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The Ten Commandments of America’s JewsThursday, May 24, 2012 by Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Go ahead and break the current tablets—here are the new shalls and shall nots.Know Your Enemy
Thursday, May 24, 2012 by Jodi Rudoren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After a hiatus of two decades, schools in Gaza are starting to teach Hebrew again. It isn't because they've discovered a heartfelt interest in a neighboring culture.Ballpark Figures
Thursday, May 24, 2012 by Jon Paul Morosi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Through the Law of Return, Israel's national baseball team could recruit a number of established major leaguers.Kidneys and Kindness
Thursday, May 24, 2012 by Devora Steinmetz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why one woman chose to donate a kidney to a stranger—and what she makes of the fact that her decision is an unusual one.Gold in Them Thar Hills
Thursday, May 24, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Photos of the recently unearthed jewelry trove that may be one of the most valuable discoveries from the biblical period.The Fugees’ Score
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Jonathan Schanzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new congressional bill could slash the number of Palestinian refugees—but neither the UNRWA nor its beneficiaries is likely to accept this change of status without a fight.Odyssey in Odessa
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Paul Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A century ago, Odessa's rambunctious ghetto rivaled New York's Lower East Side as a melting pot. Now? "If you want the real Moldavanka you must go to Brooklyn."Morality, Not Theology
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Meir Soloveichik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Mormons trying to talk across doctrinal divides to evangelical Christians can learn from Joseph Soloveitchik's advice on how Jews should—and should not—discuss their faith with Christians.The Hermeneutics of Hasidism
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Zackary Sholem Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Although writers who reject the Hasidic world capture public attention, the really interesting literature comes from writers who struggle with Hasidism but love it too much to leave.Making “Unofficial” Jews Official
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Dianna Cahn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Bulgaria's fast-track conversions for Jews whose identity has been erased under Communism might not meet the standards of the Israeli chief rabbinate—but the alternative is to lose them altogether.

