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Waiting for Abbas
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Ehud Olmert | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"I completely gave up on having an Israeli presence in the Jordan Valley. . . . I proposed a compromise on sovereignty over the Temple Mount." (Interview by Avi Issacharoff)
Kafka on Trial
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Susanne Klingenstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Two new books show how, and how not, to approach the work of Franz Kafka, now that there is little original left to say.
Lending Limits
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

By allowing loans to be reformulated as business deals, the Talmud circumvents the Torah’s prohibition on usury.  But there are limits to when this legal device should be used. 
Christianity: Good for the Jews? Christianity: Good for the Jews?
Friday, May 24, 2013 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Examining the state of contemporary Christendom in an article first published January 5, 2012, Elliot Jager asks whether Jews have an interest in seeing Christianity thrive—and answers yes.