Recent Interesting Links

• Netanyahu's father-in-law, Shmuel Ben Artzi, passed away.  Kikar has the details of an old meeting he had with Rav Yaakov Galinsky from Hadera, both of whom were Talmidim of different branches of the Novardok Yeshiva.  It also mentions how he learned under the Steipler for a year, put up the Hazon Ish's first Sukkah, and many other interesting things.
• Rafi explains why he admired Rav Finkel.
• Aryeh Deri was interviewed about the early years of the Shas party.  Update: English translation here.
• A dog found drugs inside a Siddur.
• Rav Ovadia Shlit"a supports those who oppose demolition of homes and called Peace Now "Resha'im"
• Rabbi Michael Broyde on Modern Orthodoxy today
• Mystical Paths, Going Home and The Muqata talk about the Sarkozy/Obama open mic slip-up.
• HonestReporting has its "Guide for the Perplexed" glossary of terms (h/t EoZ)
• Mystical Paths on Rochel and Geula
• Mystical Paths has a follow-up to my previous post about a war with Iran
• Tomer Devorah shares some of her insightful thoughts