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The Other HannahFriday, January 22, 2010 by Tsafi Saar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A tragic Zionist heroine has begun to emerge in her human complexity.Shylock, My Students, and Me
Friday, January 22, 2010 by Paula Marantz Cohen | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Learning about life from The Merchant of Venice—or not.From Salonika to Soho
Friday, January 22, 2010 by Joanna Paraszczuk | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A gritty Tel Aviv neighborhood trails a colorful history.The Bible: Rated R
Friday, January 22, 2010 by Gary A. Anderson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A scholar reviews R. Crumb's best-selling The Book of Genesis Illustrated.New Voice for Zionism
Thursday, January 21, 2010 by David Suissa | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On a rainy night, a visitor from Ein Prat electrifies an audience of 100 young Los Angeles professionals.
ShasThursday, January 21, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In a first for Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties, the Sephardi-dominated Shas party has joined the World Zionist Organization—another step on the road to becoming a fixed presence in the country's political landscape. Founded in the mid-1980's, Shas has long scrambled conventional categories. Although the party is avowedly haredi, and its leaders tend to imitate both the garb and the ideologically-mobilized politics of Ashkenazi haredim, most Shas voters conduct their lives in a non-haredi, if traditional, style. As for attitudes toward the state, Shas politicians, unlike their more squeamish Ashkenazi counterparts, serve in the Israeli cabinet and, sometimes, in the IDF. The success...
Thursday, January 21, 2010 by Jonathan Spyer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An attack on visiting Israeli diplomats in Jordan bears signs of Iranian involvement.The Shame of Greece
Thursday, January 21, 2010 by Andrew Apostolou | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A society contaminated by a legacy of anti-Semitism and indifference toward anti-Semitism.A Heritage Up for Grabs?
Thursday, January 21, 2010 by David Hazony | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A mini-flap over ownership of the Dead Sea Scrolls is but a skirmish in a larger battle over who owns, and can best protect, physical evidence of the Jewish past.
Dona Nobis PacemWednesday, January 20, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
On Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI made his first visit to Rome's synagogue. Clouding the occasion was the feeling among many that the Vatican has yet to make an honest reckoning with its conduct in World War II, a failure epitomized in the process under way to beatify Pius XII. Despite a papal visit to Israel and meetings with Jewish leaders, Benedict has seemed surprisingly maladroit in his dealings with the Jewish community. More is at work here than manners. For the Pope, a serious philosopher and intellectual, the truths of faith and the truths of reason are mutually reinforcing gifts of...
