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America’s Israeli ElectorateMonday, November 5, 2012 by Eetta Prince-Gibson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A poll shows that 85 percent of American-Israelis went for Romney. But some—including Elliot Jager—ask whether they should vote at all.Never Mind Jerusalem; What About Mecca?
Monday, November 5, 2012 by Damian Thompson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Muslim world is apoplectic about harmless Israeli excavations on the Temple Mount—but when the House of Saud bulldozes Islam’s holiest sites in its holiest city, no one says a word.The Myth of Sepharad
Monday, November 5, 2012 by Teresa Calders and Esperança Valls | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Although Jews of Iberian origin are now referred to as Sephardi, the Jews of the Kingdom of Aragon shared neither language nor liturgy with their brethren in Castile and Andalusia.Herzl House
Monday, November 5, 2012 by Aviva Bar-Am and Shmuel Bar-Am | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Situated in the JNF’s first forest, Herzl House was built as a memorial to the Zionist founder; but when Arab rioters murdered Jews in 1929, it served as a sanctuary for the next generation’s pioneers.The Key Factor in Jewish Engagement
Monday, November 5, 2012 by Sam Abrams, Steven M. Cohen, and Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
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Renaissance MenMonday, November 5, 2012 by Adina M. Yoffie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Hugo Grotius. Isaac Abravanel. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. These are not names normally mentioned in the same breath, but taken together, their experiences with and thoughts regarding interfaith encounters are instructive.