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Uncle Elie Comes Back to EgyptWednesday, December 22, 2010 by N. Sharaf Eldin | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An Egyptian journalist hosts a visiting member of the Jewish community forced out under Nasser in the late 1960s. "Personally, I believe we owe our Egyptian Jewish brothers an apology."The Canary and the Gold Mine
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 by David Solway | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Not only is Israel the West's frontline army in the struggle with militant Islam; it is a global benefactor, without whose dazzling gifts our technology-rich life would be unimaginably poorer.Lebanon’s Disappearing Sovereignty
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
France's sale of anti-tank missiles to the Lebanese army is but a symptom of a much wider Western capitulation to Hizballah, Syria, and Iran.Much Greek, No Hebrew
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 by Anthony Grafton | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Despite his lifelong refusal to learn the holy tongue, Elias Bickerman is revered, rightly, as one of the greatest historians of Judaism in the Hellenistic age.In Search of Herod’s Tomb
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 by Ehud Netzer | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
A first-hand report by the late archeologist who uncovered the luxurious desert retreat and burial place of the ruler of ancient Judea.Playing Nice
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 by Katrina Ballard | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
An award for good sportsmanship has highlighted the all-embracing educational ethos of an Orthodox day school.Abolish UNRWA
Monday, December 20, 2010 by Michael Bernstam | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
The UN agency ostensibly devoted to the welfare of Palestinian refugees is an incubator of revanchism and terrorism; dismantling it is the first step toward creating the conditions for a viable peace process.After the Chief
Monday, December 20, 2010 | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Jonathan Sacks has announced his retirement; who will succeed him as the UK's chief rabbi?The Irish Rover
Monday, December 20, 2010 by Dalia Karpel | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
John Patrick Cooper was a hard-drinking soldier with a big heart who deserted British forces to fight with the Jews during Israel's War of Independence, and stayed on.The Scholar Who Came to Dinner
Monday, December 20, 2010 by Erica Brown | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Picks
Visiting scholars have become a regular feature of American congregational life; is the educational experience worth it, either to them or to the synagogue-goers?

