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Kidneys and KindnessThursday, May 24, 2012 by Devora Steinmetz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why one woman chose to donate a kidney to a stranger—and what she makes of the fact that her decision is an unusual one.Gold in Them Thar Hills
Thursday, May 24, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Photos of the recently unearthed jewelry trove that may be one of the most valuable discoveries from the biblical period.
Sleepless on ShavuotThursday, May 24, 2012 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Two practices long associated with Shavuot, the "time of the revelation of the Law" (z'man matan Torateinu), are the enrolling of children in religious school and the marathon all-night study vigil (tikkun leyl Shavuot).
Thursday, May 24, 2012 by Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Go ahead and break the current tablets—here are the new shalls and shall nots.Know Your Enemy
Thursday, May 24, 2012 by Jodi Rudoren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After a hiatus of two decades, schools in Gaza are starting to teach Hebrew again. It isn't because they've discovered a heartfelt interest in a neighboring culture.Ballpark Figures
Thursday, May 24, 2012 by Jon Paul Morosi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Through the Law of Return, Israel's national baseball team could recruit a number of established major leaguers.
(F)rum RunnersWednesday, May 23, 2012 by Lawrence J. Epstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Prohibition is perennially making a comeback, at least in the media; and this is one of those revival times. It began with the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire, now in its second season, set in Prohibition-era Atlantic City and priding itself on its historical accuracy.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Jonathan Schanzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new congressional bill could slash the number of Palestinian refugees—but neither the UNRWA nor its beneficiaries is likely to accept this change of status without a fight.Odyssey in Odessa
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Paul Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A century ago, Odessa's rambunctious ghetto rivaled New York's Lower East Side as a melting pot. Now? "If you want the real Moldavanka you must go to Brooklyn."B’midbar: Tribe and Staff
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
Torah Talk with Michael Carasik When is a tribe not a shevet? When it is a mateh (and vice versa). We begin "the Book of Tribes" this week, and one of the two Hebrew words for "tribe" will play a major role. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:11:22
