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The Social Activist’s TalmudTuesday, March 16, 2010 by Aryeh Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jewish progressives are reclaiming the language of tradition; what's in it for tradition?Why Endless Mideast Conflict?
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 by David Frum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Unlike other disputes, this one has been needlessly prolonged by the peace process.Israel’s Business
Monday, March 15, 2010 by Stefan Karlsson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Not yet the Hong Kong of the Middle East, but moving steadily in that direction.Market Watch
Monday, March 15, 2010 by Nehad Zarkawy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Arab consumers, and entrepreneurs, are a growing sector of the Israeli economy.Hands of Clay
Monday, March 15, 2010 by Michael Kaminer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An exhibit in Toronto showcases one of the Jewish state's most vibrant art forms.
The Messianic AliyahMonday, March 15, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Today marks the rededication of the Hurva (literally, "ruin") Synagogue, once the jewel in the crown of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Its history, and the debates over that history, open a window onto a fascinating chapter with powerful reverberations today. In 1700, days after arriving from Poland, a Jewish pietist purchased an abandoned plot known since the 15th century as "the Ashkenazi courtyard," hoping to build a synagogue. When his followers proved unable to keep up their payments, the Arab creditors reduced the site to rubble. In the 19th century it arose again, magnificently, thanks to the...
Monday, March 15, 2010 by David Horovitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What did an ultimate insider see, and what did he learn? An interview with Yehuda Avner.Vile but Not Criminal
Monday, March 15, 2010 by Lorne Gunter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A vicious hater of Jews has not yet crossed the line between speech and incitement to violence.
EruvOne of the more obscure municipal systems knocked out of commission by late February's blizzards along the Atlantic seaboard were eruvim. These, as the New York Times explained, are networks of poles and wires that construct symbolic boundaries around Jewish communities, thus enabling the observant to carry objects through outdoor public spaces on the Sabbath. The prohibition against carrying is of ancient vintage, attested in the book of Jeremiah (17:21-22): ". . . and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; neither carry forth a burden out of your houses." The Talmud (Shabbat...
Friday, March 12, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi condemned al-Qaeda and the full-face veil, but his devotion to Hosni Mubarak abetted the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood.
