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Whose Akedah Was It, Anyhow?Friday, October 26, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Today, October 26, 2012, the world’s Muslims will celebrate `Id al-Adha, commemorating Abraham’s willingness to demonstrate his love of God by sacrificing his son. While most Muslims assume that the son Abraham intended to sacrifice was Ishmael, this was not the unanimous opinion of early Muslims and Qur’anic scholars.
Friday, October 26, 2012 by Paul Berman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a bold move, an outspoken critic of Islamism, Boualem Sansal was awarded France’s 2012 Arab Novel Prize. Then its Arab sponsors cancelled the awards ceremony.Angels in the Architecture
Friday, October 26, 2012 by Elin Schoen Brockman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rabbis have tried to enforce the biblical prohibition on graven images. But, as a new exhibit at the Israel Museum shows, that hasn’t kept Jewish artists from being fascinated by angels.Lessons from the Master
Friday, October 26, 2012 by Efraim Halevy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Mossad’s former Deputy Director says we should stop calling Iran an existential threat: “It is a terrible mistake to tell your enemy that it is in his power to destroy you." (Interview by Aaron David Miller)Secular Jerusalem Fights Back
After years of setbacks, Jerusalem's secular residents have begun to push back against attempts by the city's growing Haredi community to impose religious mores on the general population.Scene of the Crime
Friday, October 26, 2012 by Morgan Meis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rotterdam’s Kunsthal Museum was recently robbed of six major paintings—and a minor work by Jewish artist Meyer de Haan. Was the de Haan theft a mistake? Or the key to the crime?
Promises, PromisesThursday, October 25, 2012 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
City of Promises, a new three-volume history of Jewish New York, is remarkable for the complex metamorphoses it explains—and for the 21st century transformation it doesn't mention.