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Professor Nasser-Abu Alhija
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Or Kashti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a first, an Israeli Arab woman joins the 33 Israeli Arab men holding full professorships in the country's research universities.
The Rise and Fall of an American Jewish Community
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Jason Maoz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At the middle of the 20th century, the Jews of Newark, New Jersey had numbers, institutions, and history on their side; desolation awaited.
Passover Curiosa
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by David Golinkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Clay in the haroset, and other lesser-known customs of the holiday.
Making a Biblical Garden
Thursday, March 25, 2010 by Leslie Berliant | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A springtime guide for tourists and home gardeners.
What Does the Seder Celebrate?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Theodor H. Gaster | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

From April 1951, a classic essay on what Passover is not about, and what it is.
Between Israel and Australia
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Daniel Mandel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A strong and supple relationship, with its own history of brittle and tension-filled moments.
Reenactors
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Dara Horn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Like many American Southerners, Jews live in and through the past; but there are differences, too.
Traveling with God
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Yitzchak Blau | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Abraham through the eyes of Joseph Soloveitchik.
Lost & Found
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Tzofia Hirshfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Discovered in Geneva: missing segments of the Jerusalem Talmud, stored centuries ago in the Cairo Genizah.
Between Israel and Azerbaijan
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by Jason Katz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The close relationship between the Jewish state and the Muslim-majority nation is a matter of pragmatism and shared interests, also of history and shared values.