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Pro-Israel NationWednesday, October 13, 2010 by William Kristol | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As yet another survey confirms, the American people strongly support the state of Israel, and want their elected representatives to do so as well.Kosher Allure
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why are small rural colleges—even those without large Jewish enrollments—building elaborate Hillel houses with kosher cafes?Sticking to the Script
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 by Evelyn Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Like almost every other movie about "the conflict," the new documentary Budrus misrepresents the essential facts—the better to gain money, critical acclaim, and festival screenings.Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 by Mark Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Almost fifty years on, the recordings of the comic singer Allan Sherman, unlikely mass hits of the early 1960s, continue to sell and sell.
America and the Jews: Different, or the Same?
In 2004, a commemorative medal marking the 350th anniversary of Jewish settlement in North America quoted, on one side, from George Washington's letter assuring the Jews of Newport, R.I. of their rightful place in the fledgling republic of the United States; the reverse side portrayed huddled masses of Jews yearning to breathe free; around the outer edge, in Hebrew and English, ran the biblical passage, "proclaim liberty throughout the land."
Lekh L’kha: The Patriarch’s PerilsWednesday, October 13, 2010 by Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In 2004, a commemorative medal marking the 350th anniversary of Jewish settlement in North America quoted, on one side, from George Washington's letter assuring the Jews of Newport, R.I. of their rightful place in the fledgling republic of the United States; the reverse side portrayed huddled masses of Jews yearning to breathe free; around the outer edge, in Hebrew and English, ran the biblical passage, "proclaim liberty throughout the land."
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
This week's reading offers a new sort of narrative. Behind us are the laconic, overtly symbolic, context-free tales of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, and the Tower of Babel. Now, with the stories of Abraham, we get for the first time a kind of biographical sketch, a whole series of episodes spanning many chapters and forming a coherent portrait of a life.Sigd!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Greer Fay Cashman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of Operation Moses, an Ethiopian Jewish holiday is celebrated by a mass pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Rav Ovadia
One of the more outsized personalities in Israel's history is Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the longtime head of the Shas political party, who has just marked his ninetieth birthday. The foreign public knows of him, vaguely, as a right-wing fanatic. But the truth and perhaps the tragedy of the man are far more complicated and fascinating.
The Chabad ParadoxTuesday, October 12, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
One of the more outsized personalities in Israel's history is Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the longtime head of the Shas political party, who has just marked his ninetieth birthday. The foreign public knows of him, vaguely, as a right-wing fanatic. But the truth and perhaps the tragedy of the man are far more complicated and fascinating.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Abraham Socher | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By the one standard that it has set itself, what is possibly the most successful Jewish religious movement of the late 20th century has failed. (From the Fall issue, out this week.)Missing in Academic Action
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Or Kashti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the study of Hebrew literature is in drastic decline, and so is the study of the humanities in general.