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The New Faces of Religious Zionism
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Maayana Miskin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A sector of the Israeli population once relatively uniform has grown both religiously and politically diverse, much more so than is commonly credited.
In Lublin, with Ruins
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In one Polish city, the restoration of Jewish sites means returning them to what's left of the community, not renovating the buildings or educating anyone about the culture they represent.
Paradoxes of Commitment
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Erica Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In Judaism, marriage bonds are like tefillin: restrictive and confining, liberating and redemptive.
A Special Bond
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 by Henry Foy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The tiny Jewish community of New Delhi is knit together by powerful ties of tradition and solidarity, and by a  spirit of religious accommodation.
Ill Winds of Change
Monday, May 23, 2011 by Robert Satloff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The approach to Israeli-Palestinian peace enunciated by President Obama on May 19 undermines his own message to the Arab peoples and can result in a dangerous rift between Jerusalem and Washington.   (Benjamin Netanyahu responds to the President.[Video])  
Assad Alone
Monday, May 23, 2011 by B. Chernitsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

His friends in the extremist "resistance" camp are joining his opponents in the "moderate" camp to denounce and abandon the Syrian dictator.
Crossing Over
Monday, May 23, 2011 by Lorraine Adams | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

How a Jewish girl from the New York suburbs became a polemicist for Islamism.
The Ingathering
Monday, May 23, 2011 by Ofer Aderet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Almost a century before their co-religionists reached out definitively to Ethiopian Jews, a researcher named Jacques Faitlovitch laid the ground for their future ingathering.
The Kugel-Kimchi Complex
Monday, May 23, 2011 by Kathy Seal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A study based on a sample of 37 intermarried Asian-Jewish couples found that overwhelmingly the children are being raised Jewish.
Making Israel Pay
Friday, May 20, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Even as he acknowledges that the real challenge in the Middle East is whether Arab societies can make the transition to freedom, the President has dealt Israel a telling diplomatic blow.