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As a Driven LeafThursday, March 28, 2013 by Phil Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Milton Steinberg's As a Driven Leaf is no literary masterpiece. But the novel, with its story of a notorious 2nd-century, C.E. heretic, has been in print for 75 years. What accounts for the book's appeal to generations of modern Jews?
Thursday, March 28, 2013 by Lazer Gurkow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why does the Torah tell us that God rescued the Israelites with both a mighty hand and an outstretched arm? Because our redemption was not only physical, but spiritual.The Embrace of the Evangelicals
Thursday, March 28, 2013 by Maud Newton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Christian bar mitzvahs, Christian prayer shawls, Christian support for Israel—should Jews be mistrustful and offended? Or should they welcome the new evangelical reality?The Anti-Semitism of British Muslims
Thursday, March 28, 2013 by Mehdi Hasan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"It pains me to have to admit this but anti-Semitism isn’t just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it’s routine and commonplace." The Anti-Semitism of Progressive Scandinavians
Thursday, March 28, 2013 by Liam Hoare | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Scandinavia was never a hotbed of traditional anti-Semitism. But now its political discourse displays a "failure to distinguish between Israel, Zionism, and local Jewish communities."Israel on the Hudson
Thursday, March 28, 2013 by Jenna Weissman Joselit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Spanning three volumes, City of Promises offers a thorough history of Jewish New York. But “where, oh where, is the expansiveness and, yes, the sheer incommensurability of it all?”Sh’mini: One Offering Too Many?
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Sh’mini: One Offering Too Many?
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
