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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.
All Too Human
Monday, September 6, 2010 by Ron Rosenbaum | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

According to his latest biographer, Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal wasn't perfect. So what?
The Hate that Dares Speak its Name
Monday, September 6, 2010 by John Hinderaker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

To the European Union's trade commissioner, anti-Semitism is "fundamentally against European values." If so, why has he maligned the Jews?
American Gentility and the Mosque at Ground Zero
Monday, September 6, 2010 by Daniel Gordis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Americans have yet to learn that the first step to defending yourself is to acknowledge that someone is out to destroy you.
Combing for Treasure
Monday, September 6, 2010 by Joseph Berger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Researchers are finally being allowed to review the books and papers of the great Yiddish writer Chaim Grade, who died in 1982.
Ramadan Ramadan
Monday, September 6, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

Three near-certainties accompany the Muslim holy month of Ramadan: in Islamic countries, the stock market climbs; in Jerusalem, the already amplified pre-dawn adhān, or call to prayer, becomes even more piercing than usual; and there is a steep rise in Muslim bloodletting. 
The Few, the Proud, the Chosen
Friday, September 3, 2010 by Sam Jacobson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

From kosher Boxed Nasties to the minyan at Al Asad air base: life as a Jewish Marine.
Take My Synagogue
Friday, September 3, 2010 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In referring to the place where they worship, most Jews prefer to use a name other than "synagogue," the ancient Greek translation of beit k'nesset.
Culture and Agriculture
Friday, September 3, 2010 by Wallace Karbe and Gayle Danis Rinot | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Ancient Israelite farming methods have been reconstructed at Sataf, a 250-acre eco-park near Jerusalem.
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