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Covering the BasesMonday, March 11, 2013 by Michael Arkush | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
"Sandy Koufax was not just the greatest left-handed pitcher I ever saw," recalled his biographer, Jane Leavy , at a recent celebration of Jewish baseball. "He’s also the greatest mensch I’ve ever met in my life."
Monday, March 11, 2013 by David Brooks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"The families stuffing their groceries into their Honda Odyssey minivans in the Pomegranate parking lot represent a challenging counterculture. Mostly, I notice how incredibly self-confident they are.". . . at Israel’s Expense
Monday, March 11, 2013 by Michael Freund | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"At a time such as this, when aliyah is dwindling, it is incumbent upon every Orthodox Jew in America and elsewhere to look in the mirror and ask himself with unadorned honesty: Where do I really belong?"Facing Hungary’s Demons
Monday, March 11, 2013 by Thomas Ország-Land | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has "foolishly released the long suppressed, xenophobic hatreds festering in Hungary’s collective consciousness. Those demons are likely to destroy him and capture his people."Mapping the Holy Land
Monday, March 11, 2013 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Founded in 1865 to explore "the land to which we turn as the fountain of all our hopes," the London-based Palestine Exploration Fund completed its survey in June 1914. One month later, war began.Wandering Jew
Monday, March 11, 2013 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How did Tradescantia zebrina, a purple flower native to Mexico, acquire the nickname "Wandering Jew" in Europe? And, "should we be complaining to the Anti-Defamation League?"
