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Keepers of the KibbutzWednesday, August 8, 2012 by Jeffrey Barken | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While the number of international recruits to kibbutzim has declined since the 1970s, the kibbutz movement has spearheaded a revival of volunteerism over the last decade.
The Postmodern GolemTuesday, August 7, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
To Elizabeth Baer, the recent spate of golem literature, going beyond novels to comic books, artwork, even The X-Files, is an “intentional tribute to Jewish imagination as well as to the crucial importance of such imagination in the post-Holocaust period.”
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 by Victoria Cavaliere | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Having fled Nazi Germany for Britain in 1940, William Patrick Hitler wrote to President Roosevelt asking to join the “struggle against tyranny and oppression.”Limmud China
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 by Clive Lawton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“We can help the Chinese learn how to live in Diaspora and cope with the West. They might be able to teach us again how to feel an un-self-conscious self-confidence.”Is Kosher Meat Halal?
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 by Yasir Qadhi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A guide for Muslims. Anglo-Jewish Architecture
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 by Christopher Howse | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An authoritative survey of English architecture neglected to mention any synagogues—even those of outstanding artistic merit. Now a new book corrects the omission.Consider the Bee
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 by Natan Slifkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A midrash exhorts Jews to emulate bees. But while we admire their hierarchical structure, we must be careful to adapt enough to cope with new challenges.