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Order in the HouseMonday, February 27, 2012 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On a bad day, Israeli parliamentarians have been known to hurl water at political adversaries, denigrate immigrant MKs' Hebrew accents, and even bow their heads in the memory of Palestinian suicide bombers. On a good day, they mostly go about the nuts-and-bolts crafting of bipartisan legislation for the benefit of all Israelis.
Monday, February 27, 2012 by Chris Nashawaty | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jerusalem Syndrome, whereby visitors to the city become convinced that they are the messiah, is a recognized psychological condition. Yet Jerusalem's go-to psychiatrist still hopes one of his patients is the real deal.Berlin’s Kosher Kitsch
Monday, February 27, 2012 by Mara Delius | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Fewer than 70 years after World War II, eating kosher is Berlin's latest bohemian craze. But with restaurants inspired by German culture in the 20's and 30's, historical sensitivity is not on the menu.Poison Ivy
Monday, February 27, 2012 by Rivkah Blau | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The thriving Jewish communities at America's elite universities seem entirely natural today, until we remember that just fifty years ago the Ivy League was no haven for Jews.My Kingdom for a Horse!
Monday, February 27, 2012 by Ziony Zevit | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The received wisdom holds that a horse was a rare sight in ancient Israel. But new scholarship reveals that a developed chariotry formed the military backbone of both the Judean and the Israelite monarchies.A New Kind of Enemy
Monday, February 27, 2012 by Mitch Ginsburg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Outside of immediate family, the chances of a Jew finding a suitable bone marrow donor are slim. But by taking bone marrow samples from conscripts, the IDF is shortening the odds.Hesder
Friday, February 24, 2012 by Aharon Lichtenstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A classic article on the ideology of combining Torah study with military service that was cited in the recent Tal Law verdict governing the religious exemption from military service. (1981; PDF)
BDS SecretsFriday, February 24, 2012 by Ran Baratz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Ubiquitous anti-Israel activist Norman Finkelstein stirred up the blogosphere last week. In a YouTube interview with pro-Palestinian advocate Frank Barat, Finkelstein said that members of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) care less for human rights than they do for Israel's destruction.
Friday, February 24, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Can canned fish products containing parasitic worms still be considered kosher? The verdict is in.Reacting to Modernity
Friday, February 24, 2012 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The scholar Jon Levenson invites us to think about how traditional thinkers set up part of their thought as authentic, traditional, organic, and set up other parts as "modern."