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Slow Food
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Elizabeth Alpern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

This Shabbat, ring in the new with the old—ancient cholent recipes from Italy, Iraq, and around the globe.
Comeback Kids? Comeback Kids?
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Israeli elections are far off. But two familiar figures, only recently down and out, have re-emerged at opposite ends of the political spectrum, setting journalists and veteran observers to wonder about the future shape of things.
Generation F
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Steve Lipman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Their parents' and grandparents' spiritual lives were marked by a single strong affiliation, but today's young Jews have shifting practices and allegiances. Is this fluidity good or bad for the community?
What 1967 Borders?
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Alan Baker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Palestinian Authority is demanding recognition of lines that never existed.
Uncivil Service
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 by Judy Dempsey | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As increasing light is shed on the active involvement by government bureaucrats in the Nazi annihilation of Jews, today's German foreign and finance ministries are having to confront their past.
Open Secret
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a confidential 2008 memo to U.S. State Department representatives around the world, Condoleezza Rice confirmed that Israel had destroyed a Syrian nuclear reactor.
All the News That’s Fit to Scan
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 by Ofer Aderet | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Hundreds of thousands of pages from Jewish newspapers old and new will be uploaded, in fully seachable form, through a joint initiative of the Jewish National Library and Tel Aviv University.
Saluting the Sisterhood
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 by Leah Berkenwald | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Remembering the Jewish women
Va’era: Rhyme and Reason in the Ten Plagues
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

By Moshe Sokolow This week’s Torah portion features seven of the ten plagues that are to strike Pharaoh, the Egyptians, and the land of Egypt itself.  Their variety invites the question of whether they in general, and their sequence in particular, are random or reasoned.
Plant a Tree in Israel?
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 by Joel Greenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Perhaps not; in the wake of the Carmel fires there is general agreement that the focus should be on sustainable management and a decades-long process of natural regeneration.