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Dr. Orlinsky and Mr. GreenFriday, January 4, 2013 by Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Harry Orlinsky is best known today as “Mr. Green,” the scholar who authenticated the four Dead Sea Scrolls offered for sale in a Wall Street Journal want ad. But his legacy as a Bible scholar is enormous.
Friday, January 4, 2013 by David Brinn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"One great religious leader can move a community, one great political leader can shoulder a nation, and one intellectual leader can change hearts and minds."No Nate Silver Here
Friday, January 4, 2013 by Raphael Ahren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In contrast to their U.S. counterparts, Israel's pollsters use small samples, refuse to reveal the precise questions they ask—and have been wrong about every election so far.Harold Bloom’s Divine Obsession
Friday, January 4, 2013 by David Mikics | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Literary critic Harold Bloom dismisses halakhic Judaism as a "fossil." But, 20 years after his work The Book of J, the Bible continues to obsess him.Beyond the Tanya
Friday, January 4, 2013 by Eli Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Tanya, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, remains the foundational text of Chabad Hasidism. But it was Shneur Zalman's oral teachings that built a movement.Washington Post Says “Settlements” Rhetoric Overheated
Almost all of Israel's recent post-Oslo settlement construction is located in areas that a two-state solution would cede to Israel. The real roadblock to peace is Abbas.
The ISI and the JewsThursday, January 3, 2013 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Pakistan's intelligence agency has supported Al Qaeda, Iran, and Lashkar-e-Taiba—the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in 2008, killing six at Chabad. But the U.S. still treats it as an ally.