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Who Needs Jewish Yoga?Tuesday, February 1, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Torah Yoga, Kosher Yoga, Kabbalah Yoga: in the eyes of one Hindu spokesman, yoga is a universal heritage and is not at odds with any faith, even Judaism.A Vanished World
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 by Judith Shulevitz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Panorama, a Holocaust novel written in 1948 but unpublished until 1968 and only now being made available in English, should have marked the brilliant debut of a major German writer. The Pragmatic Fantasy
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 by Caroline B. Glick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The overwhelming animosity of the "Arab Street" toward Israel has caused political realists to argue—wrongly—that the country's best play is to cut deals with Arab dictators.Absent without Leave
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 by Scott Perlo | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
While not yet nearing extinction, the religious American maleĀ is definitely an endangered species, in Judaism and elsewhere. Why? And what can be done?
Cyrus, Ahmadinejad, and the Politics of Purim
Anyone who deplores the politicization of the past should have been apoplectic in September 2010 at the sight of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad receiving the loan of the "Cyrus Cylinder" from officials of the British Museum.
On the Protests in EgyptTuesday, February 1, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Anyone who deplores the politicization of the past should have been apoplectic in September 2010 at the sight of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad receiving the loan of the "Cyrus Cylinder" from officials of the British Museum.
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Western observers are captured by the moment, but it is not always a good thing when people go to the streets.Minyan 2.0
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Margot Lurie | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Can independent prayer groups help solve the "crisis of meaning" in American Judaism?Leaving Bitterness Behind
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Danna Harman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A legendary warrior and the man poised to become foreign minister of South Sudan talk about the long path to independence and their prospective nation's fateful relationship with Israel.A World Unknown
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Renee Ghert-Zand | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The American journalist Edward Serotta has collected the life stories and family photographs of elderly Jews who chose to remain in Central Europe after World War II. (Slideshow and video.)Under Islamic Influence
Monday, January 31, 2011 by Jessica Marglin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Judaism's influence on Islamic law has been investigated by scholars. What about the other way around?