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In an Ancient Hand
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Ben Hartman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A tiny clay fragment dating back to the 14th century B.C.E. is believed to be the oldest written document ever found in Jerusalem.
Torah Flora
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Aliza Donath | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

From sage to sea holly, an ethnobotanist gives a tour of plants and their Jewish connections.
The Rabbi and the Rabba
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Abigail Pogrebin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Was the ordination of the first woman in American Orthodox Judaism a religious move, or a political one?   
“A Simple Jew” “A Simple Jew”
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Last Friday, several thousand people gathered in Jerusalem for the funeral of Rabbi Yehuda Amital, an extraordinarily complex figure whose journey took him from prewar Hungary, via the Holocaust and the 1948 War of Independence, to the elite of the rabbinic world, the heart of Israel's military, the hilltops of Judea, and eventually the Israeli cabinet. Throughout, the yeshiva he founded and led, and the ideal of Torah study it embodied, were central to his life and teaching.
Arnold Schoenberg, Zionist
Monday, July 12, 2010 by Benjamin Ivry | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A groundbreaking French-language study, "Schoenberg's Century," makes evident that the composer's artistic pride was matched by a passionate attachment to the Jewish people.
Royal Flush
Monday, July 12, 2010 by Barry Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What explains the longevity of the Saudis and other Persian Gulf rulers? The right blend of repression, co-optation, and corruption, plus a talent for exporting their trouble-makers.
Who Was Yehiel Krize?
Monday, July 12, 2010 by Dalia Karpel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An exhibit at the Ein Harod museum showcases 150 works by a fruit packer and fiercely dedicated expressionist painter, mainly of Israeli landscapes, who died in 1968.
The “Times” Aggresses Again
Monday, July 12, 2010 by Caroline B. Glick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A 5,000-word "investigation" of U.S. charitable groups, aimed at undermining American policy in the Middle East, is wrong on the facts, wrong on the law, and wrong on the issues.
Dear Judaism
Monday, July 12, 2010 by Lisa Miller | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A plea for reducing the financial costs of Jewish life not just for the deeply committed but for all, including the intermarried, who want to raise Jewish children.
The Arab Peace Initiative The Arab Peace Initiative
Monday, July 12, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Among the things remaining unclear in the aftermath of the visit to Washington last week of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the next negotiating move of the Palestinians.  President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority has warned that if his objectives in the "proximity talks" mediated by the U.S. are not achieved by mid-September, he will ask the Arab League to press harder with its 2002 Arab Peace Initiative. This document has become part of the verbiage of international declarations on the Arab-Israel conflict. According to the American envoy George Mitchell, it has also been incorporated into the Obama...
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