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Lone SurvivorFriday, May 24, 2013 by Marc Pitzke | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Refused entry into Palestine in 1942, set adrift by Turkey in the Black Sea, the Struma was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing all 800 of its Jewish passengers—except one.No Master Builder
Friday, May 24, 2013 by Michael Sorkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book resurrects the notion that Nazi architect Albert Speer’s work has artistic merit. It doesn’t.B’haalot’kha: Missing Miriam
Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Miriam—and how surprisingly little we know about her. (Click here for source sheet.) Download
The Riddle of the SatmarThursday, May 23, 2013 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In this review of an adulatory biography of the Satmar rebbe, first published February 17, 2011, Allan Nadler considers Judaism's most traditional—and most alienated—community.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Michael Freund | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Reforms to Israel's religious bureaucracy, announced this week, will force rabbis to compete for clients.Iran and the Brotherhood
Thursday, May 23, 2013 by Eric Trager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Iran is becoming increasingly unpopular in the Arab world—except among Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.