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What Hath Freedom Wrought?
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Gal Beckerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

More wide-ranging than profound, Philadelphia's new National Museum of American Jewish History avoids a serious consideration of religion, or Israel, or the mixed consequences of freedom. (With photos)
A Black Pearl
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Ariel Hirschfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Policeman, a movie by Israel's master satirist Ephraim Kishon, has retained its sting four decades after its first airing.
The Tea Party Comes to Jerusalem
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Yitzhak Benhorin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Newly elected Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday, in a visit suggesting the disposition of the 112th Congress.
Triumphs and Travails
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A worldwide celebration—and some controversy—will mark the conclusion of Adin Steinsaltz's monumental Hebrew translation of the Babylonian Talmud.
The Olive-Tree Maneuver
Thursday, November 4, 2010 by Yaacov Lozowick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A documentary claims to demonstrate Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian olive harvesters. It doesn't.
New Wave Outrage
Thursday, November 4, 2010 by Richard Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The honorary Oscar soon to be awarded to the director Jean-Luc Godard is more than a kerfuffle; it's a scandal.
A Voice Crying in Ramallah
Thursday, November 4, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Zainab Rashid, a Palestinian reformist, argues that Islamism is hijacking her people's aspirations even as Arab regimes exploit their cause.
Hitler and the Germans
Thursday, November 4, 2010 by A.J. Goldmann | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A Berlin exhibit aims at helping today's Germans understand how their countrymen embraced the Nazi dictator and condoned his violent and genocidal policies.
Half-Shabbos
Thursday, November 4, 2010 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Does "big-tent" Orthodoxy have a place for teens who send text messages on the Sabbath?
Boomtown
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 by Isabel Kershner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A mass wedding of 47 couples in Nablus marks the latest step toward rebranding the city as a model of stability in the West Bank.