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A Tale of Two LobbiesWednesday, September 8, 2010 by Ruth R. Wisse | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
The problem of the Arab-Israel conflict begins with the term itself, which misrepresents the unilateral Arab war against Israel as a bilateral dispute. Unilateral aggression is not unheard of—when did Poland ever aggress against Germany or Russia?—but nothing in United Nations history compares in intensity or fixity with Arab belligerence toward Israel, a UN member state.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Yaffa Zilbershats and Nimra Goren-Amitai | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Nothing in international law supports the legal right of Palestinian refugees to return to the state of Israel; the issue can be resolved only through political negotiation. (Executive summary, PDF)Harsh Judgment, Soft Judgment
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Naomi Grunhaus | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, we are judged as individuals; on the second day, as part of a group.Access
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Yad Vashem has been given access to Poland's World War II-era archives, including files produced by Nazi authorities that will aid in identifying Holocaust victims.A Good Nation is Hard to Find
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Sam Siegel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A new critique of chosenness ignores all the ways in which two nations that claim exceptionalismRededication
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 by Jonah Mandel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The reopening of the Person of the Year
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Amotz Asa-El | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Humbly born, the biologist Ada Yonat, Nobel laureate, is a living reminder of all the things that put to shame the international effort to deface the Jewish state.Putting Paid to Gaza
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Emanuele Ottolenghi | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Avigdor Lieberman's call for Israel to disengage fully from Gaza has thrown Arab and European parties into a panic. A sign that the idea deserves serious consideration?A Synagogue Reborn
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
In Mainz, Germany, a synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht in November 1938 has been rebuilt and now rededicated.Focus on Yemen
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Aymenn Jawad | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The situation in Yemen, scene of a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, is of far greater consequence than the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and requires urgent attention.