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Intellectuals in Flight
Friday, October 22, 2010 by Sol Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A hit job in the New York Review of Books highlights the disgraceful abandonment of Israel by Western liberal intellectuals.
Right Turn?
Friday, October 22, 2010 by Tevi Troy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The American Jewish vote remains strongly Democratic at the national level but is less so at the state level—which could make a difference in some of November's close-run races.
Guaranteed in America Guaranteed in America
Friday, October 22, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Why should the Netanyahu government place any faith in the incentives offered by President Barack Obama in return for an extension of the moratorium on settlement construction? So grumble some Israelis, pointing for added emphasis to Obama's refusal to honor an earlier, Bush-administration pledge to Ariel Sharon.
Why Rabin Square was Empty
Friday, October 22, 2010 by Israel Harel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

If this year's memorial rally for the slain leader was sparsely attended, the reason is not public apathy but Israelis' weariness with the glorification of a peace agreement soaked in Jewish blood.
Keep the Sabbath, or Keep the Doors Open?
Friday, October 22, 2010 by Michael Klein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Should Philadelphia's new National Museum of American Jewish History remain open on Saturdays? An only-in-America debate.
Why the Loyalty Oath Is a Good Deal
Friday, October 22, 2010 by David Suissa | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

When there were still Jews in Arab lands, they would have jumped at the chance to pledge loyalty to a "Muslim and democratic state" in return for the same protections Arabs enjoy today in Israel.
Sacrificial Images
Friday, October 22, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A gallery of Jewish art depicts the Binding of Isaac, an event related in this week's Scripture reading.
Family Matters
Thursday, October 21, 2010 by Julia M. O’Brien | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Hebrew Bible portrays many models of family life, each arising from a distinctive economic situation.
The Rabbis vs. the Reconstructionist
Thursday, October 21, 2010 by Zachary Silver | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In 1945, a group of Orthodox rabbis transformed the face of American Jewish religion by burning Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan's Sabbath Prayer Book and excommunicating its author. (PDF)
Scroll Through
Thursday, October 21, 2010 by Tia Goldbenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Israel Antiquities Authority is partnering with Google to digitize the entire collection of Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts for online public viewing.
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