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Man Stands Powerless Before ElevatorThursday, February 10, 2011 by James L. Kugel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In an interview, the renowned Bible scholar speaks of the "starkness" of religion, what modern Arabs owe to their Mesopotamian forebears, and living in the face of a cancer diagnosis.Taste Test
Thursday, February 10, 2011 by Katherine Martinelli | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ben-Gurion said that "the Negev is the place where the Jewish people will be tested." He may not have had a destination restaurant in mind, but now there is one.
The Old New Jews
It has been 40 years since the publication of a slim but memorable volume of essays by young American Jewish radicals and intellectuals. The New Jews, edited by James Sleeper and Alan Mintz, sought to give voice to a small cohort at once deeply alienated from organized Jewish life and deeply attached to Jewish history and culture.
Chronicle of a Doomed UprisingWednesday, February 9, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It has been 40 years since the publication of a slim but memorable volume of essays by young American Jewish radicals and intellectuals. The New Jews, edited by James Sleeper and Alan Mintz, sought to give voice to a small cohort at once deeply alienated from organized Jewish life and deeply attached to Jewish history and culture.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Y. Carmon, T. Kuper, and H. Migron | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Egyptian uprising was long overdue, and its achievements are real; but powerful factors conspire to prevent its success. Till the next time.Let My Husband Go
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Avi Weiss | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Twenty-five years ago, Avital Sharansky brought the plight of her husband Natan to international attention and engaged the world in the struggle to free Soviet Jewry.The Gentleman from Virginia
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Allison Hoffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Already the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in U.S. history, Eric Cantor is a frontrunner for a nomination to the presidency of what he calls a "Christian nation."One-State Illusion
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Peter Berkowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite its apparent evenhandedness, Sari Nusseibeh's proposal for an interim one-state solution sets the stage for a country in which Palestinians would feel at home and Jews would not.The Pagan Rabbi
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Alan Lurie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A rabbi explains how and why he believes in Zeus.Memory Hole
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Benny Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rambling, geopolitically bewildering, and quick to vilify Israel, Kai Bird's take on the Arab-Zionist conflict is also thoroughly at odds with the facts of history.Close Encounters?
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Jonah Mandel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Fake YouTube videos show the lights of UFO aircraft hovering over the Dome of the Rock. What really lit up was the Internet.