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Is Jerusalem in Israel?
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by Seth Lipsky | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The U.S. Congress thinks one way, the executive branch another; the Supreme Court may get to decide.
New, Tenuous Lease on Life
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by Daniel Gordis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Israelis are celebrating their country's 63rd birthday in the knowledge that in 50 years it might continue to be a thriving democracy—or it could no longer exist.  
Jewish Minutemen
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In 1948-49, scores of volunteers from English-speaking countries came to Israel to help with the struggle for independence. (Video)
The Eichmann File Revisited
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by Michael Kimmelman | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

West Germany in the postwar years knew more about the fugitive high-ranking Nazi than it let on, or than the German government wants to let on today. But a truer picture is beginning to emerge.
Kushner’s Comrades
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 by Ron Radosh | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A vote not to award an honorary degree to the anti-Israel playwright sparked a vitriolic outpouring against the trustees of New York's City University; guess who won.
Still-Unknown Soldiers
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Anshel Pfeffer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

As Israel marks its Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron), some of the fallen in its War of Independence have yet to be identified.    
Majorca’s Dark Legacy
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Doreen Carvajal | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Belatedly, a memorial honors the Jewish victims of the Inquisition on the Spanish Mediterranean island where anti-Semitism outlasted those it vanquished.
Eretz Poland
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Gerben Zaagsma | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A fascinating new study explores Jewish migration from the East European "homeland" of Bialystok to New York, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, and Melbourne.
A Chief Rebbetzin?
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Sally Berkovic | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Orthodox women in Britain need their own leader to represent the interests of 51 percent of the community.
Hebraic Nation
Monday, May 9, 2011 by Stephen Prothero | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Bible continues to be the main source for America's most popular names.