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Helga’s DiaryThursday, April 11, 2013 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A child in Prague in the 1930s, Helga Weiss kept a diary of life under Nazi rule and her subsequent experiences in Terezin and Auschwitz. Now, 70 years later, she has published it.Rationalizing the Commandments
Thursday, April 11, 2013 by Lawrence H. Schiffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Pseudepigraphal Book of Jubilees, a retelling of Genesis, explains the Torah's commandments in terms of God's covenant with the Patriarchs.“I Used to Be an Islamist”
Thursday, April 11, 2013 by Ahmad Mansour | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"The imam evoked the oppression of the umma who had to fight for the liberation of Palestine. He forcefully spoke of the accursed Jews; the inevitable recapture of Spain; and finally the Islamization of Europe."
The Outstretched HandWednesday, April 10, 2013 by Motti Inbari | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
My family and I celebrated Passover in Lumberton, North Carolina. We are the only Israelis in town and, as far as I know, the only Jews. But it’s not as lonely as it might sound, thanks to our Evangelical Christian neighbors.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Leprosy! (Not.) Is it caused by sin? (Click here for source sheet.) Download Defying the Demographers
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 by Yoram Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Demographers have long projected an Arab majority west of the Jordan River. But, today, Jewish fertility is surging as Arab birth rates collapse.The Path of Most Resistance
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 by Benjamin Ginsburg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
It is commonly assumed that European Jews made little effort to resist the Nazis. But, if we "look for resistance where it was possible to resist," then "we come to a very different conclusion."