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Meet the Graanbooms
Friday, February 11, 2011 by Fred MacDowell | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The saga of a seventeenth-century family of Swedish converts to Judaism.
Egyptians with Attitude
Friday, February 11, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new poll reveals, at the moment, low support for Muhammad el-Baradei, little sympathy for the Muslim Brotherhood, and more support for than opposition to the peace treaty with Israel.
Zero Hour
Friday, February 11, 2011 by Josh Nathan-Kazis | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Shrinkage and shakeup in the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist denominations suggest that all of liberal Judaism is in a state of imminent crisis.
Profiting from Loss?
Friday, February 11, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

A new book challenges the widespread view among Poles that their nation behaved honorably under Nazi occupation.
With Pen and Whitewash
Thursday, February 10, 2011 by Sohrab Ahmari | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Middle Eastern literature remains mired in anti-Western and anti-Jewish hate.
Go East, GOP Hopeful
Thursday, February 10, 2011 by Alexander Burns | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Particularly for Republican candidates, a visit to Israel is becoming as critical to a political resume as an early trip to Iowa or New Hampshire.
Man Stands Powerless Before Elevator
Thursday, February 10, 2011 by James L. Kugel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In an interview, the renowned Bible scholar speaks of the "starkness" of religion, what modern Arabs owe to their Mesopotamian forebears, and living in the face of a cancer diagnosis.
Taste Test
Thursday, February 10, 2011 by Katherine Martinelli | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

Ben-Gurion said that "the Negev is the place where the Jewish people will be tested." He may not have had a destination restaurant in mind, but now there is one.
Hidden Jews on the Mesa
Thursday, February 10, 2011 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

In the American Southwest, many Hispanics are learning of their Jewish DNA though genetic testing. (Video)
Chronicle of a Doomed Uprising
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 by Y. Carmon, T. Kuper, and H. Migron | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks

The Egyptian uprising was long overdue, and its achievements are real; but powerful factors conspire to prevent its success. Till the next time.