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The Persian TalmudTuesday, November 2, 2010 by Yehudah Mirsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A recent gathering of scholars who have been intensely researching the buried treasures of "Irano-Judaica," together with the release of a volume titled The Talmud in its Iranian Context, underscores one of the most exciting developments in Jewish studies: the effort to put the "Babylonia" back into the Babylonian Talmud.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 by Ruth R. Wisse | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A hatred so protean, resilient, and politically useful may never be entirely expunged; but that does not mean it is invulnerable.Escape Artist
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 by Edward Rothstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A New York exhibit is devoted to Erich Weiss, the rabbi's son who turned everyday objects into magical displays, and himself into the world's most famous magician.The Morocco-Israel Standoff
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 by Batsheva Sobelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Morocco is a seismograph for Israel's standing in the Arab world. Currently, it's pretty low.
The Mad Mystic of BratslavMonday, November 1, 2010 by Allan Nadler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (1772-1811) is the strangest and most paradoxical leader in the history of Hasidism, and one of its most original, albeit mad, geniuses. Nahman has been an object of both literary fascination and considerable scholarly research. He also shares center stage with Franz Kafka (1888-1924) in Rodger Kamenetz's Burnt Books.
Monday, November 1, 2010 by Shmuel Trigano | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Mahmoud Abbas has made it abundantly clear why he refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish state; it is blindness and denial for others to pretend otherwise.Rising Star of David
Monday, November 1, 2010 by Simon Rocker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Across Africa, tribes are claiming Jewish descent and identification with Israel has become increasingly common.Egalitarianism and its Discontents
Monday, November 1, 2010 by Jay Michaelson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why should lifelong liberal Jews seek out an Orthodox synagogue? For good and sufficient reasons.Portrayal = Betrayal?
Monday, November 1, 2010 by Susie Linfield | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A collection of harrowing photographs of wartime Lodz epitomizes the conundrum of Holocaust images: is it worse to reveal the horror, or to hide it?Evgeny Kissin Speaks Out
Monday, November 1, 2010 by Stephen Pollard | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An interview with the piano prodigy on why, after a career-long reticence, he is now bent on combating anti-Israel hysteria and coaxing Jews and others to acknowledge political reality.
