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Light on Ancient IsraelThursday, June 17, 2010 by Richard Bernstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As recounted in a new book by Hershel Shanks, the creation and success of Biblical Archaeology Review opened entire swaths of ancient history to the general public.
Come Swing with MeThursday, June 17, 2010 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On May 25, a new sound was heard in Jerusalem. Combining the soulfulness and optimism of Moroccan Jewish liturgical music (piyyut) with the syncretistic and improvisational spirit of American jazz, the New Jerusalem Orchestra (NJO) made its triumphant debut at the 2010 Israel Festival.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Bruce Bawer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In democratic Norway, as increasingly in the democratic West, criminal sanctions await those who speak their minds about Islam.Genocide and GDP
Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Peter France and Maria Antonova | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Tens of thousands of Jews were killed in southern and western Russia under the Nazis; decades later, according to a new study, the regions are still suffering the economic consequences.In the Venetian Ghetto
Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Ruth Ellen Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After two decades of friction, an uneasy truce prevails in Venice between Chabad and the entrenched but diminishing Jewish community.A Promising Land?
Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Ben Austen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From New Orleans and Tulsa to Meridian and Dothan, southern cities and small towns are trying to lure Jews back.
Why Was Moses Punished?Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It comes in the Torah portion read this Saturday (Hukat, Numbers 19:1 - 22:1), and it is unquestionably the lowest point in Moses' career. After dragging the Hebrew slaves out of Egypt, giving them the Ten Commandments, overthrowing the Golden Calf, and braving their never-ending backsliding, complaints, and pleas to return to Egypt, Moses is asked by God to perform one more miracle in response to the Israelites' evidently unquenchable thirst. "And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Take the rod, and gather the assembly together . . . and speak to the rock before their eyes; and it shall give...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by Bret Stephens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
American policymakers are looking for ways to accommodate a nuclear Iran. Their ideas are thorough, serious, and dangerously wrong.A Better Middle East Road Map?
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by Walter Russell Mead | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Can the international community interrupt its Israel-bashing to do something potentially constructive?The Novelist, the Poet, and the Commandment Keepers
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by Josh Barbanel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A real-estate dispute throws a spotlight on a historic African-American Hebrew congregation in Harlem.