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Letters Lost and FoundFriday, February 25, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How an especially beautiful 16th-century Hebrew typeface has been ushered into the 21st century. (Video)
Writing American HebrewFriday, February 25, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Once upon a time, and not so long ago at that, Hebrew literature was written and read in the United States. That is no longer the case, but there is no reason why today this fascinating body of work should remain "one of the best-kept secrets of Jewish American cultural history."
Friday, February 25, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Is the "yeshivish" speech of some Orthodox Jews just ordinary English with an expanded rabbinic vocabulary, or is it in fact its own distinct language?Total War
Friday, February 25, 2011 by Jeffrey Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Muslim Brotherhood's radical cleric wants a war: not between Israel and the Palestinians, but between all Muslims and all Jews.Questions for Dennis Ross
Friday, February 25, 2011 by Alana Goodman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Will the ambassador challenge the toxic statements made by others who, like him, are scheduled to speak at the upcoming J Street conference?Between New York and Jerusalem
Friday, February 25, 2011 by Steven E. Aschheim | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the friendship between Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem, and the decade-long antagonistic correspondence that brought it to an end.
Strange BedfellowsThursday, February 24, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
To the already boiling Middle East cauldron, add the prospect of new bilateral relations between two powers that have historically kept each other at arm's length: Egypt (Sunni, Arab, lately a client of the United States) and Iran (Shiite, Persian, patron of Hizballah and Hamas). One bone of contention between them has long been the Jewish state of Israel.
Thursday, February 24, 2011 by Joshua Muravchik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The goal of the Obama administration has been to improve America's image in the Arab world. In furtherance of that goal, here is something concrete it can do right now.Turkey’s Silence Explained
Thursday, February 24, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Following Louis Farrakhan, Fidel Castro, and Hugo Chavez, Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan was a recent recipient of the Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights.Ask a Mormon
Thursday, February 24, 2011 by Mark Paredes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What liberal Jews can learn from Latter-Day Saints about making religion relevant.
