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In Old CordobaFriday, March 5, 2010 by Daniel Savery | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A walking tour through the town where Maimonides was born.Jewish Hip-Hop, What Next?
Friday, March 5, 2010 by Hugh Muir | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Along with a slew of other events, the welcome appearance in London of the rapper Ephrhyme may signal a newly distinctive British-Jewish cultural landscape.
RabbahFriday, March 5, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Several weeks ago, a well-known Modern Orthodox rabbi in New York announced that a learned young woman serving in his synagogue as a teacher, preacher, pastoral counselor, and halakhic guide would henceforth be referred to as "Rabbah"—the feminine form of "Rav," or rabbi. In thus effectively ordaining Sara Hurwitz as the first female Orthodox rabbi, Avraham (Avi) Weiss set off a firestorm. The presiding body of ultra-Orthodox rabbis has ruled that Weiss himself must no longer be called Orthodox; the Rabbinical Council of America, an avowedly Modern Orthodox body, may expel him as well. No stranger to controversy, Weiss has bucked...
Friday, March 5, 2010 by Amir Taheri | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The IAEA may finally be getting real about Tehran's nuclear-weapons program.Milking Dubai
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Jackson Diehl | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Arab and European media revel in excoriating Israel for deeds the same media excuse or ignore when practiced by other governments.
Hannah ArendtThursday, March 4, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Nearly 35 years after her death, Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) continues to spark discussion and reflection. For Israeli readers in particular, the recent appearance in Hebrew translation of her magnum opus, The Origins of Totalitarianism, as well as of Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's massive biography (1982, rev. 2004), brings home her continuing ability to frustrate and provoke. A consummate German-Jewish intellectual, Arendt received a thorough philosophical training, studying (and more than studying) with Martin Heidegger and writing a dissertation on Augustine's theory of love. The rise of Nazism drove her from metaphysics to politics; she became active, first in Germany and later after fleeing to...
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Neria Guttel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A learned and fascinating book delves into the significance of lotteries—and of coincidence and randomness—in Judaism.Unorthodox Methods
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Liana B. Baker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A modern-Orthodox rabbi in San Francisco reverses a congregation's decline; Twitter figures in the strategy, as do Super Bowl parties.“I owe a great debt to Jews”
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Jessica Elgot | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Michael Foot, a leader of the old British Labor party, has died at 96.The Desert Rat
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Jake Wallis Simons | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In 1944, Denis Avey broke into Auschwitz and swapped identities with a Jewish inmate. Now, at 91, he reveals why. Listen.