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2012: A Year in BooksWednesday, January 2, 2013 by D. G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Books are dying—everyone says so—but you couldn’t prove it by the Jews. 2012 was a very good year for Jewish books: here are the best 40.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
A mysterious connection between Moses and Elijah—coincidence? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:47Wingate of Zion
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Max Boot | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel remembers Orde Wingate for turning Jews in Mandate Palestine into a fighting force—as T. E. Lawrence had done for the Arabs. But Wingate's legacy stretches further still.Finding Books Within Books
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Yitz Landes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ancient Hebrew fragments that were used as bindings for Latin manuscripts are being rescued across Europe. But they are not a European Genizah.The Khazar Calumny
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Razib Khan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new demographic study resurrects the idea that Ashkenazi Jews are descended from the Khazars of Eurasia. But the claim flies in the face of history.Original Dialectic
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Unlike most Jewish thinkers, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik acknowledged the doctrine of Original Sin—but argued that it did not corrupt man, but split him in two.The Use and Misuse of American Influence
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by Shoshana Bryen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"It is a specifically American conceit that people in other countries and other societies want our social and governmental blueprint as well as our money, medicine, and weapons."
Justice in a Gray WorldMonday, December 31, 2012 by Robert Nicholson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Law In These Parts, a new documentary that places the blame for Palestinian woes on Israel's military lawyers, exhibits scant awareness of history—and limited knowledge of law.