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The Jewish Civil WarThursday, April 4, 2013 by Diane Cole | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
One of the tragedies of the American Civil War was that it pitted friends and family members against one another. American Jews were not immune from the internecine bitterness. A new exhibition tells their story.
Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Associated Press | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Gas from the offshore Tamar reservoir began flowing this week, moving Israel toward energy independence. Questions have been raised about why the journey had to start on Shabbat.Historic Damascus Synagogue Looted and Destroyed
Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Yoel Goldman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
It is an unsurprising tragedy: The Jobar Synagogue, 2,000 years old, has been burned to the ground. The rebels blame the government. The government blames rebels and Zionist agents.Somewhere in Africa
Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Curt Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The British tried to convert them to Christianity; Idi Amin forced many to become Muslims. But Uganda’s Jews, though dating back no further than the 20th century, are unmistakably Jewish.Prisoners of War: a Rorschach
Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Deborah Kamin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The TV show Homeland has captivated U.S. audiences with its cliffhangers about a returned POW as possible foreign agent. Its Israeli counterpart, Hatufim, has a very different appeal.Abraham’s Magnificent Home Town
Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Jane Arraf | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A British archeologist, returned to Iraq for the first time in a quarter-century, unearths a temple or palace of “breathtaking” size near the Ur of Abraham’s era.
The Mad ZionistWednesday, April 3, 2013 by Ran Baratz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
British Major-General Orde Wingate, who fought in theaters from Palestine to Burma, was a military genius. He was also a Zionist's Zionist. A new Wingate biography tries to explain why.
