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Thursday, July 26, 2012 by Simon Gordon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Are Jewish mourners forbidden from listening to music? On the face of it, the prohibition is absolute. Certainly, it is forbidden for mourners to attend concerts, or performances in general. But what about liturgical music, the music of the synagogue?
Thursday, July 26, 2012 by Tamir Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When Israeli authorities started investigating the money that African migrants ostensibly send home to their families, they did not expect to find it safely ensconced in the coffers of Hamas.Endgame: Zionism
Thursday, July 26, 2012 by Shlomo Avineri | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Herzl was well aware of the existence of a sizeable Arab population in Israel. In fact, the issue of equal rights for the non-Jewish population is central to his novel's plot.Daf Comes for the Archbishop
Thursday, July 26, 2012 by Charles J. Chaput | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"As believers and as priests, we need to recommit ourselves to trusting in the durability of God's Word; and to following the witness of zeal I saw so powerfully in the students at Yeshiva University."The EU Friends of Hizballah
Thursday, July 26, 2012 by Walter Russell Mead | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Q: What do you call something if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck? A: A political wing.‘Round Olympic Village
Thursday, July 26, 2012 by Ivor Davis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
“We slept in our back-garden bomb shelter . . . we were weaned on ration books, powdered eggs, and cod-liver oil”: Not long ago, now-chic East London was a hub of immigrant Jewish life. D’varim: A Lamenting Question?
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
We start reading this week at Deuteronomy 1:1. But where do we stop—and why? (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:41Obama’s Jewish Margin
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Nick Tate | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
It's not clear how much ground the president can afford to lose in Florida, where a Gallup poll found historically low support for a Democrat among Jewish voters.