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Rabbi Binyamin Lau’s The Sages: Character, Context & Creativity 11 Jul 2011 | 11:59 pm
Judaism’s history is not only about legal thought. It includes many theological teachings called aggadah. In a review of a new book on aggadah, Elli Fischer writes: A recently translated volume, Rab...
How Will British Elections Affect Israel? 8 Apr 2010 | 05:50 pm
British elections are scheduled for May 6. The three parties in the UK are Labor, Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. All three parties favor Israel’s return to 1949 borders. Nonetheless, there are s...
Bible, Archaeology and Jerusalem – Again 25 Mar 2010 | 09:01 pm
Because it never gets old (apparently), Reuters has published another one of those articles in which Eilat Mazar argues with the opponent of the day whether the Bible and archaeology go hand in hand. ...
What’s Your Opinion on AIPAC? 24 Mar 2010 | 06:50 pm
The AIPAC conference which ended yesterday is a good opportunity to examine the role of the pro-Israel lobby in today’s political atmosphere. According to Jewish Ideas Daily: In reality, AIPAC’s lea...
Who Was Yigal Allon? 11 Mar 2010 | 09:02 pm
Jewish Ideas Daily has posted a short biography of Yigal Allon, an Israeli general and politician. An interesting excerpt: During the 1948 War of Independence, Allon, by now a general, participated...
Intifada on College Campuses 11 Mar 2010 | 07:41 pm
If you’re in Philadelphia on Mar. 18, head over to Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue, 4200 City Line Avenue, at 7:00 p.m., for this year’s Israel Event. The event will feature a screening of a film call...
Hamas Public Relations 8 Mar 2010 | 01:31 am
The Arab world must have some excellent PR consultants. A new reality show, Sleepless in Gaza and Jerusalem, is being broadcast on YouTube, showing life in Gaza and Jerusalem through the eyes of four ...
Jewish Ideas Daily 25 Feb 2010 | 07:47 pm
Let me tell you about my new project. It’s a website called Jewish Ideas Daily which aims to be the premier aggregator and originator of Jewish ideas on the web. Our range of interest is very wide, a...
Orthodox Women and Social Media 22 Feb 2010 | 08:16 pm
Seventy religious women gathered at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel in Jerusalem on Wed. Feb. 17 for a conference on social media. The organizers of the Kishor Social Media Conference, who belong to a ha...
Jerusalem Street Signs 3 Feb 2010 | 05:18 am
Arutz Sheva reports (smugly) that three new streets will soon bear the names of religious Zionist leaders: Jerusalem streets will be named after three late outstanding personalities in the Religious ...
