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Lincoln’s “Limp”Friday, November 30, 2012 by Judy Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Abraham Lincoln was a transcendently great American president. Yet Steven Spielberg’s recently released film Lincoln depicts him as a practitioner of political chicanery and manipulation. Must an individual be calculating and deceitful in order to be a great leader?
Friday, November 30, 2012 by Stephen G. Donshik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When European or Israeli Jews are in crisis, American Jews send money. So where is the aid from Israeli and European Jews for the Jewish victims of Hurricane Sandy?Erdoğan’s Ottoman Ambitions
Friday, November 30, 2012 by Emanuele Ottolenghi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Turkey's Islamist prime minister seems bent on resurrecting the Ottoman Empire. First, though, he will have to eradicate secularism and nationalism at home.Raising the Altalena
Friday, November 30, 2012 by Matthew Bell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision to the sink the Altalena reflected his determination to dominate Begin's Irgun. A new project to raise the ship will also exhume their rivalry. Labor Turns Left
Friday, November 30, 2012 by Raphael Ahren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Much like the Likud's primaries moved it to the right, Labor's primaries are set to shift the party to the left. But it is still projected to be the largest opposition party in the Knesset. Is God Happy?
Friday, November 30, 2012 by Leszek Kołakowski | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Probably not.