lobsters freed by Buddhists were swiftly recaught by fishermen. Well, the Buddhists freed them, but the video showing the recatching was faked. I believed the news story.
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2. Rationalist Judaism has a response to a query about circumcision, and discusses kanoi terrorism in Bet Shemesh.
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3. Related, at Life In Israel, pashkevilim targeting the individual chareidi protesters. I say good.
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4. Menachem Mendel notes how Saudi officials spotted a new moon that was actually Saturn, since they would not have been able to spot the moon at that time. See this followup about how the Saudi officials are angry at being doubted by astronomers.
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5. A book review of The How and Why of Jewish Prayer, at Hirhurim.
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6. Shirat Devorah, a slight clarification by Lazer Beams, a post at Mystical Paths, and a post by Yeranen Yaakov, about the latest wolf sighting. Help! A wolf!
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7. DovBear has the actual contents of the Big Bad Binah article.
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8. Over at Judaism.StackExchange, I answered a question about the Jewish midrashic origin of the constellation Virgo.
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9. This week's Haveil Havalim.
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10. Here on parshablog, the reformative laws of Ki Teitzei. And my parsha source roundup.