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Access Denied
Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Daniel Estrin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel's Russian immigrants must prove their Jewish ancestry to obtain marriage licenses from the government.  But Russia is making it increasingly difficult to access the Soviet archives.
The Graveyard of Arabian Judaism
Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Nimrod Raphaeli | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

19th-century Ottoman authorities brought a number of Iraqi Jews to Saudi Arabia to administer its oil-rich al-Ihsaa region.  They are gone now, but their cemetery remains.
Mahler: A Musical Messiah?
Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Robert R. Reilly | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Born Jewish, but converted to Christianity, Gustav Mahler was never a true believer in either.  But did he believe in the divinity of his music itself?
At Home with Mickey Cohen
Thursday, February 14, 2013 by Ben Cosgrove | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Jewish gangster Mickey Cohen was a celebrity as well as a thug.  When he posed for the cameras, though, he was just a family guy. (Photographs by Ed Clark)
T’rumah: God Among Men
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

God chooses to live among the Israelites—but what kind of place does He want? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:01