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Trusting Its OwnFriday, December 9, 2011 by Israel Harel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Adopting foreign interests influences the crucial debate over the Iranian nuclear threat. It's time for Israel to trust its own elected decision-makers.
Shtik and Sensibility
Theater can challenge preconceptions or play it safe. Relatively Speaking, a set of one-act plays by Ethan Coen, Elaine May, and Woody Allen, rises to the challenge. The plays are variations on the theme of the Jewish mother, and two are predictable—but one is unusual.
In the Court of the TzadikFriday, December 9, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Theater can challenge preconceptions or play it safe. Relatively Speaking, a set of one-act plays by Ethan Coen, Elaine May, and Woody Allen, rises to the challenge. The plays are variations on the theme of the Jewish mother, and two are predictable—but one is unusual.
Friday, December 9, 2011 by Geoffrey Clarfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Accompanying Shlomo Carlebach to a prayer service in a Sufi meeting house.A Second Chance for Europe?
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Tommy Berzi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As European leaders come to understand Israel's unique security predicament, the time might be right for Israel to establish symmetry vis-à-vis the Palestinian land demands.Mind the Gap
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Gary Rosenblatt | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
There are discussion groups between Jews and Christians, and Jews and Muslims; now, how about we address the growing divide between Orthodox Jews and the rest of the community?
Bittersweet Charity
In a recent issue of Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues, Debra Mesch, director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, together with colleagues, has published an article called "Does Jewish Philanthropy Differ by Sex and Type of Giving?"
Best Loved, Least KnownThursday, December 8, 2011 by Suzanne Garment | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a recent issue of Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues, Debra Mesch, director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, together with colleagues, has published an article called "Does Jewish Philanthropy Differ by Sex and Type of Giving?"
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Menachem Kellner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What is it about Maimonides? Few have read him, fewer have understood him, and yet everyone, from Yeshayahu Leibowitz to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, wants him in his camp.“Our 9/11”
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Matthew Shaer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The faithful of Borough Park have a saying: "We are all of one face." The life of Levi Aron, the outcast awaiting trial for the murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, suggests otherwise.Boundaries and Barriers
Thursday, December 8, 2011 by Sue Fishkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Most deaf Jews are not involved in Jewish life; the barriers to participation are simply too high. But the community is changing rapidly.When David Defends Goliath
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Arthur Herman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
After decades of depending on the Pentagon for military technology, Israel's defense industry is gaining a competitive advantage over its American rival. Indeed, the U.S. is becoming one of its best customers.