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Ask a MormonThursday, February 24, 2011 by Mark Paredes | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
What liberal Jews can learn from Latter-Day Saints about making religion relevant.The Unseen West Bank
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Jennifer Rubin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Even well-informed readers imagine that the West Bank is crowded, dangerous, and replete with roadblocks and officious Israeli security forces. Reality is quite different. (Part 2; Part 1 is here.) The View from France
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by André Glucksmann | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Even as we Europeans welcome the new Arab revolution, we need only look back at our own history to realize that all of the risks and dangers still lie ahead.
Jewish Philanthropy 2.0Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Jewish mega-donors are hardly news. It is also a commonplace that wealthy Jews allocate less than 25 percent of their giving to specifically Jewish causes. Of the two facts, the latter has understandably puzzled and frustrated fund raisers for Jewish causes. But is it really so mysterious?
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Moshe Arens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The recent outcry over school "heritage" trips to the biblical town suggests that many have forgotten not only their history but the very foundation of Zionism.Matzah Ball Gumbo
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Lucy Cohen Blatter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Culinary tales and treasures of Southern Jews who have made the regional cuisine something all their own. (Interview with Marcie Cohen Ferris.)When Rabbis Became Doctors . . .
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the origins of a popular saying about modern Judaism.As I Am
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the two Hebrew words for "Jew."A Spy’s Life
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Akiva Novick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In 1952, Jewish agents were sent undercover to live in Arab villages. The mission's benefits were marginal—and the aftermath, when the men had married local women and started families, difficult all around.The Singing Blacksmith
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 by Itzik Gottesman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A womanizing blacksmith was the perfect role for Moyshe Oysher's talent
