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Sukkahs Open to American SkiesWednesday, September 22, 2010 by Grace Goldin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From Tulsa and Iowa City to New York, a lyrical memoir of Jewish identity and observance. (1954, PDF)Losing Iowa
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by James Edward Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Iowa's meager Jewish population makes it vulnerable to anti-Israel rhetoric and activism, with a disproportionate impact on national electoral politics.
High SeasonWednesday, September 22, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Everywhere one goes, Jerusalem is crowded with visitors. Hotels are near capacity. The streets are jam-packed with tour buses. So far this year, 2.2 million tourists have visited the country. August was one of the best months ever, but tens of thousands more have now arrived for the Sukkot holiday, among them 7,000 evangelicals from 100 countries to celebrate the Christian Feast of Tabernacles. Hanukkah and Christmas promise still more.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Oren Majar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Haredi College of Jerusalem, the brainchild of the daughter of Shas leader Ovadia Yosef, aims to integrate the ultra-Orthodox into Israel's workforce.Grave Situation
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
New efforts are being made to salvage American Jewish cemeteries in disrepair.Among Friends
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In introducing Pope Benedict XVI in London, Great Britain's chief rabbi underscored the hard-won mutual respect and understanding between Catholics and Jews.Partition and Return
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by William Rubinstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The partition of the Palestine Mandate in 1947-48 is far from unique in modern historyWhen MI6 Blew Up Refugee Ships
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by Andrew Roberts | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new book reveals how Great Britain used explosives to try to stop ships carrying Holocaust survivors to the Holy Land.The Man Who Sneaked into Auschwitz
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Seventy years ago, a Polish army captain voluntarily entered Auschwitz in order to discover the truth about the camp. (With audio.)The Master of Species
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 by Yair Ettinger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Jerusalem, an expert in both halakhah and botany pronounces judgment on purchases of the plants involved in the observance of Sukkot.
