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In Memoriam: Emanuel LitvinoffMonday, October 3, 2011 by Judith Burnley | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The prolific British poet, novelist, and screenwriter raised his voice in protest against the fate of the Jews.Holy Writ
Monday, October 3, 2011 by Edward Rothstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Transforming the English language, the King James Version also permanently shaped English and Western ideas about human nature, freedom, and responsibility.
Israel Studies 101Monday, October 3, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The modern American research university is a house of many rooms. The field of Israel Studies, which has emerged in the past decade, occupies one of the newest—and smallest—of those rooms.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by Eliezer Segal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In envisioning the great annual "day of judgment," the ancient rabbis and poets invoked legal and military images drawn from Greek and Roman life.
Pay to Pray?Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the middle decades of the 20th century they were called "mushroom synagogues." They popped up in the waning days of summer to provide High Holiday services, then disappeared at the conclusion of Yom Kippur. Today, "mushroom synagogues" are once again in vogue—but with a critical difference.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Trajtenberg Committee on Socioeconomic Change is wise to advise Israel not to jettison the responsible fiscal policies that helped it weather the 2008 economic crisis.Abbas Strikes Out
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by Elliott Abrams | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
His UN speech made waves and drew cheers but will ultimately hurt his cause.Repentance, Prayer, and Tzedakah
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by David Golinkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A history and analysis of U'netaneh Tokef.In and Out of the Ghetto
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by Roni Weinstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Meet Benedetto Blanis, a Jew in early modern Florence who taught Hebrew, alchemy, and kabbalah to one of the Medicis.Ha’azinu: Moses’s Other Song
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
It's one of the least-sung songs in the Bible. Known as the "Song of Moses," or shirat ha'azinu among traditional Jews, the poem that takes up almost the entirety of this week's Torah reading is twice as long as Moses's better-known Song of the Sea.