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Scroll ThroughThursday, October 21, 2010 by Tia Goldbenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Israel Antiquities Authority is partnering with Google to digitize the entire collection of Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts for online public viewing.
Under IslamThursday, October 21, 2010 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the two decades following the establishment of the state of Israel, approximately 850,000 Jews were forcibly driven out of Arab lands. Their expulsion marked the beginning of the end of 2,500 years of Jewish life in North Africa, the greater Middle East, and the Persian Gulf. Until recently, their story has been largely unrecognized and untold in the English-speaking world.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 by Ben Schachter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The architecture of the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum, open this week, strives to create an emotional experience, not to convey a message; at whose expense?Ale Trail
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 by Michael M. Homan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ancient Israel's affinity for beer.Tutu’s Legacy
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 by Edward Alexander | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The South African archbishop, who retired last week at seventy-nine, is an internationally celebrated champion of human rights—also, a bigoted and relentless fulminator against Israel and the Jews.Talking about the Intifada
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 by Barbara Sofer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How much should young, enthusiastic visitors to Israel, who are there to learn and to have fun, be told about the horrors of the second intifada and their lasting imprint on the Israeli spirit?Vayera: Did Abraham Keep Kosher? (Do Angels?)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
By Moshe Sokolow It was the prophet Isaiah who conferred on Abraham and Sarah the honorific titles of metaphysical first parents, saying: "Listen to me, you who pursue justice and seek God; look toward the rock whence you were hewn and toward the pit whence you were dug. Look toward Abraham, your father, and toward Sarah, who bore you" (Isaiah 51:1-2). Indeed, the relentless pursuit of justice and a persistent, often pernickety, commitment to the traditional religious beliefs and cultural mores modeled by these ancestors have lasted with the Jewish people throughout the ages.
Who Needs Denominations?Wednesday, October 20, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Several weeks ago, an American law professor who serves on his synagogue's search committee for a new rabbi put forward the provocative argument that the process was not only stifling but illegal. The culprit, he wrote, was the highly restrictive role played by national rabbinic bodies.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Newly discovered photos in the diary of a World War II Japanese tourism official are thought to be of Jews he helped to escape from Nazi Europe.No Friends but the Mountains
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 by James Kirchick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Kurds and Jews share a similar history—and a common enemy.