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Nitzavim-Vayeilekh: The Song of TorahWednesday, September 21, 2011 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
"Now, write for yourselves this song [shirah]; teach it to the Children of Israel and place it in their mouths . . . " (31:19) These are the directions Moses gave to the priests and elders, in whose care he entrusted the song, with instructions to read it to the entire community of Israel on the occasion of their gathering in the Temple on the festival of Sukkot.Expert Deception
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Nehemia Shtrasler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's social protesters are appealing to the authority of a "team of experts"—really just utopian fantasists making elementary economic errors.Separating Church and Campaign Statements
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Michael Medved | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rick Perry should learn from the Turner victory in New York that political arguments based on religious solidarity are non-starters.Her Secret
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Isabel Schwab | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new biography of Coco Chanel distinguishes itself by tackling the thorny subject of the designer's activities during World War II.
Rosh Hashanah with the Chief RabbiTuesday, September 20, 2011 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Ten years ago, the first day of Rosh Hashanah—the two-day Jewish New Year—fell on September 18. That was one week after September 11, 2001, when almost 3,000 people were killed by Muslim terrorists. On that Rosh Hashanah, rabbis did not lack for sermon topics.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by L. Barkan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jordan's official expressions of support for Palestinian statehood can't conceal the cooling of relations between the two sides.Suffer the Little Children
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Rachel Burstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Are Jewish day school graduates preoccupied with historical persecution?The Land of Gas and Honey
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Robin M. Mills | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's giant new natural gas find will transform the Middle East—and add more fuel to an already combustible region.
Settling for StatehoodMonday, September 19, 2011 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly has just begun. Unless a diplomatic miracle happens, that body will soon be asked to approve what amounts to a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. Palestinian spokesmen say they had no choice but to make their end run around serious negotiations with Israel.
Monday, September 19, 2011 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The world's diplomats have convinced themselves that dividing the city of Jerusalem is the key to peace in the Middle East; they are deluded.