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HesderFriday, February 24, 2012 by Aharon Lichtenstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A classic article on the ideology of combining Torah study with military service that was cited in the recent Tal Law verdict governing the religious exemption from military service. (1981; PDF)
BDS SecretsFriday, February 24, 2012 by Ran Baratz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Ubiquitous anti-Israel activist Norman Finkelstein stirred up the blogosphere last week. In a YouTube interview with pro-Palestinian advocate Frank Barat, Finkelstein said that members of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) care less for human rights than they do for Israel's destruction.
Friday, February 24, 2012 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Can canned fish products containing parasitic worms still be considered kosher? The verdict is in.The New Stern Gang
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Mitch Ginsburg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Avraham Stern was reviled by Jews in Mandate Palestine, appalled at his proposed deal with the Nazis. But seventy years after he was killed by British soldiers, young Israelis are coming to revere him.Iran’s Anti-Western Consensus
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Hasnain Kazim | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Iran's educated elites are among Ahmadinejad's opponents, yet they have no less contempt for the West, or doubt that Iran is the victim of Western aggression.Still Perplexed
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by John Inglis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new study of the method of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed seeks to challenge Leo Strauss's esoteric reading in favor of a dialectical understanding of contradictions in the book. Aelia Capitolina
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Nir Hasson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Roman city built on the ruins of Second Temple Jerusalem was considered insignificant archeologically, and accursed religiously. But new excavations are uncovering its dramatic influence on modern Jerusalem.Linked Arms
Thursday, February 23, 2012 by Irin Carmon | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The historically strong relationship between Israel and Guatemala is paying dividends in international diplomacy, yet ordinary Guatemalans have not forgiven Israel for her cooperation with Ríos Montt's junta thirty years ago.
Evil GeniusThursday, February 23, 2012 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Very little anti-Semitic literature is new; most of its tropes seem ageless, continually recombined and updated by haters reacting only dimly to their actual circumstances. Few anti-Semitic works exhibit literary or lesser, sociological gifts. The one exception is The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Samuel Lebens | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If they wish to make an impact, progressive Jewish activists and thinkers must learn to speak the language of Judaism.