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The Way to Civilization
Thursday, November 11, 2010 by Abby Wisse Schachter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

. . . is through the stomach, argues the new Encyclopedia of Jewish Food.
Hearing it Every Which Way
Thursday, November 11, 2010 by Eric Herschthal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Elijah (1846), an oratorio by the baptized Felix Mendelssohn, has been interpreted as evincing Christian sentiments, Jewish sentiments, both, and neither.
Supersessionism: Alive and Well?
Thursday, November 11, 2010 by David Turner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

How deeply embedded within present-day Christianity is the theological principle that the Jews have been replaced as God's chosen people?
The Great Code
Thursday, November 11, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A copy of Maimonides' code of Jewish law, Mishneh Torah, signed, authorized, and approved for its accuracy by the master himself (1135-1204) , is now, thanks to modern technology, accessible to all.
Broken Glass, Breached Wall
Thursday, November 11, 2010 by Michael Slackman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Two seminal events happened in Germany on November 9: Kristallnacht in 1938, and the breaching of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Is the former now remembered only by Jews?
Blood Brothers
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 by Ehud Yaari | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Hamas and Iran, the one Sunni, the other Shiite, share the aim of a revived caliphate; therefore, argues the "moderate" director-general of Hamas's foreign ministry, they should form a true religio-political alliance.
The Man Who Saved Western Civilization
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 by Tom Teicholz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A film born of historian Martin Gilbert's Churchill and the Jews documents the wartime leader's early, heroic, lonely, and uncompromising stance against Hitler.
Self-Appointed Prophets, Self-Hating Clowns
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 by Barry Gewen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A serendipitous encounter turns into an extended correspondence between France's moralist philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy and its anti-moralist novelist Michel Houellebecq; neither one emerges whole.
Who is Buried in Rachel’s Tomb?
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 by Nadav Shragai | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

UNESCO's claim that the sacred Jewish site is a mosque is preposterous on its face and ignores voluminous evidence and testimony, including in Muslim tradition, to the contrary.
“Underground” Art Discovered Underground
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 by Charles Hawley | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

During subway construction in the heart of Berlin, workers found eleven sculptures that had been classified by the Nazis as "degenerate." How did they get there?