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Tossing the Genetic Dice
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by Sachin Prashar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Do India's Pathans, the ethnic group at the heart of the Taliban, have Jewish roots? Whatever the DNA may show, today's Pathans are as hostile to Israel as are Muslims elsewhere.
A Priceless Manuscript Goes Online
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Containing comments on the Zohar, the classic work of Jewish mysticism, this is one of only four authentic documents by the hand of the Gaon of Vilna (1720–1797).
Fear and Trembling: A Week in England
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

To a visiting American Israeli blogger, English Jews display shocking signs of a fearfulness both physical and psychological.
American Aid to Israel: The Numbers
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Over the past two decades, by every reasonable measure, U.S. aid has plummeted.
A Deplorable Performance
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by Hillel Halkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An international best-seller makes one decent point, all but drowned in an ocean of puerile shoddiness, distortion, and falsehood.
Supermario
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by Avner Avrahami | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A Romanian-born Israeli astrophysicist and Renaissance man, who now spends twelve hours a day working on the Hubble telescope, dilates on God, the golden ratio, the Israeli education system, the romance of mathematics, and much more.
The Tel Aviv Cluster
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by David Brooks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel's technological success marks the fruition of the Zionist dream; could it also contribute to its undoing?
Evgeny Kissin Takes On the BBC
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In an open letter, the world-famous pianist charges a news service that once served as "a beacon of light, of truth and objectivity to those of us behind the Iron Curtain" with "aligning itself with Iran's despotic leader" against Israel and with "anti-Semitic propaganda."
Swamped with Singles
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by Yael Brygel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Young, religious, and unmarried: a celebrated, groundbreaking television series explores life in a vibrant and frustrated Jerusalem neighborhood.
Lost and Found
Monday, January 11, 2010 by Itamar Eichner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Over 7,000 members of Bnai Menashe, ethnic Indians claiming descent from one of the ten Lost Tribes, are formally converting to Judaism and moving to Israel. Their story has been told by Hillel Halkin in his book, Across the Sabbath River.