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Bob Dylan’s Black History
Friday, February 12, 2010 by Dayo Olopade | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Paying tribute to "a skinny Jewish man from Minnesota" and his role in the civil-rights movement of the 1960's.
Lest They Come Tumbling Down
Friday, February 12, 2010 by Nir Hasson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The restoration of Jerusalem's Old City walls, stone by stone.
Follow the Map
Thursday, February 11, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The central thoroughfare of Byzantine-era Jerusalem has been exposed, just where an ancient mosaic says it was.
Putting Hitler Back on the Shelves
Thursday, February 11, 2010 by David Gordon Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Needed, according to a leading German historian, is a proper, scholarly edition of a book not legally published in Germany since 1945.
Roots, Marrano-Style
Thursday, February 11, 2010 by Mark Rebacz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A rabbi who was born in Spain as a Christian descendant of secret Jews is returning to teach Judaism to his fellows.
The News from Wadi Abu Jamil
Thursday, February 11, 2010 by Alexandra Sandels | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new hit book in Arabic attempts to resurrect Beirut's lost Jewish past.
Standing Alone
Thursday, February 11, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

It is much easier to manufacture claims about Israel's inhumanity than it is to refute them.
On the Study of Hate
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 by Eric Herschthal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At Indiana University, a new center joins the handful of academic research institutes focusing on contemporary forms of anti-Semitism.
Kosher Road Food, 18th-Century Style
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Throughout Europe, inns provided separate cabinets with pots and pans for travelers observing kashrut.
Academic Unfreedom
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Ambassador Michael Oren is shouted down at the University of California; the historian Benny Morris is shut out from the University of Cambridge.