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Oak TreeWednesday, February 8, 2012 by Avishai Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"I will keep standing," sings the Israeli jazz bassist (Video; performance begins at 1:30.) Yitro: Three Acts of Leadership
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 by Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
This week's portion describes the giving of the Ten Commandments, and the Torah spares no expense to bring us special effects worthy of the event: smoke and fire, thunder and lightning, and an earthquake, all accompanied by the blare of a shofar growing louder and louder. The Israelites are about to experience God's self-revelation, in a most dramatic fashion. But this week also has something for those who like their dramatic moments more subtle.Whitewashing Black-Jewish History
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Sivan Zakai | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Both African-Americans and Jews journeyed from slavery to redemption, ultimately united as allies in the civil rights era. It makes for an appropriate and inspiring school lesson. But is it good history?Mincing Words
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Yiddish expression makhn ash un blote—"to make ashes and mud" or "to make mincemeat" of someone—exemplifies the influence of biblical idiom on Yiddish phraseology.
Toward an Archeology of HellTuesday, February 7, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Remembrance is a contradictory imperative. Respectful preservation of the past, especially the remains of those who have gone before us, stands at odds with the need to understand the same past, especially through means like archeology.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Wary of Turkey's increasing radicalism, Israel and Greek Cyprus are forging a new military alliance to protect their offshore gas fields, and to defend against the growing threat of militant Islam.Building Bridges
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by Noam Dvir | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Moshe Safdie, the world-renowned Israeli architect, is shutting down the office he opened in Jerusalem in 1970. The future, it seems, is in China.Nazi Family Values
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 by David Jacobs | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The photo albums of Hitler's associates—the extended Nazi family, as it were—were of little or no interest to researchers immediately after World War II. But historians are taking a second look.
The Dangerous Mr. NelsonMonday, February 6, 2012 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Eric Nelson is a danger to academia. You would not think so from his background. He is the Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government at Harvard University. He has had a proper education, at Harvard and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Monday, February 6, 2012 by Andrew Roberts | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One woman is a convicted al-Qaeda terrorist. The other is a renegade crusader for women's rights. An American journalist explicitly seeks to draw a parallel between the two.
