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Why is This Sabbath Different from All Other Sabbaths?Friday, April 15, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Some theories on why the Sabbath before Passover is referred to as "The Great Sabbath."With the Rav in New York
Friday, April 15, 2011 by Shlomo Riskin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If study with Joseph B. Soloveitchik was an exercise in intellectual rigor, his formidable personal example offered an education in moral and intellectual honesty.The Grape for Millions
Friday, April 15, 2011 by Yoni Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Cheap, abundant, and local, the Concord grape proved useful to Jewish immigrants in America seeking an alternative to raisin wine.
Passover & the Repudiation of IdolatryFriday, April 15, 2011 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Asking questions is a trademark of the Passover seder. Prior to it, we can ask another question—this one having to do with a passage in the Haggadah about the second of the four sons.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Giulio Meotti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Welcome to hell," read graffiti on the road to Jenin, where a half-Jewish, half-Palestinian peace activist tried to build a utopia of tolerance. The result?God’s Mountain
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Followers of the Bahai faith, persecuted in Iran but welcomed in Israel, have unveiled a $6-million renovation of their best-known shrine.Was the Last Supper a Seder?
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Michael Pitkowsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Repeated by many and rarely doubted, a claim about Jesus' last meal may well be incorrect.
A New Germany?Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
At a joint press conference in Berlin on April 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the atmosphere of mutual trust and friendship in which their just-concluded talks had taken place. Germany, he averred, was "a great friend" of Israel. Yet any sober assessment of the Germany-Israel relationship would have to come to a different conclusion.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Khaled Abu Toameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In full control of Gaza since 2007, Hamas has learned the art of disavowing responsibility for the attacks on Israel launched under its watch.Who Knows Four?
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Mordechai I. Twersky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Bar Ilan University unveils four rare Haggadahs, from Italy, India, Germany, and London. (Video)