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The Birth of Conservative JudaismTuesday, July 10, 2012 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
My little corner of Queens, New York, where the six Conservative synagogues that existed two decades ago have dwindled to two, epitomizes the national movement.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"Keep the meat from the milk, keep the holy from the profane, keep the living from the dead. And the goyim from the Jews? As an incorrigible mixer, with the bruises to show for it, I am still thinking about that."How Much Should One Mourn?
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 by Eliakim Koenigsberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Whereas personal mourning declines in intensity over time, our national mourning for the destruction of the Temple will increase over the next three weeks.Dayan’s Lesson
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 by Stephen Daisley | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The European media may see the rise of Likud as a sign of the Israeli public’s lurch to the Right, but since Dayan and Rabin the Israeli Left has produced no one prepared to act.The Forgotten Refugees
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 by Ron Prosor | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
When the United Nations marks World Refugee Day this month, one group will be curiously absent from their commemorations: the 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries.National Torah Service
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 by Jeremy Sharon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For one Hasidic rebbe, ultra-Orthodox men should serve in the Israeli Defense Forces on one condition: that secular Israelis enlist in a parallel effort of Torah study.
The Cush ConnectionMonday, July 9, 2012 by Jonathan Neumann | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
One year ago today, South Sudan declared independence. An elated Israel officially recognized the new state the next day. In the year since, many optimistic hopes for the Middle East and North Africa have been dashed; but in the case of South Sudan, Israel’s optimism was justified.
Monday, July 9, 2012 by Sala Levin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ashkenazi Jews are not real Jews; Jews live longer than others; Jews have more red hair than the Irish; we all descend from Eve: only one of these statements is true.What Britain Really Thinks of Israel
While David Cameron may claim that Britain is a steadfast friend of Israel, new leaked documents from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office tell a different story.
