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Iran’s Anti-Western ConsensusThursday, February 23, 2012 by Hasnain Kazim | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Iran's educated elites are among Ahmadinejad's opponents, yet they have no less contempt for the West, or doubt that Iran is the victim of Western aggression.Still Perplexed
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by John Inglis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new study of the method of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed seeks to challenge Leo Strauss's esoteric reading in favor of a dialectical understanding of contradictions in the book. Aelia Capitolina
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Nir Hasson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Roman city built on the ruins of Second Temple Jerusalem was considered insignificant archeologically, and accursed religiously. But new excavations are uncovering its dramatic influence on modern Jerusalem.Linked Arms
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Irin Carmon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The historically strong relationship between Israel and Guatemala is paying dividends in international diplomacy, yet ordinary Guatemalans have not forgiven Israel for her cooperation with Ríos Montt's junta thirty years ago.Hitler Slept Here
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Aimee Neistat | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For six months, an American writer traveled Germany, interviewing locals and exploring the legacy of Nazism. What did he find? A still-extant obsession with Jews.Among the Insurgents
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Jonathan Spyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Smuggled into Syria, a reporter finds that the Free Syrian Army lacks leadership but is fiercely united against Bashar al-Assad and Iran.Pareve or Starve
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by David Errico-Nagar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While his predecessors praised vegetarianism as an ideal but not as a practice, Joseph B. Soloveitchik was fully in favor of Jews abstaining from meat.So You Want to Be Jerusalem Bureau Chief
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Ron Kampeas | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How—and how not—to tackle the most delicate assignment in journalism.Elite Philanthropy in Israel
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Two scholars see a distinctive pattern emerging among elite Israeli philanthropists. For starters, they're not particularly religious.Jewish Literacy and Jewish Imagination
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Samuel Lebens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If they wish to make an impact, progressive Jewish activists and thinkers must learn to speak the language of Judaism.

