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TreyfFriday, February 10, 2012 by Adam Gregerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Far from building a bridge between Jews and Christians, Shmuley Boteach's portrait of Jesus will be rejected by most Christians as irrelevant, ahistorical, and even insulting.Inside Batsheva
Friday, February 10, 2012 by Deborah Friedes Galili | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
His dancers are known for fiercely expressive, electrifying performances. But what's it really like to be a part of Ohad Naharin's choreographic alchemy? With These Words
Friday, February 10, 2012 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With one salty term of consecration (possibly an obscene rhyme), a Jewish man may have betrothed a woman. In 1823, the rabbis of London had to deal with the consequences.Allies in Azerbaijan
Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Tim Judah | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sharing intelligence and trading defense hardware for oil, Israel has quietly built a strategic alliance with Azerbaijan, and thus joined Europe, Russia, Turkey, and Iran in the competition for the Caucasus.The Lost Tribe of New Mexico
Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Irene Wanner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Straddling the border between Colorado and New Mexico, San Luis Valley is home to Hispano communities, where research shows that almost everyone is related by blood. Jewish blood.On the Hatred of Haredim
Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Gil Troy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Contrary to media hype, Israel is not becoming an ultra-Orthodox theocracy. Rather, the recent violence is a reaction to increasing integration, and a symptom of the Haredi leadership losing its grip.Why Not Covet?
Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Elchanan Samet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Reasons for the tenth commandment (found in this week's Torah portion): practical, psychological, moral, spiritual.

Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Stick an average alumnus of the Israeli public school system into a synagogue during morning prayers, and chances are they would be bewildered. Even if they could recollect an arid Bible class they had to endure long ago, what good would it do them? They'd still be lost.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Moshe Arens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With the advent of the Arab Spring, the press predicted that Israel would be alone on the world stage. But burgeoning relationships with the Netherlands, Canada, and the Obama administration suggest otherwise.Blessed are the Bootleggers
Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While rabbis opposed Prohibition in the name of religious freedom, and many Jews embraced the black market, one Izzy Einstein became the most successful enforcer of dry laws in the country.