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The Last Books The Last Books
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Jonathan Brent | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The invisible structures created by the Jewish people of Eastern Europe over a thousand years were given shape and transmitted through the books and the documents collected by YIVO.  These structures still move us.  If we do not know what they are, we do not know ourselves.
B’har-B’hukotai: Walk This Way
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

What does it mean to "walk" in God's laws? (Click here for source sheet.) Download  
Of States and Settlements
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Max Singer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Instead of opposing the Levy Report, which affirms Israel's right to settle in the West Bank, advocates of a two-state solution should support it—because "the question of legality is separate from that of prudence."
Of Women and Walls
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Elliott Horowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At the Western Wall in 1842, William Bartlett saw "seated many venerable men, reading the books of the law," but also "many women . . . kissing its ancient masonry, and praying through the crevices."
Friends, but Not Allies
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by P. R. Kumaraswamy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Despite continuing political differences, India has forged a mutually beneficial relationship with Israel—by decoupling bilateral relations from the peace process.
Faith and Family
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Mary Eberstadt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"The welfare state has been an ineffective and hideously expensive substitute for the fractured Western family.  If the churches are to succeed, they must compete successfully against it."
In Defense of Kissinger
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by Robert D. Kaplan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Despite being America's first Jewish Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger dismissed the refuseniks as "not an American concern."  But, "Kissinger’s realism was more effective than the humanitarianism of Jewish groups."
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