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The Orthodox Go to Washington
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Yair Rosenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Offering sessions aimed at Orthodox rabbis for the first time, this year's AIPAC conference reflects a broader trend of engagement in the political process by the Orthodox community.
Vienna’s Jewish University
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Cnaan Lipshiz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

To its founder, the Lauder Business School is a first-rate business university for European Jews.  To Austria, it is a chance to "re-establish Vienna as the seat of Jewish intelligentsia."
Believing in the Novel
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by J. L. Wall | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Recently, author Paul Elie sounded the death knell for the "novel of belief."  But did he overlook contemporary Jewish fiction?
The Outsider
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Joseph Epstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A Jew who dismissed his native Romania as "a sewer," Saul Steinberg became "the only major artist in the United States who is not associated with any art movement or style, past or present."
What Lurks Underneath Odessa?
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 by Moses Gates | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

"We spend hours in the catacombs, doing several trips to various sections. . . . Then we turn a corner and see a circle about a foot in diameter with a swastika carved into it."
When Liberal Protestants Were Zionists When Liberal Protestants Were Zionists
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 by Judah Bellin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

It is hard to imagine a liberal Christian theologian passionately defending Zionism today.  But Reinhold Niebuhr praised Zionism as a means to the establishment of "highest civilization."