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Anti-Semitism 101 Anti-Semitism 101
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Alex Joffe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

One of the many dismaying things about anti-Semitism is its lack of originality. The rhetoric and setting change, but the substance persists. Anti-Semitism on American campuses is no exception; but the mere fact that it exists, and that it is virulent, is sufficient to merit the alarm it has caused.
Dancing with Bears
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Aaron David Miller | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Fatah-Hamas unity is a marriage of convenience that may not last, which is no condition under which to start negotiations.
A Stronghold of Faith
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Samuel Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What message is conveyed by the tower-like Torah arks depicted in illustrated manuscripts of the Middle Ages and later?
What Future for Al Qaeda?
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Max Boot | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The organization may have been dealt a crippling blow, but the larger Islamist terrorist network will surely survive.
Bringing Beer to Beer Sheva
Friday, May 6, 2011 by Katherine Martinelli | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel's first beer expo showcased a new and growing breed of microbrewers. But will Israelis take to the habit?
Modern Times
Friday, May 6, 2011 by D.G. Myers | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

There is no better re-creating of the terror and exhilaration of the British Mandate's final years than Linda Grant's novel about a twenty-year-old Jewish hairdresser who joins a kibbutz.
The Abortionist of Auschwitz
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Shmarya Rosenberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Was the woman doctor who terminated as many as 3,000 pregnancies for her fellow inmates a heroine or a murderer?
The Russian Philanthropist’s Handbook
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Dmitri Glinski | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Russians now comprise 15 percent of the American Jewish community; is it not time to engage them more fully in communal affairs?
The New Egypt: Back to Belligerence? The New Egypt: Back to Belligerence?
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Watching Egypt's revolution unfold earlier this year, apprehensive Israelis were reassured by European and American observers that they had little to worry about: Hosni Mubarak's February 12 departure had been provoked neither by anti-Israel fury nor by Islamist fervor, and shouts of "Up with Egypt" in Tahrir Square more than drowned out chants of "Down with Israel" or "Allahu Akbar." 
From Slave to Officer
Thursday, May 5, 2011 by Smadar Shir | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

At fifteen, Avi Be'eri was sold to slave traders who smuggled him into Israel from his native Guinea. Six years later, he's completing an IDF officers' training course.
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