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Just the Facts?Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Adam Kirsch | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
For historians there are no innocent decisions about where to begin and what to include; witness Michael Brenner's A Short History of the Jews.Show Me the Way
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Lester Feder | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A journalist with little Jewish background encounters an African-American Hebrew congregation.
Isolating GazaTuesday, June 22, 2010 by Elliot Jager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features
A week ago, in the aftermath of the failed attempt by a Turkish flotilla to defy Israel's maritime quarantine of the Gaza Strip and the ensuing deaths of nine Turkish mercenaries on board, foreign ministers of the 27-nation European Union agreed that Israel's blockade of the Hamas-governed enclave was "unsustainable" and "politically counterproductive." Meeting in Luxembourg, they heard Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign-policy czar, proclaim that Gaza's "dangerous isolation" had to end.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Ari Z. Zivotofsky and Ari Greenspan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Visits to the dwindling Jewish communities of Alexandria and Cairo disclose remnants of a recently vibrant civilization.Israel and Western Surrender
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Shelby Steele | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Islamic rage meets the West's deficit of moral authority, and the Jews are being scapegoated again.Iran and the U.S.: Who’s Containing Whom?
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Marc Ginsberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Exploiting uncanny resourcefulness, new alliances, terror, and American dithering, Iran has achieved impressive results.Antioch Divide
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Adele Reinhartz | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Examining the stark attitudes toward Judaism of the early Christian theologian Ignatius, a new book revises current thinking about the "parting of the ways" between the two religions.Jewish Treasures
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 by Jose Rodriguez | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A magnificent collection of precious music, art, rare books, and historical archives has found a new home in California. (Illustrated)Extreme Makeover
Monday, June 21, 2010 by Lee Smith | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Israel may pay the price of Washington's pursuit of "moderate elements" within Hizballah and other extremist groups.Before Mao
Monday, June 21, 2010 by Matt Nesvisky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A visit to Harbin in China recalls a briefly vibrant Jewish community with a strong Zionist heritage that by the mid-1920s numbered 25,000 souls.
