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Varieties of Jewish ExperienceFriday, April 1, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Have Jews, like their Christian counterparts, had sects, movements, groups, and denominations?

Thursday, March 31, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) was founded in 1979 by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). It has three basic goals. The first is to spread a Saudi version of Koranic education throughout the Islamic world. The second is to publicize Islam to the non-Islamic world. The third goal is to oppose the "Judaization of Al-Quds"—i.e., Jerusalem.
Thursday, March 31, 2011 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Whoever is responsible for it, the renewed violence against Israel is clearly a ploy to divert attention from the internal Arab upheavals and lure the U.S. back to the utterly bankrupt "peace process."Ad Lunam, Per Aspera
Thursday, March 31, 2011 by Daniel Freedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Three young engineers might just be "crazy enough" to make Israel the world's third country to land on the surface of the moon.What Do You Mean by Democracy?
Thursday, March 31, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The columnist Roger Cohen is incapable of distinguishing between groups bent on Islamist domination and a genuinely democratic if flawed Israeli party like Shas.A Many-Surrendered Thing
Thursday, March 31, 2011 by Yaacov Lozowick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
By one count, Jerusalem has been conquered 61 times. Why is only the most recent conquest problematic?The Forgotten Woman Cantor
Thursday, March 31, 2011 by George Robinson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For nine years (1884–1893), Julie Eichberg Rosewald led services at San Francisco's Temple Emanu-El.Chai Society
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by Adam Pitluk | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Traditionally excluded from Yale's secret societies, Jewish students founded Eliezer, a club and salon that has blossomed into an organization of global repute.Standing Up to the UN
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by Anne Bayefsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
As the American ambassador to the UN Human Rights Commission in the mid-1990s, Geraldine Ferraro took a poised and principled stance against its demonization of Israel.Lord Byron’s Hebrew Melodies
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by Louis Finkelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
How many Jews have read the Romantic poet's "She walks in beauty" without a clue that it was written to be sung to a Sephardi liturgical tune?