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There is No Palestinian State
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Efraim Karsh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Just as the partition vote in 1948 did not "create" a Jewish state, so too the present vote will not create a Palestinian one.
Beyond Bruriah
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Judith Hauptman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Contrary to a long-held scholarly belief, women in the rabbinic period did learn Torah—in their own way.
Showdown, Moses
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Alon Ben-Meir | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An Egyptian mob ransacking Israel's embassy in Cairo, threatening the lives of the Israeli personnel inside: Is this what the revolutionaries wanted?
The Land of Gas and Honey
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Robin M. Mills | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel's giant new natural gas find will transform the Middle East—and add more fuel to an already combustible region.
Separating Church and Campaign Statements
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Michael Medved | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Rick Perry should learn from the Turner victory in New York that political arguments based on religious solidarity are non-starters.
Her Secret
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Isabel Schwab | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new biography of Coco Chanel distinguishes itself by tackling the thorny subject of the designer's activities during World War II.
Jordan on Palestine
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by L. Barkan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Jordan's official expressions of support for Palestinian statehood can't conceal the cooling of relations between the two sides.
Suffer the Little Children
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by Rachel Burstein | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Are Jewish day school graduates preoccupied with historical persecution?
Jerusalem Syndrome
Monday, September 19, 2011 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The world's diplomats have convinced themselves that dividing the city of Jerusalem is the key to peace in the Middle East; they are deluded.
Cairo’s Peace Dividend
Monday, September 19, 2011 by Amir Taheri | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

An honest public debate would show that the peace with Israel has been beneficial to Egypt, and in fact an essential first step toward freedom from despotic rule.