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How Not to Deal with HizballahThursday, March 21, 2013 by Matthew Levitt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Argentina's failure to respond to Hizballah's 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires emboldened the group to attack Argentine Jews 2 years later. The E.U. should take note.Zuckerman Abridged
Thursday, March 21, 2013 by Max Ross | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"The recent discovery of hundreds of notebooks and journals hidden throughout Zuckerman’s home in the Berkshires explains, at least in part, the seclusion and silence that marked his final 35 years." (Fiction)X-Rated Haggadah
Thursday, March 21, 2013 by Dan Rabinowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Prague 1526 edition of the Haggadah is "one of the most important illustrated Haggadot ever published." But recent reprints have altered the artwork—for modesty's sake.
Shani Boianjiu and the Past and Present of Jewish LiteratureWednesday, March 20, 2013 by Melissa Weininger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Israeli writer Shani Boianjiu's first novel, composed in English, is a rare contemporary addition to the Jewish tradition of transnational literature.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Two kitchen utensils — and the surprising verses they lead us to elsewhere in the Bible. (Click here for source sheet.) DownloadWhy Is This Haggadah Different from . . . ?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 by David Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As a retelling of the Exodus, the Kaifeng haggadah is no different from any other. But this haggadah has another story to tell—about the Jews of Qing China.