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Whose Jews?Tuesday, November 23, 2010 by Joel M. Hoffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Out of delicacy, no doubt, a new translation of the Christian Bible sometimes renders the Greek word ioudaioi ("Jews") as "Jewish leaders"; it would have been better to leave the text as is.
Taking SidesTuesday, November 23, 2010 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the publisher's materials that accompany her new book, the novelist Cynthia Ozick is described as having written a "photographic negative" of Henry James's great 1903 masterpiece, The Ambassadors. Her Foreign Bodies is said to offer a "reversal of [James's] meaning." But what is her meaning?
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 by Patrick Jarenwattananon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel has a jazz footprint totally out of proportion to its small size; listen to four standout records released just in the last months. (Audio)The DNA Speaks
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 by Sharon Begley | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The latest and most thorough analysis of Jewish genomes shows, among other things, that European Jews are definitely not the descendants of Khazars.
The Brothers LurkMonday, November 22, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
November is election month not just in the United States but also in Jordan and Egypt. On November 9 Jordanians voted overwhelmingly to fill their parliament with loyalists of King Abdullah II. Egyptians will go to the polls on November 28 to elect the People's Assembly, and there is little doubt that Hosni Mubarak's ruling National Democratic party will remain in control.
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Elliott Abrams and Michael Singh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The latest "deal" between Hillary Clinton and Benjamin Netanyahu shows just how misguided the administration's policy is.Webinar Mitzvah
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Amy Virshup | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Online bar- and bat-mitzvah preparation, whether through Skype tutorials or software, is an increasingly popular option. Is the message lost in the medium?Running in Uganda
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Jennifer Lipman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A member of the Abayudaya community is putting in a bid to become the first rabbi serving in a national parliament outside of Israel.Brave Kosher World
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Edmund Sanders | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As more ultra-Orthodox Jews venture online, providers in Israel offer pre-screening services to filter out potentially offensive content.Why Hebrew?
Monday, November 22, 2010 by Douglas Mangum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When, and especially why, did the ancient Israelites abandon the Babylonian lingua franca and start producing literature in their own language? And why did Hebrew survive? (Part 1 of 2.)
