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Bild-ing ZionWednesday, June 6, 2012 by Igal Avidan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new Frankfurt exhibition asks, why did Axel Springer, Christian publisher of the German newspaper Bild, openly take sides with the Jewish people after World War II?
The Six-Day War: Day TwoOn June 6th, 1967, by 8:00 a.m. Tel Aviv time, Israeli forces had entered el-Arish. It initially seemed desolate, but the Israelis were soon under fire from every window. Israel's leadership, not expecting the war to move so quickly, had not considered what do to beyond el-Arish.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 by Ronen Bergman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Angela Merkel thought Israel was going to freeze settlements in return for getting German nuclear-capable submarines. There's been no freeze, but Germany is sending the subs anyway.Refugees Forever
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 by Asaf Romirowsky and Alexander Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
UNRWA says that grandchildren of Palestinian refugees remain "refugees." No other refugee group gets this treatment—but, then, no other group supplies the majority of UNRWA's staff.B’haalot’kha: Like His Likeness
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Torah Talk with Michael Carasik This week, the temunah of God makes a surprising and rare appearance. As God lets Aaron and Miriam know, it's one more way that Moses is special. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:51Eighteenth-Century Aliyah
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two hundred years before modern Zionism, Jews across the Russian empire funded Rabbi Judah Chassid and his 120 followers on their trek from Europe to a new life in the Promised Land.Intellectual Guilt
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The spate of attacks on French Jews since the Toulouse massacre flows from not just the anti-Semitism of Arab leaders but its legitimation by the European intelligentsia.
The Six-Day War: Day OneAs the sun rose on June 5th, 1967, squadrons of Egypt's MiG fighter jets took to the skies for their morning patrols. Fearing that an Israeli attack would begin at dawn, their aim was to be ready to meet any Israeli planes.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 by Jeremy Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Three rabbinic responsa to the rare astronomical phenomenon visible today, and what it means for a Copernican—and a Jewish—world view.A Jewish Esperanto?
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
According to two encyclopedias, out of an estimated 16 million Jews in the world in 1939, 11 million were Yiddish speakers. But that figure doesn't stand up to closer inspection.