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A Shameful Call
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Daniel Johnson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A leading British newspaper that has made itself into Europe's principal conduit for the propaganda war against Israel is now calling for "a one-state solution" and "the end of Zionism, no less."
The Loneliness of the Kaifeng Jews
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Bob Davis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A population that may once have peaked at 5,000 has dwindled to as few as 500 self-identified descendants of an ancient Jewish community in central China.
Left Behind
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Leonard Saxe | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Jewish education in North America cannot just be the concern and responsibility of the engaged and the motivated; it must be approached from a community-wide perspective.
Superhuman Discovery
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Arieh O’Sullivan | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Muscles bulging, a lion skin draped over his shoulder, the Greek mythical hero Hercules has reappeared—headless—in a Roman-era bathhouse in northern Israel.  
The Ralph Branca Story
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Joshua Prager | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Though it was unknown to him until recently, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who in 1951 threw the "shot heard round the world," losing a pennant race to the New York Giants, was born to a Jewish mother.
Islamism and Its Discontents
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Michael J. Totten | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Is the Muslim Brotherhood moderate? According to former members of the organization, the answer is: emphatically not.
A Missing Link
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Rivkah Fishman-Duker | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a new Hebrew-language book, the journalist Amnon Lord recounts history through the career of Uri Avnery, octogenarian anti-Zionist activist, faithful follower of the Soviet line, icon of the Israeli Left.
Reshaping Turkey
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Soner Cagaptay | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

For a century, the Turks emulated Kemal Ataturk because his political descendants controlled all power. Now, Recep Tayyip Erdogan controls all power, and his turn has come.
Jerusalem: Syndrome or Artichoke?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Philologos | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

What do Speaker of the House John Boehner and an ugly root vegetable have in common?
Democracy in the (Tel Aviv) Streets
Monday, August 15, 2011 by Sol Stern | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A protest movement spawned, ironically, by Israel's economic success may do some good—if the Left can be prevented from hijacking it.