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Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Suzanne Garment | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a recent issue of Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues, Debra Mesch, director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, together with colleagues, has published an article called "Does Jewish Philanthropy Differ by Sex and Type of Giving?"
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Menachem Kellner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What is it about Maimonides? Few have read him, fewer have understood him, and yet everyone, from Yeshayahu Leibowitz to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, wants him in his camp.“Our 9/11”
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Matthew Shaer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The faithful of Borough Park have a saying: "We are all of one face." The life of Levi Aron, the outcast awaiting trial for the murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, suggests otherwise.Boundaries and Barriers
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Most deaf Jews are not involved in Jewish life; the barriers to participation are simply too high. But the community is changing rapidly.A Second Chance for Europe?
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Tommy Berzi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As European leaders come to understand Israel's unique security predicament, the time might be right for Israel to establish symmetry vis-à-vis the Palestinian land demands.When David Defends Goliath
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Arthur Herman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After decades of depending on the Pentagon for military technology, Israel's defense industry is gaining a competitive advantage over its American rival. Indeed, the U.S. is becoming one of its best customers.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Micah Stein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Vernon Olsen was a 21-year-old seaman assigned to mess hall duty aboard the USS Arizona, a battleship moored in the calm waters of Pearl Harbor. At 7:55 that morning, the ship's air raid alarm sounded.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Seth Lipsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Republican Jewish Coalition may see Ron Paul's ideas as outside the mainstream—but isn't the whole idea of an organization of Jewish Republicans worrying about the mainstream a bit contradictory?Inside Adbusters
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Michael C. Moynihan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the apocalyptic vision of the magazine that sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement, the ravages of capitalism compete only with Zionism to cause the most harm to planet Earth.“Very plain, very severe”
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Ezra Glinter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Curating an exhibit of Hanukkah lamps, Maurice Sendak chose simple pieces that recall the family that he lost in the Holocaust. (Slideshow)