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The Palate of AlgiersWednesday, March 9, 2011 by Dennis Wasko | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The large and ancient Algerian Jewish community is all but gone; its cuisine remains.
An Open Letter to the Arab StreetWednesday, March 9, 2011 by Benjamin Kerstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
First and foremost, congratulations. Even from our vantage point on the other side of a seemingly unbridgeable divide between our peoples, the extraordinary nature of what you have accomplished in recent weeks is obvious.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 by Moshe Sokolow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Weekly Portions
"God summoned Moses and He spoke with him from the Tent of Meeting, saying..." (Leviticus 1:1). The first Hebrew word of this week's portion, itself the first portion in the third book of the Torah, is VAYIKRa: "summoned." That's not a typographical error; the letter aleph at the end of the word is intentionally written in miniature in a Torah scroll (and usually in print as well). This is sufficiently unusual to raise the question: why?Meet the Robot Snake
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Inventions in the robotics lab of Ben-Gurion University will help ready the IDF and other militaries for this century's evolving high-tech battlefields. (Video)Irving Howe and I
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 by Ruth R. Wisse | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An association with the most ideologically rigid of the New York intellectuals was cemented by a mutual devotion to Yiddish literature and buffeted by disagreements over issues of Jewish moment.Women’s Surprising Defenders
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 by Caroline B. Glick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Why do ultra-Orthodox Jews dominate an Israeli rescue enterprise that by rights ought to be the cause of secular feminists?Let’s Talk About It
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 by Akiva Novick | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A pioneering course of instruction helps rabbis to advise religious couples on problems in the bedroom.A Moment to Savor
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In the wake of several recent anti-Semitic incidents, who would have thought that Jews could pick up a newspaper to discover that the leading voice in their defense is the Pope?
The Last of the Red-Hots?Tuesday, March 8, 2011 by Sam Munson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The past decade has witnessed a seeming revival in the fortunes of America's old, new, and newest Left. Some elders, notably including Bill Ayers, have enjoyed career recrudescences. One of the better-known spokesmen and avatars of this revitalized political culture is the veteran writer and activist Todd Gitlin.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 by Ruth R. Wisse | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Remembering a friendship based on personal affection and a shared love of literature and language, and tested by decades-long disagreements.
