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The Sound of (Classical) MusicFriday, December 24, 2010 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating its 75th anniversary this season, a milestone in a triumphant history linked with the names of famous conductors like Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, and Zubin Mehta. But it faces rough sailing ahead.
Friday, December 24, 2010 by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Sixteen structures and places in need of preservation have been added to the list of Israel's national-heritage sites, raising a predictable protest in some foreign media.Think Bigger
Friday, December 24, 2010 by Leonard Saxe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
According to the latest study of the American Jewish population, the numbers have not been declining but increasing since 1990, and are significantly higher than previously estimated.The Arabs vs. Iran: What They Really Think
Thursday, December 23, 2010 by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Contrary to widespread impression, the WikiLeak cables may be the wrong place to look for how Arab leaders define their policy toward Tehran.Israel and the Innovative Impulse
Thursday, December 23, 2010 by Knowledge@Wharton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A special report looks at the partnerships Israeli firms have forged with U.S. companies and the reasons why the Israeli venture-capital business is undergoing a painful period of adjustment.
A Year in BooksThursday, December 23, 2010 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
It was a good year for Jewish books in English. From the popular to the scholarly, here is a reader's and buyer's guide to 34 of the best.
Thursday, December 23, 2010 by Uri Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How are observant Jews, who refrain from the use of electricity on the Sabbath, responding to the decline of the print book and the rise of electronic readers?A Fictional Future
Thursday, December 23, 2010 by Matthew Sharpe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Alan Dershowitz's The Trials of Zion is a legal thriller based on the intractability of enmities in the Middle East. But is the author as good a novelist as he is a defense attorney?From Beauty to Brutalism
Thursday, December 23, 2010 by Seth J. Frantzman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Three architects left their individual marks on Israel; it's time to get out from under the heavy-handed idiom of the third one.Speech Acts
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 by Nathan Glazer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Do Jews qualify as a recognized group under the U.S. Civil Rights Act, and are they entitled to its protections in the case of anti-Semitic harassment on university campuses?
