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Roosevelt’s ReligionTuesday, July 3, 2012 by Andrew Preston | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For conservatives, the Judeo-Christian tradition is the ancient basis of the Western world—while for liberals, it’s a conservative myth. But if there is such a tradition, it was created by a liberal president.The Jewish Pioneers
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 by Pamela R. Winnick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While Jews were tolerated in the New World, they were hardly made welcome by the Protestant majority—until they played a military and, more importantly, a financial role in the Revolution.Different, or the Same?
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 by Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For over a century, American Jews have asserted that America and the Jews are a perfect fit. Is it true?The Man Who Stood Alone
Monday, July 2, 2012 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yitzhak Shamir fled Poland for Palestine, determined to live his commitment to Jewish self-reliance. He did so with unswerving vision, until his death this past Saturday. Roots of the Right
Monday, July 2, 2012 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite Ben-Gurion’s attempts to silence Begin, the uncompromising commitment to peace and security upheld by Begin, Shamir, and now Netanyahu came to win the hearts of the Israeli people.