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Two Palestinian AuthoritiesFriday, April 23, 2010 by Jonathan Spyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The political divide between Ramallah and Gaza is no more reconcilable than the same, larger divide in the Middle East as a whole.
What the Archaeologist KnewThursday, April 22, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The ghosts of Qumran have conjured up two distinct communities of modern scholars: the archaeologists who dig in the caves and discover the libraries, and the textual scholars who read and interpret the Dead Sea Scrolls in cavernous libraries of their own. Not many have been able to move with assurance among both. One of them was Hanan Eshel, who died earlier this month at age fifty-two. The author of more than 200 articles and several books aimed at both scholars and the wider public, Eshel synthesized a broad knowledge of classical Jewish texts with rich archaeological experience and a deep...
Thursday, April 22, 2010 by Eric K. Clemons and Elizabeth T. Gray | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Pressuring Israel to stop building in East Jerusalem will not achieve any of its desired objectives.In Budapest, with Ghosts
Thursday, April 22, 2010 by Haviv Rettig Gur | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A group looking for "a small parcel of Jewish history" finds instead that "Jewish history had come looking for us."Welcoming Immigrants
Thursday, April 22, 2010 by Alexander Yakobson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Alongside the Law of Return, Israel's national interest requires a well-regulated immigration and naturalization process.“If God Tells You to Go Somewhere, You’d Better Go”
Thursday, April 22, 2010 by Rick Richman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
At Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, Pastor Rick Warren reads from Genesis 12 and Israel's Declaration of Independence.Pioneer of Hebrew Dance
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 by Roni Dori | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The centenarian Yardena Cohen reflects on a lifetime of faith and art.Toward a Better Text
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 by Harvey Minkoff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Thanks to the Dead Sea Scrolls, some longstanding mysteries of the Hebrew Bible have been resolved.Cheerleaders in the Holy City
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Pushing for modest dress, an unusual combination of Orthodox and feminist groups scores with a Jerusalem basketball team.Solving Israel’s Constitutional Dilemma
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 by Michael Wyschogrod | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How strange is it to imagine reconciling the modern concept of a state with a religious concept of legitimacy more than three millennia old?
