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Exile to Main StreetFriday, July 8, 2011 by Joseph Chamie and Barry Mirkin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Large-scale emigration, as Israel is now seeing, is particularly problematic given the state's relatively small population, unique ethnic composition, and regional political context.
What is Aggadah, and How to Read ItThursday, July 7, 2011 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Although the Talmud is best known for its discourse on religious law, its pages contain a vast amount of non-legal material, including ethical teachings, interpretations of biblical narratives (midrash), and excurses on topics from brain surgery to dream interpretation.
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Seth Mandel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From the late 1990's till now, Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to make progress toward peace have been thwarted by American Presidents with different ideas.Shrinking in the Apple
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Robert Goldblum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Not only has the number of Jews in New York City slipped below a million, but the flavor of Jewish life in the city is not what it once was.Touched by a Jewish Angel
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Peter Manseau | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Christian themes typify the work of the late actor Michael Landon (Highway to Heaven); sometimes, though, a Jewish sensibility bursts forth.The Myth of Israeli Competitiveness
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Yagil Weinberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite its few successes, Israel's economy is severely hobbled by inefficiency, low productivity, and the stranglehold of private/public monopolies. Time for a revolution?The King’s Talmud
Thursday, July 7, 2011 by Geoffrey Clarfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why Henry VIII needed to consult the Talmud, and what happened to the multi-volume edition he imported to England.Palin’s Pals
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Benyamin Korn | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In conservative "new media," an ethnically diverse and intellectually powerful vehicle for pro-American and pro-Israel voices, Jews have become increasingly prominent.Message from the Emperor
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 by Mark Harman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A vignette by Franz Kafka, first published in a Prague Zionist journal in 1919, tells a Chinese tale as an allegory of messianic longings.
Getting Birthright WrongWednesday, July 6, 2011 by Philip Getz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In mid-June, The Nation magazine, which for decades has provided a special platform for Jewish critics of Zionism, published an article by a young alumna of Birthright Israel, the organization that since 1999 has sent 260,000 young Diaspora Jews (including this writer) on free ten-day tours of the Holy Land.
