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The Redemptive Chutzpah of Ed KochMonday, February 4, 2013 by Thane Rosenbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As New York City’s mayor from 1978 to 1989, Ed Koch, who died last week, is credited with having saved the city from bankruptcy—in a "brashly Jewish way."Criticizing the Biblical Critics
Monday, February 4, 2013 by James Kugel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Modern biblical criticism, for all its sophistication, treats "only the literal meaning of the Bible’s words on the page, divorced from Judaism’s age-old traditions of interpretation." (Interview by Alan Brill)America’s New Religious Divide
Monday, February 4, 2013 by Walter Russell Mead | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The religious dividing line in today’s America no longer pits Protestants against Catholics or even Christians against Jews, but separates religious liberals from religious conservatives.The Science of Muddling Through
Monday, February 4, 2013 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Drawing on Burke, Chaim Navon argues that women will gradually assume larger roles in Orthodox Judaism—and that those who demand sudden change risk doing more harm than good. Asking Hagel the Real Questions
Monday, February 4, 2013 by Jeffrey Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Chuck Hagel seems to believe that without the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Middle East would be a "placid lake"—a view "utterly discredited by events."

Friday, February 1, 2013 by Jack Riemer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In his new collection of essays, ultra-Orthodox rabbi Avi Shafran disputes the scientific worldview on its own terms. But he refuses to acknowledge scientific challenges to Judaism.
Friday, February 1, 2013 by Arie Dubnov | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An advocate of individual liberty, Isaiah Berlin defended Zionism not for liberating the Jewish nation but for giving individual Jews a choice: whether to live in Israel or the Diaspora.The Fatal Misjudgment
Friday, February 1, 2013 by Christoph Strupp | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Reacting to Hitler's rise to power 80 years ago this week, U.S. Consul George Messersmith called him "only a phase in the development towards more stable political conditions."Behind Lapid’s Mask
Friday, February 1, 2013 by Jameel Muqata | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yesh Atid says it defends a united Jerusalem and the settlements. But Yair Lapid is on record supporting a divided Jerusalem and pledging to fight against "our extremists, the settlers."