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Is Romantic Love a Jewish Value?Friday, August 3, 2012 by Ben Greenfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Today is the happiest day in the Hebrew calendar. According to the Mishnah, Tu b’Av (the 15th of the month of Av) was a joyous occasion on which the unmarried women of ancient Jerusalem would dance in the vineyards, hoping to find a match.
Friday, August 3, 2012 by Itamar Rabinovich | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel’s delicate balancing act with Syria has been calculated to avoid bolstering the Assad regime, which was hostile in control and may be even more so as it collapses. Listening to the Lemba
Friday, August 3, 2012 by Eugene Ulman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Zimbabwe, the most well-known group of Africa’s “lost Jews” have maintained a distinct ritual, culture, and mythology—along with their own musical tradition. (With audio)Mistaken on Mossadegh
Friday, August 3, 2012 by Roger Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“Mossadegh’s Iran would have tilted to the West in foreign affairs . . . In home affairs, it would have been democratic to a degree unthinkable in any Middle Eastern country of the time except Israel.”Craftsman or Collaborator?
Friday, August 3, 2012 by Alan Mintz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sayed Kashua’s writing probes a common question about assimilation: not whether it is good or bad but whether it is possible.Observant at the Olympics
Friday, August 3, 2012 by Miriam Shaviv | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There are under a dozen Jewish chaplains of all denominations at the international games this summer. “Perhaps we as rabbis need to see if we can get involved in sports chaplaincy.”