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Mysteries of the MenorahThursday, September 8, 2011 by Meir Soloveichik | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On the eve of Tisha b'Av, 2011, archeologists revealed artifacts newly unearthed from the great Jewish revolt against Rome (67–70 C.E.), including coins minted by the rebels and a stone incised with a sketch of the Temple menorah. But what is the menorah, and what does it symbolize?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Tom Gross | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The last traces of the 420,000 Jews murdered by Nazis in the once-vibrant Lviv are being buried under casinos and car parks.Statehood Temptations
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Louis René Beres | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Any new state of Palestine would be carved out of the still-living body of Israel, with an obviously injurious impact on Israel's security as well as on U.S. strategic interests.Ki Teitzei: Defending Human Dignity
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
From beginning to end, this week's reading offers a catalog of value-laden statements about how the ancient Israelites were to become a good people.Judaism without God
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Fifteen Jewish thinkers weigh in on the question of whether Judaism can exist, or can endure, without a belief in God.A Voice of One’s Own
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What makes American Jewish novelists different from other American novelists—and almost instantly recognizable as Jewish?
Mossad and Morality on FilmWednesday, September 7, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Most films conform to conventions that reflect the attitudes of their filmmakers, and films about the Mossad, or Israel Secret Intelligence Service, are no different. Hollywood's latest is a well-acted exploration of Israeli intelligence failures, moral ambiguities, and, of course, Jewish guilt.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Yasmine El Rashidi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Egyptian journalist reports on the recent wave of anti-Israel demonstrations and the virulent attitudes toward the Jewish state on display everywhere in the new Egypt.The Counter-Statists
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by Allan Arkush | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Among Israel's Jewish critics, some are uninformed and malevolent; others are learned and well-intentioned, but wedded to failed ideas that have long been justly forgotten.
