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Brave Kosher WorldMonday, November 22, 2010 by Edmund Sanders | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As more ultra-Orthodox Jews venture online, providers in Israel offer pre-screening services to filter out potentially offensive content.Why Hebrew?
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Douglas Mangum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When, and especially why, did the ancient Israelites abandon the Babylonian lingua franca and start producing literature in their own language? And why did Hebrew survive? (Part 1 of 2.)
The Brothers LurkMonday, November 22, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
November is election month not just in the United States but also in Jordan and Egypt. On November 9 Jordanians voted overwhelmingly to fill their parliament with loyalists of King Abdullah II. Egyptians will go to the polls on November 28 to elect the People's Assembly, and there is little doubt that Hosni Mubarak's ruling National Democratic party will remain in control.
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Elliott Abrams and Michael Singh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The latest "deal" between Hillary Clinton and Benjamin Netanyahu shows just how misguided the administration's policy is.Webinar Mitzvah
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Amy Virshup | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Online bar- and bat-mitzvah preparation, whether through Skype tutorials or software, is an increasingly popular option. Is the message lost in the medium?Running in Uganda
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Jennifer Lipman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A member of the Abayudaya community is putting in a bid to become the first rabbi serving in a national parliament outside of Israel.
Why Rachel’s Tomb MattersFriday, November 19, 2010 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
All cultures build on what came before them. But how they treat the past is a measure of cultures in the present. The treatment by Muslims of Rachel's tomb, lately much in the news, is a case in point.
Friday, November 19, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's fulfillment of a UN agreement to withdraw from the Israel-Lebanon border town of Ghajar will create 2,000 stateless refugees; no human-rights organizations are coming to defend them.A Greek Gift
Friday, November 19, 2010 by Michelle Michalos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Tucked away on New York's Lower East Side, the last Greek synagogue in the Western hemisphere remains a gathering place for Romaniote Jews, a group distinct from both Ashkenazim and Sephardim. (With video.)Now City
Friday, November 19, 2010 by Sol Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
With the issue of war and peace out of their hands, Tel Avivians keep on living and building—as their parents and grandparents have done, under similarly perilous conditions, for 100 years.