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Absent without LeaveTuesday, February 1, 2011 by Scott Perlo | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While not yet nearing extinction, the religious American male is definitely an endangered species, in Judaism and elsewhere. Why? And what can be done?
Cyrus, Ahmadinejad, and the Politics of PurimTuesday, February 1, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Anyone who deplores the politicization of the past should have been apoplectic in September 2010 at the sight of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad receiving the loan of the "Cyrus Cylinder" from officials of the British Museum.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"The Nazi leader settled into the back seat [of the plane] and tried to fasten his seat belt. It wouldn't stretch across his belly. . . ." Who Needs Jewish Yoga?
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Torah Yoga, Kosher Yoga, Kabbalah Yoga: in the eyes of one Hindu spokesman, yoga is a universal heritage and is not at odds with any faith, even Judaism.A Vanished World
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 by Judith Shulevitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Panorama, a Holocaust novel written in 1948 but unpublished until 1968 and only now being made available in English, should have marked the brilliant debut of a major German writer. A World Unknown
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Renee Ghert-Zand | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The American journalist Edward Serotta has collected the life stories and family photographs of elderly Jews who chose to remain in Central Europe after World War II. (Slideshow and video.)Under Islamic Influence
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Jessica Marglin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Judaism's influence on Islamic law has been investigated by scholars. What about the other way around?
Blood LibelsMonday, January 31, 2011 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Among the unexpected consequences of the January 9 shooting tragedy in Tucson has been the introduction into American public discourse of a term seldom used and poorly understood.
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Western observers are captured by the moment, but it is not always a good thing when people go to the streets.Minyan 2.0
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Margot Lurie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Can independent prayer groups help solve the "crisis of meaning" in American Judaism?
