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JDudMonday, July 18, 2011 by Matthew Ackerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Could the demise of the Jewish music promoter JDub Records, though much mourned by its fans, be a harbinger of increasing seriousness among funders? Café Krakow
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Ruth Ellen Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Café-crawling the former Jewish quarter of Krakow, three artists turn up some tasteful, nice hangouts—and some cringeworthy Jewish-themed kitsch.The Poet’s Poet’s Poet
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Jake Marmer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For Louis Zukofsky, a leading force behind the Objectivist movement, Judaism was a compass to navigate worlds old and new.
A Tale of Two Nation-StatesFriday, July 15, 2011 by Diana Muir Appelbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
What made Greece, long a pro-Arab country with a history of anti-Semitism and a notoriously soft line on terrorism, stop political activists from sailing a flotilla to Gaza? What led Greece to rush fire-fighting helicopters to the Mt. Carmel fire?
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The U.S. has attempted to train a Palestinian security force only to see it become part of the problem; meanwhile, American tax dollars now flow to a Fatah-Hamas coalition.Digging the Bible’s Bad Guys
Friday, July 15, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Excavations at Goliath-the-giant's hometown of Gath are helping to paint a more nuanced portrait of the Philistines, perennial enemies of the Israelites.Never the Twain Shall Meet?
Friday, July 15, 2011 by Benjamin Resnick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the view of an American rabbinical student, the tension between liberalism and Zionism is real, much deeper than many think, and potentially unresolvable.
The Bible and the Good LifeThursday, July 14, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
What manner of work is the Hebrew Bible? The 17th-century freethinker Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza had an answer. As part of his war to emancipate philosophy from the influence of religion, he reduced the biblical message to, in effect, one word: obedience.
Thursday, July 14, 2011 by Herb Keinon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The former U.S. ambassador to the UN speaks about Washington, Tehran's nuclear-weapons program, and a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. (With video.)Found
Thursday, July 14, 2011 by Rebecca Santana | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A trove of Jewish books and materials rescued in 2003 from a Baghdad basement is caught up in a tug-of-war between the U.S. and Iraq.

