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Rousseau, Melody, and ModeFriday, May 17, 2013 by Ben Elton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Though best remembered today for his political philosophy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also a careful student of music. But his conclusions are undermined by the liturgical music of Ashkenazi Jews.
Friday, May 17, 2013 by Charlie Laderman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Instead of "respecting” the boycott, Spanish novelist Antonio Munoz Molina accepted the Jerusalem prize saying, "there is in Israel a society that is alive, democratic, pluralistic and open, in which I can recognize myself as a citizen."Israel’s Strongest Union
Friday, May 17, 2013 by Yoav Limor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Simple arithmetic teaches us that contrary to the official announcement on Monday, the defense budget wasn't actually cut by 3 billion shekels. In fact, it was actually increased by 2.5 billion shekels."Friends Again?
Friday, May 17, 2013 by Shashank Joshi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The recent rapprochement between Israel and Turkey has repaired diplomatic ties, but the relationship is not about to be restored to what it once was.The Samaritan Torah
Friday, May 17, 2013 by Chavie Lieber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Samaritan version of the Torah, recently translated into English, differs from the Masoretic text in 6000 instances—but has far fewer discrepancies with the Dead Sea Scrolls.Nabokov’s Jews
Friday, May 17, 2013 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A sympathetic portrayer of Jews in his fiction, Vladimir Nabokov denounced anti-Semitism as "philistinism in all its phases" in both Russia and the United States.