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A Still-Relevant Miracle
Monday, June 27, 2011 by Fania Oz-Salzberger | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Today's Israel was germinated out of a process so swift, dramatic, and inventive as to defy comparison with any other nation-building project in modern times.
The Last of the Gauchos
Monday, June 27, 2011 by Juan Forero | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Between 1881 and 1936, tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants settled and created Yiddish-speaking agricultural settlements in Argentina's plains; today, only a few remain.
The Settlement Obsession
Monday, June 27, 2011 by Elliott Abrams | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israel's settlements, and what will become of them, are a great problem for Zionism, but they are not the obstacle to peace in the Middle East.
Where are the Men?
Monday, June 27, 2011 by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the liberal branches of American Judaism, sexual egalitarianism has led to male disengagement, leading to the creation of exclusively male-centered activities, leading to . . . segregation?
A Grisly Medieval Mystery
Monday, June 27, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Seventeen skeletons of adults and children, found at the bottom of a well in Norwich, England, may be the remains of Jewish victims of persecution in the 12th or 13th century.
Israel, the U.S., and the Revolution in Military Affairs
Friday, June 24, 2011 by Taylor Dinerman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Threatened by a new generation of precision-strike weapons in the hands of its adversaries, Israel is changing the way it fights—to the certain benefit of its American ally.
Syria and Iran: Next Steps
Friday, June 24, 2011 by Robert Satloff | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

To hasten Assad's demise, much can be done by Washington without resort to military force; thwarting Tehran's nuclear ambitions requires restoring the credibility of the U.S. military option.
Who is the Wicked Child?
Friday, June 24, 2011 by Jeffrey Goldberg | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Responding to an essay by a Village Voice editor on the loss of her Zionist "innocence."
On Torah and Judaism
Friday, June 24, 2011 by James L. Kugel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Interviewed in Moscow, the eminent scholar talks about his life, his career, and the tension between what he does as a student of the Bible and how he lives as a Jew. (Video)
Israel’s Pompeii
Friday, June 24, 2011 by Matti Friedman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Under the Ottoman-era alleyways of Akko (Acre), a sleepy port city whose history dates back 4,500 years, archaeologists are uncovering an intact Crusader city.