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Qumran in Paris
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 by Jorg von Uthmann | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the first show of its kind in France, the Bibliothèque Nationale displays fragments and facsimiles of the Dead Sea Scrolls and re-opens the question of their origins.
“What Does Any of This Have to Do with Us?”
Friday, May 28, 2010 by Daniel Gordis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The great challenge of the moment is posed by a generation of young American Jewish intellectuals and communal leaders without any instinctive bond to Israel.
Pluralism, Personal Religion, and Tradition
Friday, May 28, 2010 by Gidon Rothstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

There is more room for individualism within halachic Judaism than some realize—and less than others assert.
Lament of an Intermarried Wife
Friday, May 28, 2010 by Taffy Brodesser-Akner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

She left the Orthodoxy she was born into; he, a convert, embraced it.
“Herr Professor-Doktor” Nikolaus Pevsner
Friday, May 28, 2010 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The author of a monumental, multi-volume survey of British architecture was born a Jew, converted to Christianity, and in the early 1930's sympathized with aspects of Nazism.
Lifeline
Friday, May 28, 2010 by Ariel Hirschfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

On display in Jerusalem are the young Avigdor Arikha's illustrations to a story by S.Y. Agnon in one the most beautiful Hebrew books ever published.
The Art of Playing Defense
Friday, May 28, 2010 by Shmuel Sandler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the current diplomatic and geostrategic climate, the protective stance adopted by Israel's government is the right course.
Against the Mosque at Ground Zero
Friday, May 28, 2010 by Khudhayr Taher | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In an Arab online daily, an Iraqi-American columnist charges that the mosque in downtown Manhattan will spread extremism and pose a danger to the security of the United States.
Syria is Back
Thursday, May 27, 2010 by H. Varulkar and N. Mozes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Damascus, with the acquiescence of the Arab world, is once again the suzerain over Lebanon.
Aryans of the World Unite?
Thursday, May 27, 2010 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What, if anything, connects the words "Iran" and "Aryan" with Aryanism?