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Keep Your Heart OpenThursday, June 24, 2010 by Ethan Pack | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Amir Benayoun, one of Israel's most talented musicians, has drawn criticism for his "Everyman" political views. (With video)
The Museum LifeThursday, June 24, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Once consisting of simple repositories of objects, museums today have become educational, cultural, and—some say—spiritual places of their own, pendant somewhere between houses of worship and spaces of entertainment and commerce. And Jewish museums?
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Mike Potemra | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A world that refuses to find a place for the Jews is rejecting even more fundamental truths.Just the Facts?
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For historians there are no innocent decisions about where to begin and what to include; witness Michael Brenner's A Short History of the Jews.Show Me the Way
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Lester Feder | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A journalist with little Jewish background encounters an African-American Hebrew congregation.
Trouble in EmmanuelWednesday, June 23, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Last Friday, Israel's leading tabloid, Yediot Aharanot, split its front page with two photos. One showed overdressed, black-clad ultra-Orthodox Jews rallying under a withering sun to protest a court decision affecting educational arrangements in the town of Emmanuel; the other showed the pop singer Elton John at a sold-out nighttime concert near Tel Aviv. The headline: "Between Two Worlds." As usual, things are more complicated.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Bret Stephens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A Wall Street Journal columnist enumerates reasons why liberals should stand with Israel. (Video)Missed Opportunity
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If the Middle East is returning to its historical Turkish-Iranian rivalry, it is worth lamenting how the Arabs wasted their moment of independence.Israel and Western Surrender
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Shelby Steele | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Islamic rage meets the West's deficit of moral authority, and the Jews are being scapegoated again.Iran and the U.S.: Who’s Containing Whom?
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Marc Ginsberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Exploiting uncanny resourcefulness, new alliances, terror, and American dithering, Iran has achieved impressive results.