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Jumpin’ Jehosaphat!Monday, February 7, 2011 by Leonard J. Greenspoon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Whether he actually jumped or not, the ninth-century B.C.E. king of Judah has inspired some quaint American usages, and at least one racy one.
The Pharaoh’s General, and Mubarak’sMonday, February 7, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The general was a commoner. He rose through the ranks as a career soldier, attracting attention for his prowess and dedication. Becoming a soldier-diplomat, he fought Egypt's battles, negotiated with troublesome neighbors, and served several kings in succession.
Monday, February 7, 2011 by Natan Sharansky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Liberalism can indeed take root in the Arab world—provided the West takes as firm a supporting hand as it did earlier in the Soviet Union. (Interview by David Feith.) In Its Own Words
Monday, February 7, 2011 by Jonathan D. Halevi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For the Muslim Brotherhood, jihad is at the center of the struggle against the United States, the West, and Israel. Silent Savior
Monday, February 7, 2011 by Ofer Aderet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A German Jewish businessman rescued tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, and counted Albert Einstein and Christopher Isherwood among his admirers. Why is so little known about him?Daven
Monday, February 7, 2011 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Some theories on the origin of a common Jewish synonym for "pray."Blinded by Israel
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Alan M. Dershowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Preoccupied with condemning the Jewish state, the United Nations and international "progressives" have encouraged the perpetuation of Arab despotism.
Who is Uri Avnery, and Why Does He Matter?Friday, February 4, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Jerusalem's decision in the early 1990's to admit Yasir Arafat and his fellow thugs into the heart of the land of Israel proved to be one of the country's major political blunders, paid for in the coin of a five-year terror war that traumatized Israeli society and transformed the dream of Israeli-Palestinian peace into an extended nightmare. How did it happen?
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Carol Vogel and Clifford J. Levy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why is the art world in thrall to a legal dispute over a Russian-held collection of religious books and documents?City of God
Friday, February 4, 2011 by Bruce Anderson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A "biography" of Jerusalem brings the physical city alive while highlighting the competing claims and idiosyncratic personal behavior it has historically inspired.