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Between Israel and AzerbaijanTuesday, March 23, 2010 by Jason Katz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The close relationship between the Jewish state and the Muslim-majority nation is a matter of pragmatism and shared interests, also of history and shared values.

Against a background of sharp disagreement between Washington and Jerusalem, the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee winds down today. On Monday, the 7,500 delegates—Jews, Christians, African Americans, as well as European and Canadian activists—heard Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declare that the United States would tell Israel the "truth" when "difficult but necessary choices" had to be made. Today, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Barack Obama. Delegates from all 50 states planned to spend Tuesday on Capitol Hill speaking with their respective Senators and Members of Congress. But what is AIPAC, and what...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by Nathan Laufer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the meanings contained in a powerful seder ritual.Another Victory for Extremism
Monday, March 22, 2010 by Musa Keilani | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A large defection of armed Palestinians to Hizballah and al-Qaeda has ominous implications for moderates in the region, above all Jordan.To Serve My People
Monday, March 22, 2010 by Richard McBee | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the life and art of Arthur Szyk and his Haggadah. A second part is here.Heidegger’s Tragedy
Monday, March 22, 2010 by Michael Wyschogrod | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A philosopher of high quality was incarnated in the body of a Nazi.Mobility and Identity
Monday, March 22, 2010 by Alana Sobelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the post-Zionist age, says the researcher Sander Gilman, Israelis are becoming just one of many Diaspora communities.

A different sort of book launch took place yesterday at New York's Park Avenue Synagogue, a flagship of the Conservative movement. Being celebrated was the release of a long-lost novel left unfinished at the time of the author's death 60 years ago. The author was Milton Steinberg, who once served as the synagogue's rabbi and was among the most influential American Jews of the 20th century. Steinberg's early thought was molded by three teachers. At City College, the philosopher Morris Raphael Cohen imbued in him a commitment to philosophical rationalism. Rabbi Jacob Kohn taught him that the life of the...
Friday, March 19, 2010 by Mark Rebacz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new front in interfaith dialogue.Homosexuality and Jewish Law
Friday, March 19, 2010 by Michael J. Broyde and Shlomo Brody | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The Orthodox community faces serious challenges to its integrity; the phenomenon of Orthodox homosexuals is not one of them.