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Disunion
Friday, December 16, 2011 by Adam Chandler | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Hebrew Union College prides itself on being open and pluralistic. But some Reform rabbinical students say the reality contradicts this vision—particularly on the matter of Israel.
Sufferance, Statesmanship, and anti-Semitism
Friday, December 16, 2011 by David Turner | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

From Columbus's shipmates to Henry Ford, a survey of five centuries of political anti-Semitism in the United States.
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.
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 Blum The Stoic Vision of Ludwig Blum
Thursday, 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.
Elephants and Homo erectus
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?
Rabbi-Chaplains of the Civil War
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 by Karen Abbott | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Could a member of the Union Army "despise and reject the Savior of men . . . and yet be a fit minister of religion"?
The Jordanian Option
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 by Mudar Zahran | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As they watch the rebellions in Egypt, Libya, and Syria unfold, how much longer will the Palestinians in Jordan stand for their mistreatment at the hands of the Hashemite regime?
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