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Through Soviet Jewish EyesWednesday, July 13, 2011 by William Meyers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It is never not depressing: Any tale from the Soviet Union has to be depressing, whether it is conceived of as grotesque folly or simple tragedy, and if Jews are involved, all the more so. Jews are implicated in the creation of the Soviet Union, as its ardent supporters, and, inevitably, as victims of its apparatus of repression.
Reciprocating the Israeli craze for Indian movies, a delegation of filmmakers is scouting the Jewish state for possible locations and partnerships.Pinhas: “Simeon and Levi are Brothers”
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
This week's reading places principal emphasis on the order of the sacrifices, delineating the entire year's required offerings along with their accompanying libations and meal-offerings. It begins, however, where last week's reading left off: with the aftermath of the Midianites' seduction of the Israelites.The Hebrew Hammer
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Eitan Kensky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The closest a Jewish hitter has come to perfection: Hank Greenberg's 58 home runs for the Detroit Tigers in 1938.Man-oh-Manischewitz
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Jonathan D. Sarna | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How the world's largest manufacturer of gefilte fish came to be headed by two Moroccan Jews from Casablanca.
The Reluctant RenegadeTuesday, July 12, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Since its founding, Conservative Judaism in the U.S. has defined itself in sharp contrast to Reform, pursuing a more religiously centrist and Zionist middle course. Its UK parallel, Masorti ("traditional") Judaism, was born as a secession movement from Orthodoxy—inspired by theologian Louis Jacobs.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Clifford D. May | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What do the Second Amendment, the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, and support for Israel have in common?Reclaimed
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Doreen Carvajal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Centuries after the forced conversion of their ancestors to Catholicism, members of fifteen families on the island of Majorca have been recognized as full-fledged Jews.Baby Un-Boom
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Tamar Rotem | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Are ultra-Orthodox Israeli women giving up their "career" of multiple childbearing?The “Arab Spring” and Washington
Monday, July 11, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A fact eluding American policy makers is that every authoritarian regime is authoritarian in its own way—that Hosni Mubarak was no Saddam Hussein, nor even a Bashar Assad.
