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Hitler’s Jewish Psychic
Friday, November 11, 2011 by Eddy Portnoy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Hermann Steinschneider got his start giving mind-reading performances to his fellow Austrian soldiers. Little did they know, he'd been steaming open their mail . . .
Israeli Inflation
Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Ronen Bergman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The rising cost of the life of an Israeli hostage, from the Entebbe raid to the Shalit deal.
The Mis-Education of a Young Evangelical
Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Dexter Van Zile | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

How traumatic has the Jewish refusal to accept Jesus as the messiah been for Christians, and to what end?
Empty Gestures
Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Emanuele Ottolenghi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Even as Europeans routinely repeat "Never Again," their solemn commitment is not to prevent another Holocaust—it is rather to prevent war.     
Reeling
Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On the tenth anniversary of her death, film critic Pauline Kael is receiving a stream of tributes that show how close to the bone her work still cuts.
Right Turn?
Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Evelyn Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Yitzhak Rabin is idolized by those who claim that Israel's population has become more conservative—a claim that Rabin's own record refutes.
The Holy Land of England The Holy Land of England
Thursday, November 10, 2011 by Liam Hoare | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The King James Bible, along with the Book of Common Prayer, Shakespeare, and Milton, transformed the English language, introducing a vibrant lexicon that is used to this day.  It also fused biblical mythology with concepts of English national identity.
Edifice Complex
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by Robert I. Evans and Avrum D. Lapin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Strategies for consolidating the many over-built, under-programmed Jewish organizations.
Vayera: The Binding of Abraham
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

Our weekly reading gives us two radically different stories about Abraham—with two contradictory messages.  First, God decides to destroy the evil cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and brimstone.
Among the Truthers Among the Truthers
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by James Kirchick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Do we live in the age of conspiracy? In April, after repeated prodding by then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump, Barack Obama felt compelled to release his "long form" birth certificate to dispel rumors that that he was not a natural-born U.S. citizen.