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Out of the ClosetTuesday, December 18, 2012 by Josh Glancy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“Some Jews are beginning to grasp a fact that Britain's Asian and black communities have known for years: we're a minority, maybe that can actually be quite cool.”gsdgd
Monday, December 17, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Whole Body
My rabbinic father-in-law and my lay leader mother agree on one thing: no body piercing. Ears, nose, and bellybutton, all are sacred property on loan from God.
The Soloveitchiks and JesusMonday, December 17, 2012 by Viva Hammer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
My rabbinic father-in-law and my lay leader mother agree on one thing: no body piercing. Ears, nose, and bellybutton, all are sacred property on loan from God.
Monday, December 17, 2012 by Shaul Magid | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yale’s new president descends from Rabbi Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik—who, unlike his cousin, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, found much common ground between Judaism and Christianity.A Star Sets in the East
Monday, December 17, 2012 by Tamara Zieve | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Since Bethlehem came under Palestinian control, Christians have been leaving. The Archbishop of Canterbury blames anti-Christian feeling among Muslims—and Israel’s security fence.Cue the Organ
Monday, December 17, 2012 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Once, churches forbade organs because they recalled Jewish Temple music in Jerusalem. Later, the Haskalah re-introduced the organ to synagogues—partly to drown out the cantor.The Forgotten Refugees
Monday, December 17, 2012 by Michael Curtis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Forty years ago, the United Nations admitted that Jews who fled from Arab countries are refugees. Since then, UN refugee agencies have done nothing for them.Is the “Ugly Germany” Back?
Monday, December 17, 2012 by Dirk Kurbjuweit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Issues involving Nazism have dominated German politics this year. “Why all this constant rehashing of Hitler, some ask? But Hitler isn't the problem. The problem is our society.”