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Judaism as Protest MovementFriday, May 4, 2012 by Tomer Persico | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From Abraham to Korah's ill-fated faction to the beseeching prophets and doubting sages, Jewish tradition has always fostered protesters and protests—not least against God Himself.Budding in Budapest
Thursday, May 3, 2012 by Andrew Sacks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Much of Hungary's Jewish establishment is government-funded and ossified. But in its shadow, in Budapest's old Jewish quarter, a kind of revival is going on.The Afghani Genizah
Thursday, May 3, 2012 by Shai Secunda | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
We are starting to hear about the Jewish manuscripts recently discovered in an Afghani cave. But before we learn more, someone has to buy them.Abbas’s Police State
Thursday, May 3, 2012 by Jonathan Schanzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Palestinian Authority moves to block websites critical of Abbas. The White House has sanctioned such behavior by Iran and Syria—but not the PA.Quebec’s Kosher Bootleggers
Thursday, May 3, 2012 by David Sugarman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Montreal Hasidim are selling kosher wine without a permit. Are the Hasidim acting criminally? Are the permitting laws effectively anti-Semitic? The answers are surprisingly unclear.
A Vote Not CastThursday, May 3, 2012 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
When my Labor Zionist cousins made aliyah from New York City in the 1950s to an agricultural moshav outside Raanana they cast off comfort, kin, and familiarity for the yoke of pioneering Zionism. It was inevitable that they'd lose touch with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Joe DiMaggio's love life, and the fate of the Third Avenue El.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 by Jeffrey Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Benzion Netanyahu gave his son, Israel's prime minister, a dark view of the Middle East—and, therefore, the ability to negotiate a realistic peace.
Songs and PsalmsWednesday, May 2, 2012 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
After 17 years in Israel, our family has temporarily relocated to Brooklyn. For a week after we arrived, our pious Jewish neighbors ignored us. Then, on Shabbat, three of them finally approached us, one after another—to tell us that the neighborhood eruv we were using really didn't exist and that we were profaning the Sabbath.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 by David Horovitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In assessing the Iranian nuclear threat, we should listen to the current head of Israel's military rather than out-of-the-loop retired generals.When a Cantor Can’t
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 by Debra Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What's the difference between an "ordained" and an "invested" cantor? Plenty, say Reform officials.