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From Jews to Catholics—and Back
Monday, November 26, 2012 by Juan Forero | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Dozens of evangelical Catholic families in northern Colombia have discovered their Jewish ancestry—and converted to Judaism.  Their former minister says, “It was like our souls had memory.”
Bankrupting Terrorism
Monday, November 26, 2012 by Akiva Hamilton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Hamas’s Iran-supplied rockets spread terror, but Israel’s Iron Dome defense imposed a cost: Hamas’s strategy may bankrupt Iran, just as Reagan’s “Star Wars” strategy bankrupted the Soviet Union.
The Peacemaker The Peacemaker
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The <i>Tish</i> and the Thanksgiving Table The Tish and the Thanksgiving Table
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

In a scene in Avalon, Barry Levinson’s cinematic memoir of growing up in Baltimore with his Yiddish-speaking immigrant parents, Uncle Gabriel Krichinsky, brilliantly played by Lou Jacobi, arrives—late, as usual—for the extended Krichinsky family’s annual Thanksgiving dinner.
Judaism’s Golden Plate
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by Lawrence Schiffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

For a committed Jew to hold this item in his hands concretizes millennia of Jewish faith.  But it also raises questions about the history of monotheism and the permeability of culture. 
Hamas’s Miscalculation
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by Barak Mendelsohn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Seeking to defuse internal pressure from Salafist groups, and emboldened by closer ties with Egypt, Hamas thought that it could attack Israel with impunity. But that was a grave miscalculation. 
The Name of the Rambam
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On one acrostic in one piyut, and its implications for our understanding of the man we know—perhaps mistakenly—as Maimonides. 
Exit Left
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by Josef Olmert | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Despite the conflict in Gaza, the West Bank has remained quiet—in part thanks to the PA. Does this mean that once the dust settles, Netanyahu will be expected to make concessions to Abbas? 
Questions for the Critics
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by Erika Dreifus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“Would you be satisfied, then . . .” (A poem)
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