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B’midbar: Names and NumbersWednesday, May 8, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
The names we still use and the names we don't. (Click here for source sheet.) Download Jerusalem Unified
Today, on Yom Yerushalayim, Israel commemorates the unification of Jerusalem, when the IDF wrested East Jerusalem and the Old City from Jordanian control. Here's how it happened. Jerusalem Today
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Danny Adeno Abebe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jerusalem's economy and religious population are growing, but the exodus of young professionals from the capital continues, according to a new report.Buried in Good Company
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Rafael Medoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jerusalem's Mount of Olives cemetery is the final resting place of 150,000 people, from biblical prophets to Zionist leaders—including some lesser-known heroes.Divorcing the Rabbinate from Marriage
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Israel Drazin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's "state-backed Orthodox rabbinic court monopoly must be disbanded and replaced by a rich and vibrant mosaic of voluntary rabbinic courts," argues a new book.Second Temple Torah
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Lawrence H. Schiffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Fostering the conception that rationales can be offered for almost all the commandments is a product of Hellenistic Judaism in the Second Temple period."
A Time Capsule
Petitions (kvitlekh) addressed to the 19th-century miracle worker Rabbi Elijah Guttmacher provide something almost never found in hoary Hebrew tomes or official Polish documents: windows into the struggles and secret anxieties of everyday Jews in Eastern Europe.
Israel’s New RulesTuesday, May 7, 2013 by Glenn Dynner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Petitions (kvitlekh) addressed to the 19th-century miracle worker Rabbi Elijah Guttmacher provide something almost never found in hoary Hebrew tomes or official Polish documents: windows into the struggles and secret anxieties of everyday Jews in Eastern Europe.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by Eyal Zisser | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For 20 years, Israel has avoided attacking Hizballah's Syrian supply line for fear of retaliation from Damascus. Last weekend's strikes show that the rules of the game have changed.Hungary’s New Nazism
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by Colin Freeman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Instead of convening in Jerusalem, the World Jewish Congress takes place this week in Budapest to highlight mounting anti-Semitism in Hungary—which is steadily becoming institutionalized.