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Border Wars
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Mordechai Kedar | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The new Palestinian dynamic is one of escalation, and in the face of it Israel must be both resolute and restrained. (PDF)
A Zero-Sum Game
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Aryeh Eliav | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In a 2004 interview, a prominent Israeli leftist (now deceased) advocates an international Marshall Plan for Palestinian refugees but argues that not a single one should be allowed to "return" to Israel.
Balkan Ruins
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Samuel Gruber | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A report, with photographs, is now available on the remains of over 60 synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and Holocaust sites in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Food for Thought
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 by Susan Marks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new volume on the role of food in shaping ancient Jewish identity goes farther and deeper than earlier studies of the subject.
Nakba Blarney
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Jonathan S. Tobin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Lack of peace is not the fault of the unfortunate George Mitchell but of the Palestinian Arabs who manifestly do not want it.
Hateful Europe
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Guy Millière | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

After World War II, anti-Semitism seemed to disappear on the Continent. Now it is back, as multifaceted as it is alarming.
Liberal and Learned?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Leon A. Morris | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The current emphasis on "personal choice" has dumbed down Reform Judaism. The solution: fostering a committed core of erudite and deeply engaged adherents.
Converting Mamet
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Andrew Ferguson | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In moving from Left to Right, partly with the help of a Los Angeles rabbi, the playwright has also re-examined his Jewishness and deepened his religious practice.
Cone Sisters
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 by Elissa Strauss | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Beginning in 1898, two German-Jewish Baltimoreans created a remarkable modern art collection that is now on exhibit at New York's Jewish Museum.
Scapegoat
Monday, May 16, 2011 by Jeffrey Herf | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A specter is haunting Egypt: popularly legitimated anti-Semitism resulting from electoral gains by the Muslim Brotherhood.