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God’s MountainThursday, April 14, 2011 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Followers of the Bahai faith, persecuted in Iran but welcomed in Israel, have unveiled a $6-million renovation of their best-known shrine.Was the Last Supper a Seder?
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Michael Pitkowsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Repeated by many and rarely doubted, a claim about Jesus' last meal may well be incorrect.
A New Germany?Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
At a joint press conference in Berlin on April 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the atmosphere of mutual trust and friendship in which their just-concluded talks had taken place. Germany, he averred, was "a great friend" of Israel. Yet any sober assessment of the Germany-Israel relationship would have to come to a different conclusion.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 by Khaled Abu Toameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In full control of Gaza since 2007, Hamas has learned the art of disavowing responsibility for the attacks on Israel launched under its watch.Aharei Mot: When a Scapegoat is Not Enough
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 by Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
This week's portion describes one of the most curious rituals found anywhere in the Bible, that of the "scapegoat." It would seem to be a reparative procedure, since the Lord commands it to Moses "after the death of Aaron's two sons": that is, Nadav and Avihu, who (as we learned earlier and are reminded here) were killed after bringing "strange fire" to the altar.A Window of Hope
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 by Natan Sharansky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The longstanding truism was that, unlike "us," the Arab and Muslim peoples of the Middle East had no real desire for freedom. Many have put their lives on the line to inform us otherwise.How Many Arab Refugees?
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 by Efraim Karsh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The number of Palestinian Arabs fleeing their homes during the 1948 war has proved an intractable bone of contention; here, an attempt at calculating the numbers accurately.Matzah’s Rise
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 by Gil Marks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The evolution of unleavened bread in the age of automated baking.Modern Martyr?
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 by Maureen Mullarkey | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new biography of Amedeo Modigliani, overrated as a figurative artist, angles to impute nobility to his self-destructive life of women, drugs, and disease.
Freedom TalesWednesday, April 13, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
An enslaved people, brutalized, voiceless except for groans and cries, comes into possession of a voice of their own: no wonder the tale itself sometimes seems to embody the whole meaning of the Exodus.
