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Crimes of CommunionMonday, May 9, 2011 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Two years ago, a Muslim reporter for the Malaysian magazine Al Islam attended a Catholic mass in Kuala Lumpur with a companion, surreptitiously took communion, and put the wafer in his mouth, only to spit it out later. The May 2009 issue of Al Islam featured a cover photograph of the soggy, partially-eaten wafer—to the horror of local church authorities.
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Anshel Pfeffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As Israel marks its Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron), some of the fallen in its War of Independence have yet to be identified. Majorca’s Dark Legacy
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Doreen Carvajal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Belatedly, a memorial honors the Jewish victims of the Inquisition on the Spanish Mediterranean island where anti-Semitism outlasted those it vanquished.Eretz Poland
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Gerben Zaagsma | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A fascinating new study explores Jewish migration from the East European "homeland" of Bialystok to New York, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, and Melbourne.A Chief Rebbetzin?
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Sally Berkovic | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Orthodox women in Britain need their own leader to represent the interests of 51 percent of the community.Hebraic Nation
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Stephen Prothero | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Bible continues to be the main source for America's most popular names.A Stronghold of Faith
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Samuel Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What message is conveyed by the tower-like Torah arks depicted in illustrated manuscripts of the Middle Ages and later?What Future for Al Qaeda?
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Max Boot | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The organization may have been dealt a crippling blow, but the larger Islamist terrorist network will surely survive.Bringing Beer to Beer Sheva
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Katherine Martinelli | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's first beer expo showcased a new and growing breed of microbrewers. But will Israelis take to the habit?Modern Times
Friday, May 6, 2011 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There is no better re-creating of the terror and exhilaration of the British Mandate's final years than Linda Grant's novel about a twenty-year-old Jewish hairdresser who joins a kibbutz.
