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Noah: Viticulture, Viniculture
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 by Torah Talk with Michael Carasik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions

The first vineyard, the first glass of wine, and (no doubt) the first hangover. (Click here for source sheet.) Download | Duration: 00:10:36
Nu Students
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 by Dudi Goldman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

“Yiddish intrigues me with its majesty,” says an Israeli Arab studying at Bar Ilan University—where Arabs make up a quarter of the students in the Yiddish program.
A New Paradigm
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 by Zev Farber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Instead of forbidding women to perform Jewish rituals unless halakhah expressly allows it, they should be permitted to participate unless halakhah expressly forbids it.
A Newer New Paradigm
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 by Joshua Maroof | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A focus on expanding women’s role in rituals takes us in precisely the wrong direction: We should be looking beyond rituals to the fulfillment of more fundamental mitzvot.
Ettinger’s Redemption Ettinger’s Redemption
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 by Allan Arkush | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

I am not sure I would have read Shmuel Ettinger if the award-winning Israeli film Footnote, which centers on the relationship between a father and son who are both members of the Talmud department of the Hebrew University, hadn’t whetted my appetite for gossip about that august institution.
Pray This Way
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Even Jews who don't pray often know that when they do, they should face East to Jerusalem; so why do so many synagogues face in other directions?