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UNESCO’s New Plan
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Is a new role for UNESCO in Jerusalem's Old City a ploy to win back American funding—and has the White House been involved from the start?
Scotland’s New Gospel
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 by Archbishop Cranmer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"If God makes a promise to Jews, it's a metaphor.  If He makes a promise to Christians, it's literal except where it refers to the Jews and Israel."
The Black-Hat Underground The Black-Hat Underground
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Yoel Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

The likely closure of Aderaba, the magazine by, for, and about frustrated Israeli ba’alei teshuvah, demonstrates that the mainstream haredi community is too great to overcome—for now.
Psychological Warfare
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Mark Stout | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Engineers have accused Israel's missile defense system, Iron Dome, of far lower interception rates than the IDF claims. But its real success might not be physical, but psychological.
The Rav and the Rabbinate
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Jeffrey Saks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Asked why he had considered, and rejected, standing to be Israel's chief rabbi, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik explained: "In my great naiveté, I dreamed of being able to democratize the rabbinate in Israel."
The Paradox of Choice
Monday, May 6, 2013 by Peter Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"Judaism in America is faced with a paradox: Traditionally understood, being a Jew is a matter of destiny . . . But in American society today, remaining a Jew is in fact a matter of choice."