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Anti-Jewish Music
Thursday, December 27, 2012 by David Nirenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In The Music Libel Against the Jews, Ruth HaCohen argues that contempt for "Jewish" musical forms has defined Western music.  That same sentiment pervades the Arab world today.
’Twas the Day After Christmas . . . ’Twas the Day After Christmas . . .
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by Ethan Schwartz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Joshua Eli Plaut’s new book, A Kosher Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Jewish, fails to recognize that in subverting Christmas, American Jews have promoted their own assimilation.
Vay’hi: Echoes of Abraham
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

Two allusions to the story of Abraham make one thing clear: Joseph's getting thrown off the bus. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:18
Immunity for Terrorists?
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by Anirban Bhaumik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The 2008 Mumbai terrorists killed over 150, including Chabad hostages.  Victims’ families have sued Pakistan’s secret service for its role.  The State Department wants to grant it immunity.
Right of Return: Me, Too
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by Soeren Kern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Spain has offered citizenship to descendants of Jews expelled in 1492.  But Spain also expelled Moorish Muslims—and their North African descendants are crying foul.
Uncle Joe
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by D. G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“If anyone who is not his nephew is entitled to call Joseph Epstein ‘Uncle Joe,’ it is I. Or at least I once was.”
Jerusalem Rebuilt
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by Nadav Shragai | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

With the Hurva Synagogue in the Old City restored, Israel plans to rebuild the neighboring Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, reclaiming another piece of Jerusalem’s Ottoman-Era glory.
Berlin’s Black Christmas
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by Mark Steyn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“White Christmas,” by Irving Berlin, a Siberian Jew, helped define the holiday for Americans.  But for Berlin himself, Christmas was the day he lost his baby son.
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