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Prisoners of Yom Kippur
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Mitch Ginsburg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Shot down over Damascus on the second day of the Yom Kippur War, Ori Shahak was captured and tortured in Syria; every Yom Kippur takes him back there. 
By the Sweat of Thy Brow
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Paul Foer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Based in the hills of north-west Connecticut, the Adamah Jewish Environmental Fellowship aims to bring Jews closer to the land and their Creator—by making pickles. 
Hamas: Now Even More Radical
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Zvika Krieger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While the leader of Hamas is hardly a friend of Israel, his forthcoming resignation presages an even more hard-line stance from the government of Gaza. 
The Problem with the Peace Process
Thursday, September 27, 2012 by Richard Landes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“Overestimating the power of politics and dramatically underestimating the importance of culture has actually hindered the possibility for a political solution.”
A Meaningful Fast
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Avi S. Olitzky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Our Yom Kippur fast is nothing compared to what some of our ancestors, ancient and modern, devised for themselves.
“More Loathsome”
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Palestinian Authority’s newspaper routinely compares Zionism to Nazism, while at the same time denying the Holocaust—all thanks to funding from the U.S. and the EU.
Jesus Married? No Surprise
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Bernard Starr | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Avowed celibacy would be a more shocking discovery about Jesus and his Jewish followers than marriage.
Women of Valor
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Vered Ramon-Rivlin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While most armies remain male-dominated, women have always played a significant role in the IDF—even in the undercover field units of the Mossad. 
Listening to Jonah
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Devora Steinmetz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“Jonah’s words give voice to our doubts about our own capacity to deserve forgiveness.”
Rav Ovadia’s Revolution
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“Like Coca-Cola, l’havdil”: A video documentary on the idiosyncratic, infuriating genius of the Baghdadi gaon and the transformation of Sephardic Jewry in Israel.