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RootsFriday, April 2, 2010 by Ariela Bankier | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In southern Italy, communities that hid their Judaism for centuries are affirming their ancient identity.Tree of Life
Friday, April 2, 2010 by Matthew Duda | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A Los Angeles Catholic on his years of studying Torah, verse by verse, in Dennis Prager's transporting weekly classes.Soul Music
Friday, April 2, 2010 by Ofer Aderet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The singer Yasmin Levy has been leading an astonishing revival of Ladino culture.Escalating “Resistance”
Friday, April 2, 2010 by Khaled Abu Toameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Just as in the 1980's, Fatah leaders are spearheading calls for popular protests in hopes of softening up Israel for the negotiating table.
OrthodoxiesFriday, April 2, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
"Is Modern Orthodoxy an Endangered Species?" This was the question posed at a conference yesterday in Jerusalem. Some speakers suggested that the very term "Modern Orthodoxy" doesn't fit the Israeli context or even accurately describe this slice of Jewish life. But what, indeed, is it? Like nearly all denominational labels, this one is a product of the ideological and political debates of the 19th century, as the radical options posed by modernity—including the possibilities of assimilation without conversion to Christianity and of political self-determination—scrambled traditional categories as never before. In this unprecedented situation, adherents of tradition in general and of traditional Jewish law...
Friday, April 2, 2010 by Hanna Ingber Win | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sixteen months after terrorist massacres, Jewish life moves forward at a communal seder.Lady Gaga vs. Middle East Peace
Thursday, April 1, 2010 by Bret Stephens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's settlements, the bugbear of both the Obama administration and Pat Buchanan, account for but a fraction of jihadist rage.Radical Judaism
Thursday, April 1, 2010 by David Wolpe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In his latest book, the theologian Arthur Green argues that there is no Jewish chosenness since there is no Chooser, and that left-wing politics is a spiritual imperative.Israel by Design
Thursday, April 1, 2010 by Felix Burrichter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Among the country's abundant landmarks of architecture and design, a newly opened museum in Holon may be the most dramatic.Sabbath Joy Down South
Thursday, April 1, 2010 by Emily Wagster Pettus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A circuit-riding rabbi serves tiny Jewish communities in thirteen states across the American South.