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A Piecemeal PeaceTuesday, January 29, 2013 by Shlomo Avineri | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Post-election, an Israeli-Palestinian peace is no less remote. Perhaps we should look to places like Cyprus, Bosnia, and Kosovo for ideas that are less ambitious—and more feasible.Move Over, Looney Tunes
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 by Samuel Thrope | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The artists at Studio G-dcast are making animated cartoons of talmudic discussions. Are they expanding the audience for the Talmud or creating another excuse not to read?The Original Jewish Mothers
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 by Lawrence Schiffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Contrary to claims that Ashkenazi Jews are descended from European converts, genetic analysis shows that 70 percent of them can be traced to four females from the Middle East.The New Haredim
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 by Daniel Goldman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A year after the violence between haredim and non-haredim in Beit Shemesh, tensions persist. But more haredim are entering the workforce and joining the army, and their voice is growing.Limmud Turns 33
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 by Clive Lawton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"As far as I remember, this was the first time in the Jewish world that Orthodox Jews could hear what Reform Jews really thought and vice versa."
From Reparations to Atonement
Where recognition of the Holocaust was once restricted to the office of the Chancellor, there is a grassroots commitment in today's Germany to take ownership of the past.
Israel’s Lobby: The American PeopleMonday, January 28, 2013 by Ismar Schorsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Where recognition of the Holocaust was once restricted to the office of the Chancellor, there is a grassroots commitment in today's Germany to take ownership of the past.
Monday, January 28, 2013 by Meir Soloveichik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There are millions of Americans who “have no idea what the word 'kishkes' means, but whose concern for the state of Israel is bone-deep."Israel’s Election: Finally, Free Markets?
Monday, January 28, 2013 by Uriel Lynn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the Likud-Beiteinu, Yesh Atid, Jewish Home, and Hatnua parties, Israel has the building blocks of a market-oriented government that could transform the economy.