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Voice of the EastFriday, November 5, 2010 by Philip Hollander | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For Israel's Ashkenazi public, Mizrahi music, a distinctly local creation, went virtually unheard for decades; all that has changed.What Hath Freedom Wrought?
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Gal Beckerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
More wide-ranging than profound, Philadelphia's new National Museum of American Jewish History avoids a serious consideration of religion, or Israel, or the mixed consequences of freedom. (With photos)A Black Pearl
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Ariel Hirschfeld | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Policeman, a movie by Israel's master satirist Ephraim Kishon, has retained its sting four decades after its first airing.The Tea Party Comes to Jerusalem
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Yitzhak Benhorin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Newly elected Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday, in a visit suggesting the disposition of the 112th Congress.Triumphs and Travails
Friday, November 5, 2010 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A worldwide celebration—and some controversy—will mark the conclusion of Adin Steinsaltz's monumental Hebrew translation of the Babylonian Talmud.
The Warrior RabbiFriday, November 5, 2010 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Praise of military virtue, prominent in the Bible, is almost non-existent in the Talmud, which, in the aftermath of the destruction of the Temple and the exile of the Jews by the Romans, either ignores wartime feats or re-interprets them as allegories of intellectual or spiritual prowess. The Talmud's relative silence on the subject would prove enduring. Until the second half of the 20th century, with few exceptions, military virtue was consistently depreciated in traditional Jewish thought.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Does "big-tent" Orthodoxy have a place for teens who send text messages on the Sabbath?
The Next UN Security CouncilThursday, November 4, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Israelis are not alone in rolling their eyes at the mere mention of the United Nations. Thanks to blocs of like-minded nations with interlocking leaderships and overlapping interests—the 53-member African Union, the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference, the 118-member "non-aligned" movement—an anti-Western and anti-Zionist tyranny of the majority has long been assured.
Thursday, November 4, 2010 by Yaacov Lozowick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A documentary claims to demonstrate Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian olive harvesters. It doesn't.New Wave Outrage
Thursday, November 4, 2010 by Richard Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The honorary Oscar soon to be awarded to the director Jean-Luc Godard is more than a kerfuffle; it's a scandal.