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People of the Book, Power of the TongueTuesday, November 6, 2012 by Debra Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Library of Congress celebrates the centennial of its Hebraica collection with a multifaceted collection, including everything from Bibles to Winnie the Pooh in Yiddish—or Vini-der-Pu.Looking for Apartheid in All the Wrong Places
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 by Benjamin Pogrund | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel’s move to the right leads some people to charge that it is nearing South African-style apartheid. These people have no idea of what real apartheid was like.
The Jewish Vote, Once and FutureTuesday, November 6, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
This Election Day reminds us, yet again, of the paradox of the “Jewish vote” in American politics. Here is a series of varied snapshots of the Jewish vote as it has looked to different writers for Jewish Ideas Daily over the past two years.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 by Oded Zinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Among medieval Muslims, Damascus was famed for its fountains, fruits, and gardens. But among medieval Jews, it was famed for the Jewish community’s piety. The Mitzvah of Conversion
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 by Haim Amsalem | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
It is not only permissible but a mitzvah, the Sepharic rabbi argues, to make it easy for people of Jewish ancestry—like Israel’s Russian immigrants—to convert to Judaism.Satisfaction?
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 by Shimon Peres | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jews feel “at home in the 21st century,” a time of constant change, says Israel’s President—because “what characterizes Jews above all is dissatisfaction."