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Shabbat Shirah: Song Takes WingMonday, January 21, 2013 by Jerry Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Complementing the Song of the Sea, which will be read this Shabbat in synagogue, the Rabbis suggested a home-based ritual to celebrate Shabbat Shirah: feeding the birds.
Monday, January 21, 2013 by Shai Feldman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As prime minister for a second term, Netanyahu will claim a stronger mandate to strike Iran’s nuclear program. But President Obama looks set to use his second term to prevent an Israeli attack.From Nebekh to Nebbish
Monday, January 21, 2013 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Both nebekh and nebbish denote an unfortunate fellow; but the Americanized version dispenses with any hint of sympathy.The Silent Yeshiva
Monday, January 21, 2013 by Deborah Fineblum Raub | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ma’aseh Nissim, Israel’s first yeshiva for the deaf, has not only tailored Talmud study to the needs of students who cannot hear, but also brought sign language into the ultra-Orthodox world.Josephus the Jew
Monday, January 21, 2013 by Benjamin Balint | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yigael Yadin called Josephus “a great historian and a bad Jew.” But a new book argues that if Josephus was a traitor, “it was to a reckless nationalism he never favored, not to Judaism.”Dreams of the Promised Land
A declared supporter of Israel, Martin Luther King was officially invited to Israel several times during the 1960s, and gladly accepted each invitation. So, why did his visit never take place?
Where Does the Modern Period of Jewish History Begin?Friday, January 18, 2013 by Michael A. Meyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In this classic 1975 Judaism article, Michael Meyer argues that there is no value in "setting a definite terminus for the beginning of modern Jewish history."
