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In Its Own Words
Monday, February 7, 2011 by Jonathan D. Halevi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

For the Muslim Brotherhood, jihad is at the center of the struggle against the United States, the West, and Israel.  
Silent Savior
Monday, February 7, 2011 by Ofer Aderet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A German Jewish businessman rescued tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, and counted Albert Einstein and Christopher Isherwood among his admirers. Why is so little known about him?
Daven
Monday, February 7, 2011 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Some theories on the origin of a common Jewish synonym for "pray."
Jumpin’ Jehosaphat!
Monday, February 7, 2011 by Leonard J. Greenspoon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Whether he actually jumped or not, the ninth-century B.C.E. king of Judah has inspired some quaint American usages, and at least one racy one.
Blinded by Israel
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Alan M. Dershowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Preoccupied with condemning the Jewish state, the United Nations and international "progressives" have encouraged the perpetuation of Arab despotism.
Lubavitch in the Middle
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Carol Vogel and Clifford J. Levy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Why is the art world in thrall to a legal dispute over a Russian-held collection of religious books and documents?
City of God
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Bruce Anderson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A "biography" of Jerusalem brings the physical city alive while highlighting the competing claims and idiosyncratic personal behavior it has historically inspired.
KDate
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Shira Hirschman Weiss | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Traditionally prohibited from marrying converts or divorcees, some modern descendants of the ancient Jewish priesthood find themselves stuck in dating purgatory.
What was Found at Hirbet Madras?
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Initially identified as a synagogue, an archaeological site in the Judean hills has turned out to be a 1,500-year-old church with an unusually well-preserved mosaic floor.
Israelites, not Jews
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Yardena Schwartz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Torah, kashrut, Sabbath, Hebrew: these and more are marks of a black congregation that nevertheless rejects the idea that its members are Jews.