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Cone SistersTuesday, May 17, 2011 by Elissa Strauss | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Beginning in 1898, two German-Jewish Baltimoreans created a remarkable modern art collection that is now on exhibit at New York's Jewish Museum.Nakba Blarney
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Lack of peace is not the fault of the unfortunate George Mitchell but of the Palestinian Arabs who manifestly do not want it.
O CanadaMonday, May 16, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
In striking contrast to the treatment Jerusalem has been getting from its fair-weather European allies and a fickle Obama administration, there stands, of all countries, Canada. Why "of all countries"? Because none of this was preordained. Until lately, Canada's relations with Israel have essentially followed the trajectory of those with Western Europe—that is, starting out warm and turning increasingly frosty.
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Jeffrey Herf | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A specter is haunting Egypt: popularly legitimated anti-Semitism resulting from electoral gains by the Muslim Brotherhood.Why South Koreans Love Judaism
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Tim Alper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Most may not know what is involved in being a Jew, but Stories from the Talmud is a Korean bestseller and the government has included it in the primary-school curriculum.The King’s Nasty Speech
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Ruth King | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Colin Firth, who played the anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist George VI to perfection, is now set to play Avraham Stern, one of the king's fiercest opponents in Jewish Palestine.Germany Takes Sides
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Benjamin Weinthal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Across the political spectrum, Germans are making Israel the whipping boy for all the problems of the Middle East.Her Secret Life
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Renée Levine Melammed | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
María López, who chose baptism over expulsion from Spain in 1492, was later convicted of Judaizing and burned at the stake. Was she a crypto-Jew, or wasn't she?Defining Nakba
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Khaled Abu Toameh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The "sacred destination" of the Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas has declared, is the "return" of millions of 1948 refugees and their descendants to what is today Israel.
Mimouna!Friday, May 13, 2011 by Aryeh Tepper | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
What did two million Israelis do when Passover ended this year? As in previous years, they celebrated Mimouna, a Moroccan Jewish holiday that is popularly observed by picnicking, barbecueing, and consuming moufletas (sweet North African pancakes). And what is Mimouna all about? No one really knows.
