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To Be Young, Gifted, and a British JewMonday, November 7, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
One way to think of British Jewry is to focus on its slow and steady decline: 270,000 souls, demographically graying; synagogue affiliation on a downward spiral; out-marriage running at between 30-50 percent.
Friday, November 4, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A typographic panorama of Hebrew printing in the Ukraine. (With gallery of images)Holy Land Stonehenge
Friday, November 4, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Arabic, the site's name means "stone heap of the wild cats." In Hebrew it is known as the "wheel of ghosts." Just what is the mysterious prehistoric structure?Grandes Dames
Friday, November 4, 2011 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Right about the Nazis at a time when most others were wrong, the tragedy of Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson was to outlive their time.
Eating Your ValuesFriday, November 4, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The many Jewish laws regarding food—how it gets from the ground and into our mouths in a kosher manner—are central to Jewish life. But what ethical framework underlies the system of kashrut? Maimonides' justifications for kashrut range from avoiding cruelty to animals and eschewing the idolatrous practices of antiquity to considerations of health.
Friday, November 4, 2011 by Allen Z. Hertz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Of all extant peoples, Jews have the strongest claim to be aboriginal to the Holy Land—but have misunderstood the concept of aboriginal rights.Character, Country, and Chewing Gum
Friday, November 4, 2011 by David Bezmozgis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"There are writers who have a hard time interacting with other people. I generally enjoy it, especially if I select those people." (Interview by Jacques Berlinerblau; includes obscene language.)A Strategic Asset
Thursday, November 3, 2011 by Robert D. Blackwill and Walter B. Slocombe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israeli contributions to U.S. national interests, underappreciated by many, include enhanced counter-terrorism, intelligence, and technology useful in urban warfare. (Read full PDF report here.) Hebrew Underground
Thursday, November 3, 2011 by Norman Berdichevsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After half a century of a USSR policy to condemn Hebrew as a "reactionary tool," the language emerged in the 1970's as the lifeblood of the "Refusenik" movement.The Softer Side of a Revolutionary
Thursday, November 3, 2011 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Red Rosa" Luxemburg made her name with blistering articles in the Party press. Yet her letters from prison are, in fact, so resolutely cheerful and gentle that they can become cloying.