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The Canary and the Gold Mine
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 by David Solway | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Not only is Israel the West's frontline army in the struggle with militant Islam; it is a global benefactor, without whose dazzling gifts our technology-rich life would be unimaginably poorer.
Lebanon’s Disappearing Sovereignty
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

France's sale of anti-tank missiles to the Lebanese army is but a symptom of a much wider Western capitulation to Hizballah, Syria, and Iran.
Abolish UNRWA
Monday, December 20, 2010 by Michael Bernstam | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The UN agency ostensibly devoted to the welfare of Palestinian refugees is an incubator of revanchism and terrorism; dismantling it is the first step toward creating the conditions for a viable peace process.
After the Chief
Monday, December 20, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Jonathan Sacks has announced his retirement; who will succeed him as the UK's chief rabbi?
The Irish Rover
Monday, December 20, 2010 by Dalia Karpel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

John Patrick Cooper was a hard-drinking soldier with a big heart who deserted British forces to fight with the Jews during Israel's War of Independence, and stayed on.
The DNA Speaks The DNA Speaks
Monday, December 20, 2010 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Are Jews a "nation" or a "people"? The Hebrew term ‘am means both.  Both terms, moreover, have been subjected to disapprobation in our time—although not nearly to the extent of "race," a term that Jews themselves stopped using nearly a century ago. How, then, are we to think about the mounting genetic evidence that points to Jewish biological continuity over time?
The Scholar Who Came to Dinner
Monday, December 20, 2010 by Erica Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Visiting scholars have become a regular feature of American congregational life; is the educational experience worth it, either to them or to the synagogue-goers?
A Yeshiva Boy’s Christmas
Friday, December 17, 2010 by Dennis Prager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

How one Jew learned to stop worrying and love the American Christmas season.
Uprooting Beirut
Friday, December 17, 2010 by Habib Battah | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As Beirut's largest synagogue undergoes a massive government-funded facelift, the neighborhood's last Jew has been evicted from her home. (With photos)
Kafka Is the Rage
Friday, December 17, 2010 by Paul Reitter | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A slew of new books claiming to burst the myths surrounding Franz Kafka engage in quite a bit of myth-building themselves.
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