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Sukkahs Open to American Skies
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Grace Goldin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

From Tulsa and Iowa City to New York, a lyrical memoir of Jewish identity and observance. (1954, PDF)
Losing Iowa
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by James Edward Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Iowa's meager Jewish population makes it vulnerable to anti-Israel rhetoric and activism, with a disproportionate impact on national electoral politics.
Black Hat Academics
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Oren Majar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Haredi College of Jerusalem, the brainchild of the daughter of Shas leader Ovadia Yosef, aims to integrate the ultra-Orthodox into Israel's workforce.
Grave Situation
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

New efforts are being made to salvage American Jewish cemeteries in disrepair.
Among Friends
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In introducing Pope Benedict XVI in London, Great Britain's chief rabbi underscored the hard-won mutual respect and understanding between Catholics and Jews.
Partition and Return
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by William Rubinstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The partition of the Palestine Mandate in 1947-48 is far from unique in modern history
The Man Who Sneaked into Auschwitz
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Seventy years ago, a Polish army captain voluntarily entered Auschwitz in order to discover the truth about the camp. (With audio.)
Ode to Cholent
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The 19th-century German poet Heinrich Heine sings of the "food of heaven."
When MI6 Blew Up Refugee Ships
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by Andrew Roberts | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new book reveals how Great Britain used explosives to try to stop ships carrying Holocaust survivors to the Holy Land.
The Master of Species
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by Yair Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In Jerusalem, an expert in both halakhah and botany pronounces judgment on purchases of the plants involved in the observance of Sukkot.