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The Myth of Israeli CompetitivenessThursday, July 7, 2011 by Yagil Weinberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite its few successes, Israel's economy is severely hobbled by inefficiency, low productivity, and the stranglehold of private/public monopolies. Time for a revolution?The King’s Talmud
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Geoffrey Clarfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why Henry VIII needed to consult the Talmud, and what happened to the multi-volume edition he imported to England.
What is Aggadah, and How to Read ItThursday, July 7, 2011 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Although the Talmud is best known for its discourse on religious law, its pages contain a vast amount of non-legal material, including ethical teachings, interpretations of biblical narratives (midrash), and excurses on topics from brain surgery to dream interpretation.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by John Lalor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Irishman wonders how, given his country's appalling moral obtuseness, Israelis can love it as much as they do.Palin’s Pals
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Benyamin Korn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In conservative "new media," an ethnically diverse and intellectually powerful vehicle for pro-American and pro-Israel voices, Jews have become increasingly prominent.Message from the Emperor
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Mark Harman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A vignette by Franz Kafka, first published in a Prague Zionist journal in 1919, tells a Chinese tale as an allegory of messianic longings.
Getting Birthright WrongWednesday, July 6, 2011 by Philip Getz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In mid-June, The Nation magazine, which for decades has provided a special platform for Jewish critics of Zionism, published an article by a young alumna of Birthright Israel, the organization that since 1999 has sent 260,000 young Diaspora Jews (including this writer) on free ten-day tours of the Holy Land.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Ralph Gardner, and Jr. | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the trail with the "adventure rabbi," seeking the divine in the great outdoors.Studying the Dead Sea Scrolls
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Jean Duhaime | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In a collection of essays, scholars consider and reconsider their methods of understanding the ancient manuscripts and the world in which they were composed.The Churches Against Israel
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by Giulio Meotti | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The World Council of Churches, 590 million strong, has not a word to say about Islamists persecuting Arab Christians—but has declared the Jewish state a sin, and "resistance" to it a Christian duty.