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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 by Jean-Baptiste Piggin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Dramatic new methods have been developed to sort the thousands of still unidentified fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls without damage to the goatskin parchments.
Going Kosher?
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A forthcoming book challenges Reform Jews to develop a dietary practice based on such values as sustainability, morality—and, yes, kashrut.
The Archeology Wars
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 by Robert Draper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Was the Jerusalem of David and Solomon a little cow town, or the capital of a glorious empire?
Why is This Knight Different from All Other Knights?
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At German Jewish weddings nearly a thousand years ago, jousting competitions were part of the entertainment.
The Merchant of Broadway
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by Terry Teachout | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Now on Broadway, Al Pacino's Shylock is galvanic. Even if you think he's flirting with caricature—and he is—the results are enthralling.
On the Trail of a Terrorist
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by Sebastian Rotella | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Two years ago, Jews and Americans were targeted in a devastating terror attack in Mumbai. In the interest of maintaining good relations with Pakistan, will the U.S. permit the perpetrators to get away with it?
The Urban Hermitage
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by Yaacov Lozowick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Once desert outposts, ancient monasteries or their uncovered remains are now part of Israel's urban and suburban landscape.
Diplomat and Rescuer
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by Anna Mundow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Raoul Wallenberg saved more human beings from certain execution than anyone else in history. Alex Kershaw's The Envoy tells the story—including what happened when the diplomat met Adolf Eichmann face to face.
Obama and Israel: What Now? Obama and Israel: What Now?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by Benjamin Kerstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Since the Obama administration's major defeat in the American midterm elections, commentators have been wondering how the new constellation of forces in Washington will affect the president's Middle East peace initiative.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Identity
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by Edward Rothstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Philadelphia's new National Museum of American Jewish History is more preoccupied with the freedom given Jews to become Americans than with the freedom given them to remain Jews.