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Levittown on the Jordan?Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by Armin Rosen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rawabi on the West Bank will be the first Palestinian planned community. If it succeeds, it will show that Palestinians already have considerable power to shape their own future. The Conversion Crisis
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by Marc Angel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
"The halakhic Jewishness of an Orthodox convert is not decided by the Rabbanut—but by God. The Rabbanut has no right whatever to question or deny the validity of halakhic conversions."The Mehitzah Heresy
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by Harry Maryles | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Today, it goes without saying that an Orthodox synagogue must have a mehitzah separating men and women in worship. But one great "decider" of the 20th century thought otherwise.
Department of Excuses: BDS at Brooklyn CollegeTuesday, February 12, 2013 by Jonathan Marks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Brooklyn College's BDS panel was no "open forum to discuss important topics," but anti-Zionist evangelism—which no academic department could support in good faith.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by Jodi Rudoren | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
One new Knesset member from the Yesh Atid party, which seeks increased haredi contributions to Israeli society, is himself an Orthodox rabbi. Can he help bridge Israel's religious divides?Returning to Eden
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by Brennan Breed | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Biblical critics have long insisted that we view the Bible only in its original, "authentic" context. But there was never a single original context, as the critical approach to Genesis itself testifies.
