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Toldot: Scenes from a MarriageTuesday, November 13, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
This week, Isaac prays "on behalf of" his wife—but that's not what the Hebrew really means. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:45
Keep Calm and Carry OnTuesday, November 13, 2012 by Dov Lerner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Shabbat is designed to be a day of rest and communal prayer. But due to halakhic restrictions on their carrying items from one place to another, observant Jews can become prisoners in their own homes.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 by Gadi Golan, Shlomo Cesana, Daniel Siryoti, Lilach Shoval, and Itzik Saban | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As rockets from Gaza continue to bombard Israel’s south, the IDF is reportedly preparing another ground invasion. “Air power,” says one insider, “has run its course.”Hear, O Israel?
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 by Michael L. Satlow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There is no evidence of public Torah readings until the first century B.C.E. So, how much did the Jews of antiquity know about the Bible? MetaSpiegelman
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 by Eitan Kensky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new documentary examines the life and work of Art Spiegelman, creator of MetaMaus—who would prefer not to be known as the Elie Wiesel of comics.Saddam and the Missed Opportunity
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 by Mitch Ginsburg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the mid-1970s, Israel tried to kill Saddam Hussein with a letter bomb. Imagine the blood and treasure that would have been saved if the attempt had succeeded.Copland’s America
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 by Stephen Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Unlike other musical chroniclers of the American West, the Jewish composer Aaron Copland was not of pioneering stock. But it was Copland who came to define the Western sound.