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The Paper BrigadeTuesday, December 18, 2012 by Adam Soclof | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When the Nazis occupied Vilna, they planned to destroy large numbers of Yiddish texts. A group of Jewish scholars worked to save the books from destruction.The View from the Hudson
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 by Dan Wasserman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Cartoonist Saul Steinberg was a Romanian Jew, an escapee from Fascist Italy, and a man whose wry art helped define modern America.
Where Did the Gaon Go?Tuesday, December 18, 2012 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Eliyahu Stern's new book portrays the Vilna Gaon as Eastern Europe's Moses Mendelssohn. But can the ascetic, who backed the persecution of Hasidim, seriously be associated with individualism and democracy?
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 by Glenn J. Corbett | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the Book of Chronicles, 10,000 Edomite captives were “dashed to pieces” when King Amaziah threw them from a mountaintop. Is es-Sela in Jordan the site of the slaughter?After Abbas
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 by Jonathan Schanzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is a 77-year-old smoker with no official successor. If he goes, the PA presidency passes to Aziz Dweik—and Hamas.Out of the Closet
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 by Josh Glancy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“Some Jews are beginning to grasp a fact that Britain's Asian and black communities have known for years: we're a minority, maybe that can actually be quite cool.”gsdgd
Monday, December 17, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks