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The Other ScholemMonday, January 3, 2011 by Jay Geller | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Once-prominent Werner Scholem—overshadowed by his younger brother Gershom, murdered at Buchenwald, his name consigned to oblivion by his Communist colleagues—has faded into history.To Market, to Market
Monday, January 3, 2011 by Sarah Melamed | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Hummus, tiny eggplants, coffee, olives, spices, kitchen utensils, bread molds: a visit to the souk in Akko, Israel. (With photos.)
The Huguenot ConnectionMonday, January 3, 2011 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the darkest hours of the Holocaust, the safest place for Jews in occupied Europe may have been the southern French hamlet of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Andrew Glikin-Gusinsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Remembering Stephen J. Solarz, who as a U.S. Congressman secured more robust protection of religious freedoms for the enlisted—starting with an Orthodox Air Force officer.Why I Voted “No”
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Josh Yuter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A vote on whether women should be admitted into the International Rabbinic Fellowship prompts one Orthodox rabbi to grapple with the function of religious leadership.Slow Food
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Elizabeth Alpern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
This Shabbat, ring in the new with the old—ancient cholent recipes from Italy, Iraq, and around the globe.Generation F
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Steve Lipman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Their parents' and grandparents' spiritual lives were marked by a single strong affiliation, but today's young Jews have shifting practices and allegiances. Is this fluidity good or bad for the community?
Comeback Kids?Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Israeli elections are far off. But two familiar figures, only recently down and out, have re-emerged at opposite ends of the political spectrum, setting journalists and veteran observers to wonder about the future shape of things.
Thursday, December 30, 2010 by Alan Baker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Palestinian Authority is demanding recognition of lines that never existed.Uncivil Service
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 by Judy Dempsey | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As increasing light is shed on the active involvement by government bureaucrats in the Nazi annihilation of Jews, today's German foreign and finance ministries are having to confront their past.