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The Halakhah of Selling ArmsTuesday, February 5, 2013 by Shlomo M. Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Jewish law prohibits individuals from selling weapons to irresponsible or violent customers. But how does this apply to Israel's arms sales to foreign governments?
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 by Michael Doran | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Defense Department nominee Chuck Hagel says he admires President Eisenhower’s handling of the Suez crisis. But Eisenhower looked back on Suez as his biggest foreign policy mistake.Saving Aramaic
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 by Ariel Sabar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Aramaic, the language of the Talmud, is dying as a spoken language. So, Cambridge professor Geoffrey Khan is racing from Tblisi to Chicago to document every dialect.Keeping the Campfires Burning
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 by Gil Shefler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Remember the joys of Jewish summer camp? Foundations think that Jewish camping is critical to Jewish identity, and they’re increasing subsidies to keep it affordable.Redemption of the First Shorn
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What’s the grammatical difference between upsheren and upsherenish? It’s the difference between an ordinary haircut and an offering to the Lord.When the Gatekeepers Won’t Shut Up
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 by Rick Richman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Oscar-nominated Gatekeepers interviews all the living heads of Israeli intelligence. The last time that happened, the result was the Israeli pullout that left Gaza to Hamas.
Life Goes OnMonday, February 4, 2013 by Jonathan Gondelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Life Goes On, by German-Jewish novelist Hans Keilson, had been forgotten since the Nazis banned it in 1934. Now, a year after Keilson's death, it has been translated into English.
