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Taste TestThursday, February 10, 2011 by Katherine Martinelli | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Ben-Gurion said that "the Negev is the place where the Jewish people will be tested." He may not have had a destination restaurant in mind, but now there is one.Hidden Jews on the Mesa
Thursday, February 10, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the American Southwest, many Hispanics are learning of their Jewish DNA though genetic testing. (Video) Chronicle of a Doomed Uprising
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Y. Carmon, T. Kuper, and H. Migron | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Egyptian uprising was long overdue, and its achievements are real; but powerful factors conspire to prevent its success. Till the next time.Let My Husband Go
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Avi Weiss | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Twenty-five years ago, Avital Sharansky brought the plight of her husband Natan to international attention and engaged the world in the struggle to free Soviet Jewry.The Gentleman from Virginia
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Allison Hoffman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Already the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in U.S. history, Eric Cantor is a frontrunner for a nomination to the presidency of what he calls a "Christian nation."One-State Illusion
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Peter Berkowitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite its apparent evenhandedness, Sari Nusseibeh's proposal for an interim one-state solution sets the stage for a country in which Palestinians would feel at home and Jews would not.The Pagan Rabbi
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Alan Lurie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A rabbi explains how and why he believes in Zeus.
The Old New Jews
It has been 40 years since the publication of a slim but memorable volume of essays by young American Jewish radicals and intellectuals. The New Jews, edited by James Sleeper and Alan Mintz, sought to give voice to a small cohort at once deeply alienated from organized Jewish life and deeply attached to Jewish history and culture.
A Community in TroubleWednesday, February 9, 2011 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It has been 40 years since the publication of a slim but memorable volume of essays by young American Jewish radicals and intellectuals. The New Jews, edited by James Sleeper and Alan Mintz, sought to give voice to a small cohort at once deeply alienated from organized Jewish life and deeply attached to Jewish history and culture.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Leslie Wagner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
From assimilation and attrition to anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, British Jewry faces severe challenges; is it robust enough to withstand them?Out of Oslo
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 by Sigurd Neubauer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The sole surviving remnant of the Oslo Accords is regional cooperation on solving problems of water resources; arguably, this is not nothing.