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The ISI and the JewsThursday, January 3, 2013 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Pakistan's intelligence agency has supported Al Qaeda, Iran, and Lashkar-e-Taiba—the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in 2008, killing six at Chabad. But the U.S. still treats it as an ally.
Thursday, January 3, 2013 by William Doino | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yad Vashem's recognition of Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa, who recruited rescuers and sheltered Jews in the cardinal’s palace, shows the complexity of the wartime role of the Catholic Church.I Led Three Lives
Thursday, January 3, 2013 by Karin Assmann, Felix Bohr, Gunther Latsch, and Klaus Wiegrefe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Former neo-Nazi and PLO collaborator Willi Voss was prosecuted for his role in the Munich massacre. He went on to become a valuable CIA informant in Lebanon.The Secret Jews of Terceira
Thursday, January 3, 2013 by Judith Fein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"In all my travels, I had never seen anything like this. I had beheld hidden arks and sequestered shelves that held objects of worship, but an entire synagogue?"From Cyrus to Ahmedinijad
Thursday, January 3, 2013 by Norman Berdichevsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Liberated by Cyrus, protected by the Sassanids, and even favored for a time by the Mongols, Jews had a relatively good time in Persia—until Shia Islam became dominant.Broadway and the Jews
Thursday, January 3, 2013 by Sarah Rodman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As they say in Spamalot, "You won’t succeed on Broadway if you don’t have any Jews." A new documentary film emphatically agrees.
2012: A Year in BooksWednesday, January 2, 2013 by D. G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Books are dying—everyone says so—but you couldn’t prove it by the Jews. 2012 was a very good year for Jewish books: here are the best 40.
