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Foolish, but Consistent
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

There are groups that advocate for allowing Jews to pray on the Temple Mount and there are groups that advocate for freedom of worship at the Kotel. But each group views these "rights" selectively.
TV and the War on Terror
Monday, May 7, 2012 by Tom Streithorst | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Homeland is a hit not only with the press but with the president—though unlike the Israeli show on which it is based, it doesn't have a clue about terrorism, national security, Iraq, or the CIA.
Is There Such a Thing as Jewish Fiction?
Monday, May 7, 2012 by | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Howard Jacobson, Geraldine Brooks, A.B. Yehoshua, Shalom Auslander, Walter Mosley, Etgar Keret, André Aciman, Nathan Englander, Nadia Kalman, and others answer.
Facebook and Organ Donation
Monday, May 7, 2012 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Very few rabbinic authorities would allow for the blanket consent to donate organs implied by the new Facebook status.
Caves of Refuge
Monday, May 7, 2012 by Eli Ashkenazi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A fifth mikveh has been found in the caves on the Galilee's Cliffs of Arbel, indicating that the people who lived there under Roman rule were most likely kohanim, Jews of the priestly class.
The Measure of Marx
Monday, May 7, 2012 by Shlomo Avineri | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"Rather than focus on biblical sources, I decided to alert [UNESCO] to the fact that there has been a Jewish majority in Jerusalem since the 1850s, before the emergence of Zionism." According to whom? Karl Marx.
Cancelling Conversions
Monday, May 7, 2012 by Shlomo Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Fraud? Sin? A romantic link to a Gentile? Under what circumstances can a conversion to Judaism be annulled?
Mixed Views
Friday, May 4, 2012 by Anav Silverman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Last month, Israel became the first Middle Eastern country to be added to Google Street View. It remains to be seen whether the technology will be a bigger boon to tourists or terrorists.
Judaism as Protest Movement
Friday, May 4, 2012 by Tomer Persico | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

From Abraham to Korah's ill-fated faction to the beseeching prophets and doubting sages, Jewish tradition has always fostered protesters and protests—not least against God Himself.
Debate: Zionism and American Jews
Friday, May 4, 2012 by Peter Beinart and Daniel Gordis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The proposition: Zionism is failing and American Jews are hastening its decline. (Video)