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Radical Orthodoxy
Thursday, December 29, 2011 by Daniel Boyarin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Talmud scholar imagines a religious practice, "free of the ethnocentrism and even racism that characterizes so much of contemporary orthodox language . . . that would authentically enable my own radical political commitments." (Interview with Alan Brill)
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Part I

Thursday, December 29, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

A two-part glimpse back at some of the year's most popular Jewish Ideas Daily features that you might have missed. Here, part I.
Where are the Red Lines?
Thursday, December 29, 2011 by Eli Lake | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

New diplomacy between the U.S. and Israel has prompted conversations over what triggers would justify a preemptive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
“Fight Judaization!”
Thursday, December 29, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The tour of Arab capitals being conducted by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh demonstrates that Hamas' goal is not only to destroy the State of Israel but to eradicate Jewish history.
Helen Frankenthaler
Thursday, December 29, 2011 by James Panero | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Three essays on the life's work of the recently deceased abstract artist, including one on the painting that made her famous, Mountains and Sea (1952).
Thatcher and the Jews
Thursday, December 29, 2011 by Charles C. Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Unlike most Tory politicians before her, the Iron Lady was a staunch defender of Jewish causes and a supporter of Israel in her political career.
Urban Planning, Hasmonean-Style Urban Planning, Hasmonean-Style
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by Elli Fischer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

In the early 1990s, construction began on Modi'in, Israel's new "City of the Future." Designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie and located mid-way between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Modi'in is in many ways typical of modern planned communities.
Key Decision
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by Joseph Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

After 1,500 years, an index to the Talmud has been created—and not by a white-bearded sage, but by a courtly, clean-shaven, tennis-playing immigration lawyer from the Bronx.
Those Who Came Before
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by Alan Brill | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"Just as a person must find for himself a teacher in this world, so too a person must find for himself a teacher in the next world," said Simcha Bunim. The commemoration of yahrzeits is an ideal way to do so.
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 by Hana Levi Julian | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran shows readers inside his collection of the Hanukkah tops, one of the loveliest and largest in the world. (Photos)
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