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How Powerful Are the Chief Rabbis?
Thursday, May 2, 2013 by Haviv Rettig Gur | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Foreign Policy may believe Israel's chief rabbis number among the world's 500 most powerful people, but "there are certainly more influential rabbis in the Jewish world—and even in Israel."
Going Nuclear
Thursday, May 2, 2013 by Michael Segall | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Iran already has the technological capacity to produce one nuclear bomb—it is just waiting for the right moment to "break out."
Genesis’ Afterlife
Thursday, May 2, 2013 by Ronald Hendel and Jon Levenson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Are modern Bible commentaries more reliable than traditional interpretations—or simply founded on different methodological premises?
The Nazis’ Forgotten Victims
Thursday, May 2, 2013 by Götz Aly | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

'There was no resistance to the euthanasia murders from the leftist or secular side of society.  It was and remains part of the modern age and progressive thought." (Interview by Susanne Beyer)
Of States and Settlements
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Max Singer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Instead of opposing the Levy Report, which affirms Israel's right to settle in the West Bank, advocates of a two-state solution should support it—because "the question of legality is separate from that of prudence."
Of Women and Walls
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Elliott Horowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At the Western Wall in 1842, William Bartlett saw "seated many venerable men, reading the books of the law," but also "many women . . . kissing its ancient masonry, and praying through the crevices."
Friends, but Not Allies
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by P. R. Kumaraswamy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Despite continuing political differences, India has forged a mutually beneficial relationship with Israel—by decoupling bilateral relations from the peace process.
Faith and Family
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Mary Eberstadt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"The welfare state has been an ineffective and hideously expensive substitute for the fractured Western family.  If the churches are to succeed, they must compete successfully against it."
In Defense of Kissinger
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Robert D. Kaplan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Despite being America's first Jewish Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger dismissed the refuseniks as "not an American concern."  But, "Kissinger’s realism was more effective than the humanitarianism of Jewish groups."
Gaza’s Modesty Police
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 by Phoebe Greenwood | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"They beat me for at least five minutes.  I was crying and screaming with agony.  I found out from neighbors when I got home that it was because of my hair."