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Prisoners of War: a RorschachThursday, April 4, 2013 by Deborah Kamin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The TV show Homeland has captivated U.S. audiences with its cliffhangers about a returned POW as possible foreign agent. Its Israeli counterpart, Hatufim, has a very different appeal.Abraham’s Magnificent Home Town
Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Jane Arraf | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A British archeologist, returned to Iraq for the first time in a quarter-century, unearths a temple or palace of “breathtaking” size near the Ur of Abraham’s era.
The Mad ZionistWednesday, April 3, 2013 by Ran Baratz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
British Major-General Orde Wingate, who fought in theaters from Palestine to Burma, was a military genius. He was also a Zionist's Zionist. A new Wingate biography tries to explain why.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Kosher creatures, non-kosher creatures, and what the difference has to do with the priestly calling. (Click here for source sheet.) DownloadLearning from the Popes
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 by Nathan Lopes Cardozo | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the midst of its troubles, the modern Catholic church has recently produced a series of widely differing but extraordinary popes. Can Israel’s chief rabbinate learn from their example?Learning from Herod
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 by Shmuel Browns | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
King Herod’s legacy is problematic, but his standing as a master builder is not. The current Israel Museum exhibit on his architecture and artifacts would have made Herod himself proud.Learning Ladino
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 by Elizabeth Bloom | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ladino, the language of Sephardic Jews, is undergoing something of a revival. But there is only one current example of Ladino journalism—in, of all places, Istanbul, Turkey.