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World War II and the Impossibility of Polish History World War II and the Impossibility of Polish History
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Must any history of Poland in the Second World War therefore put the Jews and the Holocaust at the center? If it does not, is that originality or revisionism?
Excuses, Excuses
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Norman Geras | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Critics of Israel often distinguish between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism.  But Israel is increasingly being used as an alibi for anti-Semitism, in four specific ways.
Educating Adolf
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Felix Bohr | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Biographers of Hitler have long pondered what transformed him from a struggling artist into a demagogue.  A new book claims that the key lies in his military service after World War I.
Surviving Stalin
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Ben Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Stalin's "Doctors' Plot" is now seen by many historians as the opening move of a grand plan to deport and eliminate Soviet Jews.  They were saved only by Stalin's own death.
Ki Tissa: Singing and Sinning
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

What was the sound that Joshua heard, and what did Moses say about it? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:15
When Rabbis Spoke Greek
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Nicholas De Lange | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Scholars of rabbinics claim that "there is no trace of the Septuagint in the Judaism that we know from history."  But new research shows otherwise.
When Egypt Ruled Jerusalem
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 by Noah Wiener | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Archeological evidence points to a significant Egyptian presence in late Bronze Age Jerusalem—which had mysteriously disappeared by the time King David conquered the city.
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