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Painted Ghosts
Friday, January 29, 2010 by Bataween | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Behind the official vogue for restoring synagogues in Arab countries lie cynicism and greed.
Music for a Splintered Society
Friday, January 29, 2010 by Dan Shvartsman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a wildly successful musical project, Israel's fractious diversity is at least momentarily harmonized.
Frisco Kids
Friday, January 29, 2010 by Dan Pines | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Reasons to celebrate a new and comprehensive history of Jews in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Germany Rethinking Iran
Friday, January 29, 2010 by David Gordon Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Given its special ties with Jerusalem, can Berlin any longer conduct business as usual with Tehran?
Marching to Post-Orthodoxy
Friday, January 29, 2010 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

With the ordination of a "rabbah," the growing split within Orthodoxy may have reached its Rubicon.
How Hard?
Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Tom Gross | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In going from extreme optimism to extreme pessimism on the Middle East, Obama has been wrong at least twice over.
Equals in Responsibility
Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Michael Graetz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As a modern-Orthodox rabbi in New York confers on a woman the title of "rabba," a Conservative rabbi in Israel finds support for sexual egalitarianism in the Bible.
The Gift of Life
Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Sally Satel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a praiseworthy initiative, Israel now encourages organ donation by compensating families of deceased donors.
Oscar and the Jews
Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Naomi Pfefferman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Opinion is divided on depictions of Jewish characters and themes in three potential Academy Award nominees.
Israel Made Me Do It
Thursday, January 28, 2010 by Phyllis Chesler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Deconstructing the sponsorship, the methods, and the conclusions of a study in Britain's premier medical journal on why Palestinian men beat their wives.