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Renaissance in BudapestThursday, May 30, 2013 by Andrew Connelly and Helene Bienvenu | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The anti-Semitic demagoguery peddled by Hungary's fascist Jobbik party has prompted fresh Jewish cultural and political engagement.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Addressing a trend toward greater openness about sexuality in the Modern Orthodox community, Elli Fischer reminds us, in an article first published December 19, 2011, that Judaism has never treated sex as a taboo subject.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Dore Gold | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As a result of the Syrian civil war, Middle East borders that have lasted since the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 are on the verge of erasure—and the vultures are already circling.Sh’lah L’kha: Send Yourself
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
"Send men to scout the land"—and the mysterious word that's missing from that translation. (Click here for source sheet.) Download Are the Settlements Illegal?
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Michael Curtis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Geneva Convention provides no clear determination as to who has rights of sovereignty over the West Bank.Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Jodi Rudoren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new artificial-intelligence system, capable of 4.5 trillion calculations per second, is reconstructing 100,000 fragments from the Cairo Genizah. No Compromise
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Ben Elton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Accepting contemporary biblical scholarship amounts to "rejecting the attitude toward the Torah held by every Jew until Spinoza and every traditional Jew since."The Two Sauls
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Clive Sinclair | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Like his biblical namesake, Saul Bellow became a monster in his dotage, according to his son's memoir. But in his writing, at least, Old Saul remained generous.