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Handel’s Scandal?Tuesday, October 16, 2012 by Marion Lignana Rosenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With his Jewish patrons and Old Testament subject matter, critics long supposed Handel to be a great philo-Semite; but recent research has shown his relationship with London's Jews to be much more complicated.
Hans Bethe and the Problem of “Jewish Genius”Monday, October 15, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Few topics make Jews more uncomfortable than the question of “Jewish genius.” While Jews happily point to the extraordinary scientific accomplishments of their co-religionists, discussion of the genetic or cultural basis of these achievements causes squirming and denials.
Monday, October 15, 2012 by Richard Elliott Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ahmadinejad’s latest denial of Israel’s historical roots should serve to remind us of how much archeologists have discovered about ancient Israelite culture.Settling for Peace
Monday, October 15, 2012 by Khaled Diab | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"I and you, Hakham Froman, can make peace in five minutes, because both of us are religious."Conserving Halakhah
Monday, October 15, 2012 by Jonathan Mark | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As Conservative Jews increasingly lose interest in Jewish law, a new book from the movement’s Rabbinical Assembly argues that halakhic observance is inseparable from the pursuit of an ethical lifestyle.The Afghan Genizah
Monday, October 15, 2012 by Samuel Thrope | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A trove of medieval Jewish documents recently found in Afghanistan promises to shed light not only on Jewish life at the time of the Mongol invasion but also on the evolution of the Persian language.