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Where Time Ends
Monday, December 27, 2010 by Matthew Kalman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At Megiddo—Armageddon—will a new archeological project enable scholars to synchronize the clocks of the ancient world and create the first definitive calendar of human history?
Shabbat Upgrade
Monday, December 27, 2010 by Shoshana Chen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A "kosher lamp" is only one of a series of mass-marketed technological innovations for Sabbath-observant homes.
Law and Morality Law and Morality
Monday, December 27, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Are ethics and law at odds? Does the law define what is ethical, or do ethical concerns have their own purchase on the law? These questions, universally applicable, have special relevance to a religious culture like Judaism, whose traditional law is embodied in the vast corpus of halakhah.
Herzl and the Rabbis
Friday, December 24, 2010 by Alexander Yakobson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In Israel, a "wall of separation" between religion and state is not a realistic option—but a price should be imposed on religious officials who contravene the law and infringe the rights of their fellow citizens.
The Sound of (Classical) Music The Sound of (Classical) Music
Friday, December 24, 2010 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating its 75th anniversary this season, a milestone in a triumphant history linked with the names of famous conductors like Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, and Zubin Mehta. But it faces rough sailing ahead.
Preserving the Heritage
Friday, December 24, 2010 by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Sixteen structures and places in need of preservation have been added to the list of Israel's national-heritage sites, raising a predictable protest in some foreign media.
Think Bigger
Friday, December 24, 2010 by Leonard Saxe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

According to the latest study of the American Jewish population, the numbers have not been declining but increasing since 1990, and are significantly higher than previously estimated.
Free Pollard?
Friday, December 24, 2010 by Jennifer Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Netanyahu's request for the release of the imprisoned spy after 25 years has riled critics of Israel; but it's only a request, and some in Congress say the life sentence is unjust.
Truth, Lies, and the Holocaust Novel
Friday, December 24, 2010 by Jerome Chanes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In A Thousand Darknesses, Ruth Franklin addresses the question of whether, and how, to make literature out of the destruction of European Jewry
The Arabs vs. Iran: What They Really Think
Thursday, December 23, 2010 by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Contrary to widespread impression, the WikiLeak cables may be the wrong place to look for how Arab leaders define their policy toward Tehran.