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The Wages of DurbanWednesday, September 21, 2011 by Arch Puddington | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In the days just prior to the assault on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) was very much in the news, and for reasons that are altogether relevant to the mass murder that took place on September 11, 2001.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Efraim Karsh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Just as the partition vote in 1948 did not "create" a Jewish state, so too the present vote will not create a Palestinian one.Beyond Bruriah
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Judith Hauptman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Contrary to a long-held scholarly belief, women in the rabbinic period did learn Torah—in their own way.The Land of Gas and Honey
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Robin M. Mills | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel's giant new natural gas find will transform the Middle East—and add more fuel to an already combustible region.Separating Church and Campaign Statements
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Michael Medved | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Rick Perry should learn from the Turner victory in New York that political arguments based on religious solidarity are non-starters.Her Secret
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Isabel Schwab | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new biography of Coco Chanel distinguishes itself by tackling the thorny subject of the designer's activities during World War II.
Rosh Hashanah with the Chief RabbiTuesday, September 20, 2011 by Lawrence Grossman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
Ten years ago, the first day of Rosh Hashanah—the two-day Jewish New Year—fell on September 18. That was one week after September 11, 2001, when almost 3,000 people were killed by Muslim terrorists. On that Rosh Hashanah, rabbis did not lack for sermon topics.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by L. Barkan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jordan's official expressions of support for Palestinian statehood can't conceal the cooling of relations between the two sides.Suffer the Little Children
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Rachel Burstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Are Jewish day school graduates preoccupied with historical persecution?Cairo’s Peace Dividend
Monday, September 19, 2011 by Amir Taheri | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An honest public debate would show that the peace with Israel has been beneficial to Egypt, and in fact an essential first step toward freedom from despotic rule.