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Homeshuling
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 by Steve Lipman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As the cost of Jewish schools in America soars, several hundred families have taken to educating their children at home. 
Are Day School Vouchers the Answer? Are Day School Vouchers the Answer?
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Is Jewish education a parental or communal responsibility?  The privately funded heder, with its melamed, or tutor, emphasizes the parental aspect.  The publicly maintained talmud torah, or congregational school, emphasizes the communal obligation.
The Last Totalitarian
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Benjamin Kerstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Noam Chomsky is more or less the last survivor of a group of intellectuals who thought systemic political violence was essentially a good thing. (Interview by Michael J. Totten)
One Small Step
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Michael Pitkowsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Neil Armstrong was more excited to walk the stairs leading to Jerusalem’s Temple than to walk on the moon.
Is “Torah from Heaven” a Myth?
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Simon Rocker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

And by “myth,” do we mean an imaginative recreation of the past, or simply an invented past?
After Apartheid
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

While many South African Jews actively opposed apartheid, post-apartheid South Africa has not proved entirely hospitable to the Jewish community.
Barack vs. Barak
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Oren Kessler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Once Israel’s dovish prime minister, Ehud Barak has emerged as the champion of military action against Iran, much to Washington’s chagrin.
No, No, and No Again
Monday, August 27, 2012 by Tamara Zieve | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

This week in 1967, the Arab League passed the Khartoum resolution, stating that there would be no negotiation with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no peace with Israel.