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No More Peace TreatiesFriday, December 16, 2011 by Andrew Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
If there is one thing the Arab uprisings have shown it is that the foreign policy model that provides arms to dictators in exchange for political and economic friendship is unsustainable.Hanukkah Lights 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011 by Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer, Tamar Yellin, Elisa Albert, and Erika Dreifus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In this collection of brand-new stories, a bookish schoolboy finds a streak of defiance, a young woman learns new joy, and a few desperate men take comfort in a quiet ceremony. (Audio)Sound Tracks
Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Haim O. Rechnitzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The so-called authentic Hebrew pronunciation that prevailed in Israel's schools was simply a version of the Ashkenazic speakers' attempt to sound more Sephardic.
The Stoic Vision of Ludwig BlumThursday, December 15, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Sometimes an artist is more popular with the public than with critics and fellow artists because the artist appeals to a popular taste that is simply unrefined. Sometimes, though, the public is on to something that the cultural elites miss.
Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Arieh O’Sullivan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A cave near Tel Aviv may offer up evidence that modern man first emerged not in Africa but in the Middle East—because of a scarcity of elephant meat.Wrong Assumptions
Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Jack Wertheimer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new report on intermarriage provides no evidence that the supposed cold shoulder that intermarried families receive is the cause of their staggeringly high rates of non-affiliation.Revoking Ordination
Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Gil Student | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A doctor's license can be suspended and a lawyer can be disbarred. Is there any recourse against a malpracticing rabbi?Broken Barometers
Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Gil Troy | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Linus Pauling scoffed at Dan Shechtman: "There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists." Now Shechtman has collected his Nobel Prize—and Hillary Clinton should take heed.
Full Court PressWednesday, December 14, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Israel Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch, equivalent to the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, recently called the Court's critics in the Knesset "robed Cossacks" waging a "campaign of delegitimation" and "incitement."
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why do some say l'chaim when blessing wine: to confirm that the drink hasn't been poisoned, to dispel grim associations, or simply to make sure that all present are ready for the blessing?
